Rooting Japanese Maple Tree Cuttings | Summer Propagation
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- Follow along with me as I show you my method for rooting Japanese maple cuttings. In this video I take summer Japanese cuttings to compare the success rate to the spring Acer Palmatum cuttings that I took in the spring of 2021 & 2022.
As soon as anyone takes any cutting it should go into water immediately and the leaves should be soaked in water to retain water through the stomata. Every second the cutting is off the branch it is losing water. Willow tree shoots can be soaked in a bucket overnight and that leftover water contains indole-3-butyric acid that can be used as a natural rooting compound. Plus you can take the willow shoots and stick them in soil afterward and root as many Willows as you'd like! Just some extra info for the comment section.
Thanks for sharing that advice.
Actually you don't need to really soak them in water. take longer cuttings about 12 inches long when possible or a branch your trimming. stick the end of the branch between your lips just enough to get saliva on them like I once watched a professor do that taught grafting it keep the stem from closing. carry to your potting medium trim off smaller sections, plant each up to the first double set of nodes, mist inside of a container with soil lower than six inchs and cover with a white bag less light equals less heat, more humidity, And do indoors so the temp stay steady in about 3 to 4 weeks I generally have 4 or 5 roots 3 to 4 inches long. by restricting the light you are allowing the roots to grow before the leafs do.
I just got a branch cutting from a friend that will have some good trimmings. Won't be able to do it until tomorrow. Where the branch was cut it has been in water. Is will it be okay until tomorrow. Have not trimmed it yet.@@ernestfultz6159
@@ernestfultz6159 Also what what color container or box are you using? How often do you mist or water? The guy in the video drilled holes in the bottom and in the top I believe. Where are you getting your air flow. I know you want humidity but what about air/oxygen/ Carbon dioxide?
This is true they can get and air bubble
I've been watching most of your videos to learn as much as I can. In your last cutting video you mentioned that you are a Disciple of Jesus ( Christian) and I'm so glad you did. It's always good to see that people are taking care of HIS precious earth. I'm so glad I became interested in Japanese Maples 2 months ago. I already have about 6 gallon sizes and 2 10 gallon trees I purchased. Over the past 2 months I've collected about 20 seedlings in various sizes. I also just got a bunch of seeds. I'm finishing up my service mission I've been on for the past year and will start my Japanese maple garden. Keep up the good work you are doing and I hope you will soon realize your dream of your own nursery.
Thanks for all you do and be Blessed.
Awesome - thank you!
just a little protip for a cannabis farmer. cover the bottom of your box with landscaping fabric up to the soil line. tape it on the outside. this will prevent light penetration and also can keep the soil a bit cooler during the really hot days and warmer during the more cool nights. even though soil barely lets light in, it still can. you can, a lot of the time, shave around a week off of rooting time if the soil is kept between 22 and 27 celcius at all times and you stop light leaks all together. i cant wait to try this with my neighbors gorgeous japanese maple.
@@marianmawdsley9707 go with black and white black side inside ! if you know you know !
lol how did it go I was just mentioning dwc and cloners , I’m doing grodan plugs and peat plugs as well. Indoors of course so my chances of success are better since it’s controlled.
How do you feel about the triploids gaining speed in seeds now?
That’s the beauty of are craft all the knowledge to make the ladies solid … talk is talk and I explain this point … brocalli is a craft and skill set.
Very good information. I will follow your lead. I have a Japanese red maple. Its 16 years old.
Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Looking forward to seeing your results.
I'm really looking forward to the result.
Thank you for the instructions. My new neighbors are killing off the established Asian garden next door to have a full grass lawn but gave me permission to take whatever I wanted. And I NEED that gorgeous ornamental J maple!
Ugh. Lawns are such a waste.
Full lawn!? Inexcusable!
Why?
That should practically be a crime. A grass monoculture lawn is truly a disgrace and anyone actually ripping out already established gardens to replace with freaking _grass_ should literally be shamed and educated… but I’m sure you probably tried.
Oh, How Insightly.
Awesome information ❤
Love ❤️ your channel
It might be good to follow the old advice to "show, don't tell."
`"I'm going to show you how I cut away many of the leaves."
"Okay, I've cut away many of the leaves." (Done off camera.)
