Mike I love your videos also. Here in Ireland Summers are short & sometimes shorter than usual. Last March however I was doing what I normally would do in April. I had cut off last years dead blooms from my hydrangeas. One of them was blowing around for a few days & landed in a fllower bed where I was working. I stuck it down into the soil intending to take it & put in compost bin later. Forgot about it & went away for a month end of March. When I returned I went to pull it out & discovered it had taken root & had produced two heallthy leaves. Now end of a very disappointing June with mostly only wind rain & little sun said hydrangia still with part of last years bloom on top is approximately 8 inches & healthy. I was told some 4 years ago that if you put any hardwood cutting two thirds idown nto the soil it would produce. I have done this with roses & hedging & within a year had beautiful bushes. The hydrangea was accidental. Love the clarity of your voice also. I dont have to rewind to catch what you have said as I do with other videos where the speaker has a diffetent accent to what I am accustomed to. Thanks for the knowledge you impart on the less knowledgeable such as myself.
Really cool that the hydrangea rooted for you. I understand about the weather as we have similar weather here and it's been a long, cool, rainy spring.
I tried this indoors in October and it went great. Almost all cuttings survived. Very easy. More successful than the usual way of placing each cutting in its own pot and forgetting to water them all...
Never get tired of Hydrangea videos. Wonder if you could get the same effect cutting a 2 liter bottle in half and filling with water. I quit using pots in my tubs and just put medium directly in tub and stick cuttings. For some