I'm going to show you how I poke holes with this screwdriver to plant the cuttings.
Okay, I planted all the cuttings." (Done off camera.)
I’m really looking forward to seeing your results💕
I will post an update video in a few months! thanks for watching.
@@JonnyMapleDid you this ? I'm very curious to see your updates
Wow, My best friend, Wonderful video dear. I enjoyed watching. Hope to see you soon...
I did some today. I really hope they take. It’s the most beautiful acer I have ever seen. Will be taking your advice thank you!
Good luck! If i doesn't work this first go around, try again in the Summer (late June) which is when I have had better success.
I’m actually gonna try grodan coco plugs and also peat plugs
Iba gel and rapid rooter
@@JonnyMaple I guess I’m lucky I’m doing it indoors full spectrum leds. Has any one ever tried dwc or a clone mister method. I hear issue with humidity yet at the same time venting is a no brainer. I just got a skeeter broom Japanese maple and ryuesen weeping Japanese maple. I hear a lot of horticulture channels basically saying not possible. Which thanks for you insight. The view of not possible makes me want to achieve this type of the horticulture spectrum.
Thank you for showing this
Thanks you so much.
Awesome!
I am completely new to any of this. I bought my house in Nov '23. I have a gorgeous Japanese maple in my front yard. Random people stop in the middle of the road just to take pictures of it. I was talking to my daughter this morning and was curious if it was possible to take small parts of the tree and produce more of them. I want them all around my yard! They're so beautiful!! Thank you for the great news, that i can do what i was thinking. Do you use a specific rooting hormone to get things rolling?
This video is perfect, just so happens the variety I was trying to propagate when clicking this video is pixie, perfect coincidence
Great information, how long do leave the Japanese Maple cuttings (after they have formed roots) before repotting them? I have a couple I did in a very small pot and wondered when to transfer them into a larger one. Thanks
I have a question what about if you trim a tree in late October and you put the trimmed branches in the freezer for the winter can I do that then take them out in the spring and just dip them and then go from there thanks in advance
that first branch you cut at 2:20 isen't it 2 year growth ? I see the classic Y pattern that develops after pinched growth of previous year ?
Thanks for sharing the video Jonny, really helpful. Do you have a link to the 'rubbing alcohol' you mention please? It's not something that seems to be available here in the UK.
Search for "Isopropyl Alcohol" and you should find something in your area.
How do I prevent mould growing in the box? Thanks
Thank you for this video! Question regarding the box… Do you have holes drilled on the bottom?
Yes, I have a BUNCH of holes drilled in the bottom for good drainage.
Thank you
That rooting hormone is simple auxins naturally produced in every plant you've ever eaten or juiced or touched to the gloves and mask are a bit much. Every compound is a "chemical" but we tend to be terrified of purchased chemicals even when they're the same as or made by nature. Sugar is a chemical. Best red maple rooting vid available tho thanks!
Thanks!
I love your videos! They are so informative and helpful!! Please keep up the great work!! I do have a quick question however….I know that with trees that have been grafted, the seeds that you get and sprout will more than likely have the genetics of the base tree that has been grafted onto, but I’m wondering if the same goes for the cuttings? In other words, if I take cuttings from say a deshojo maple tree that has been grown from a grafting, will I be propagating more deshojos, or will they be clones of whatever the tree is that the deshojo was grafted to? I’m completely knew to the process so I apologize if this is a dumb question. Thank you for your time and info!!!
Thanks - great question. The genetics are carried by the growth above the graft (not the rootstock), so a cutting from the grafted deshojo will grow a deshojo clone.
@@JonnyMaple Awesome!!! Thank you for your response!!
Nicely explained. I've also had thoughts about trying cuttings in a hydroponic propagator. No idea if it would work though. But it could potentially speed up the process.
Thank you! Interesting idea - it may be worth a shot. At the end of the day, what do you have to lose by experimenting?
i just got 1 thru the mail. i dont know the variety yet. it looks like it was a graft to me. this is my first attempt at trying to deal with trees. i am very proficient with plants so i decided to up my game
We received a Japanese maple starter tree at the end of May. It was a nice looking starter with 4 branches and leaves beginning. We planted it in a planter barrel for our patio. Using mulch, we placed it accordingly. 1 month into summer (hot) the leaves began to wither. We pulled it into a shadier area, but it did not stop it. All of the leaves dried, I pruned them all hoping to just begin again, allowing it to acclimate to the mulch. Now it is well into summer, August, and there has been no new leaves. We planted a Chinese Wisteria across from it in the same manor. It did not have buds when we got it, it was just the little trunk stem coming from the root, but it is blooming.
What could we be missing? We even bought some Japanese Maple fertilizer specifically for it. We've adjusted watering (at first panic it was too much. Mushrooms began to grow and we'd had to spray Neem oil TRI-fungicide to control it. We've read that they don't require a LOT of water, so we test soil to know when, since the weather has been heat-tricky.
I am worried that it will not grow at all and we'll not know why.
Are you is a very hot climate? What Growing zone? Was it seed grown, from a cutting or grafted?
Could be the mulch. Straw could have been sprayed with herbicide and manure, even storebought, may have been produced from any that was also treated with herbicide. Just use leaves or fine back mulch as a mulch. I believe these are safer. Some farmers have poisoned their soil for a decade or more using contaminated minutes and mulches
Wisteria will survive whatever weather is thrown at it. Maple is more sensitive. May prefer a shady area and first year does need to be kept watered as needed until it established in your area.
That just happen to the tree that I got, that was a grafted tree. I had originally put it in a pot, so I’ve moved to to a morning sun only area . But the leaves are all wrinkled up now. It was a two year old tree. I potted it in new potting soil. HELP what do I do? I’m in zone 8a Richardson, Texas. Temps have been mid to upper 80’s and high 60’s at night. 😢
When you first plant japanese maples you need to really keep them soaked during hot spells until the roots spread out for the first few summers. And most are root bond from being kept in smaller containers so best to bust up the root balls some even if you haft to trim off some of the roots. that way they can grow new feeder roots. Most I actually dig a big enough hole to replace the dirt with a moss and tree bark mix so it holds more water than clay soil does.
How do you find new growth in a 40 and 70 year old tree which are gigantic and drape to the ground but do not seem larger than the previous years?
Amazing. Thanks.
Can I make it during July too? Zone 5.
It should work. I am testing a number of different cuttings this year (some that I took this month).
How long does it take to get some roots?
How late into the summer (post summer equinox) do you think summer cuttings can be effective? And are there any maple cultivars that won’t root from cuttings that you’re aware of? Thanks!!!
From what I understand it depends on when you get your first cold weather. The cuttings need to develop enough of a root system to get them through the dormancy winter period. For longer season areas you are probably good until early July. I may try to test it this year and do some later cuttings.
What's do you do with them come winter time? Do you bring them inside? Thanks for the video!
I live in a Zone 8b, so I don't need to bring them in during the winter, but for those in a Zone 5, or zone 6 (possibly Zone 7), winter protection for newly rooted cuttings is important!
do you need to make drainage holes in the bottom of the clear plastic box?
Yes, it has quite a few holes drilled in the bottom. Drainage is super important.
Hello! This are awesome tips.. do you have a video on how to make that propagation box? I wanted to know if i did something wrong with my method. So I basically did not directly put soil in the box. However, I did put my cuttings in a pot then placed it in the box with holes in the bottom for drainage when I water them ( should I be even water the cuttings? Or just mist them? ) I also did not put any holes on lid itself. I am from Toronto Ontario. How could I know what zone am I at? (Google? But what should I look for?) I am doing these in our balcony. I am located in 10th floor facing south so I do get a lot of sunlight and shade aswell. Please help as I fell inlove with japanese maple when I started looking for bonsai projects.
My Lavender propagation video shows how I make these boxes: th-cam.com/video/Hyrj3NXYl2M/w-d-xo.html
I place cuttings in water with KLN solution and then plant with rooting hormone 3 or 8. Seems to work well.
Interesting, I will check that out.
Hi, can you tell me what soil/compost you use please. Great video 😊
I generally root my cuttings in 50% Perlite and 50% Peat.
@JonnyMaple thanks, I use mostly peat free now so would this be ok?
I have a question. I did summer cuttings of Japanese maples just as u did in a see through box. So far they seem so much healthier than all the other cuttings I've tried over the years. Here is my question: I live in Germany and fall is around the corner. Obviously these cuttings are in a protected environment nothing at all as the surrounding. When do you expose (how long after you did the cuttings) these cuttings to "nature" so they can shed their leaves just as they would do in nature? (obviously I will keep them protected over winter in a tempered environment). But when will you lift the lid? I hope you get what I mean.
Thanks for the question. I am about to publish a video discussing the next steps on these. But, in short - after 3 months in the clear container, they should be ready to plant into separate pots and then slowly acclimated to the less humid environment. They should then be allowed to experience the fall weather. If your temperatures get really cold in the winter, then protection during extreme periods of cold will be necessary (especially the first few years).
@@JonnyMaple whats best protection to use. Will Bubble wrap round it do
Try some spaghnum moss it’s much faster for rooting, and make the cuttings smaller like 2-3 nodes max 😊🌱
Thanks for the advice.
What type of soil do you grow cuutings. Any special precautions to take
To root cuttings, I like to use a 50% perlite / 50% peat mix. After they root, I generally use G&B Organics potting soil.
Have you ever tried Acer Crisum
What do you recommend for soil? Can I use the same miracle gro potting soil that I use for my other plants?
I would recommend a good organic potting soil.
@@JonnyMaplecan you mix in Black Cow manure 0.5, 0.5, 0.5? Is it bad for cuttings?
How important is it to have rooting harmone powder? If I do this without it, is it still worth doing ? Thanks for reply
For Japanese Maples it is really important.
Do cuttings do as well as grafted ones?
So far in yes, but I hope to share longer term results in the future.
Do you have any drainage holes at bottom or any hole on top lids
Yes, drainage holes on the bottom of the box are a must. There are holes in the top lid as well.
@@JonnyMaple thanks 🙏
I followed your instructions exactly. I took branches and leaf clippings. They both just dried up and died. The soil was moist, not too wet. I don't know what I did wrong. There were no roots after 5 weeks.
I have pictures, but can't send it through these comments.
It takes way more than 5 weeks. It takes more like 3 months to get roots. Did you keep them misted, covered in a clear box and out of direct sunlight?
@@JonnyMaple I kept them moist, not too wet. They all died. I kept the lid on the container and kept the container in my kitchen. I don't know what I did wrong.
Are cuttings preferable to grafted trees?
Different reasons graft to add a different tree to another tree. It’s a technique technically grafting is harder but effective when grafting with the ball.
Hi i propagated red Japanese maple outside in a container but i took it in when it got cold its just barely rooted so how do i get it dormant zone 5 but it gets very cold minus 30 to 40 at times help
In a zone 5, you will need to bring the tree inside to protect it when it a pot during the winter (especially a new propagation).
Can we have a video on what to do once they have successfully rooted? I can't find anything 😢😢
I will try to do that in the future. Great Idea.
Acer palmatum 'Ginshi' is pronounced jin shi, meaning silver thread --describing the leaves.
Thanks! That is helpful.
Does it matter which time of the year?
Yes, Late June into early July seems to be the best time.
Ah fantastico
I have a tons of questions but my local nursery though they have great plants and trees specimens felt somewhat only looking for customers with money and they are just focused on money part. I went to that nursery and it was very overwhelming. Beautiful but overwhelming😅
What a beautifull tree ,i just want this tree or seeds i will pay karachi
Karachi
The plastic box is just like a green house isn't it
Exactly!
How to keep insects out of the breeding tank - With those big holes in the lid, fungus gnats and other insects can easily get into the tank. Greetings from Belgium
Greetings! I have an OMRI listed Fungicide that I keep ready to use at any sight of fungus (the holes are designed to cut down on this issue - providing some air flow). Bugs have not been a big issue thus far, but you could always put a piece of screen over the holes if it is an issue in your area.
Planted a 4ft Emperor Japanese maple last Spring. Did well all summer, then winter killed. Loss of $250. Zone 6. No mas Japanese maples.
Me too. My 1st tree grew well for 3 years then got hammered by a long really cold spell. (zone 6) Dug it up and planted a new tree this week ($400). I intend to try wrapping trunk with burlap this winter. I have seen a lot of trees locally so hopefully it will work this time. We’ll see.
Try doing it without the lid. You’re welcome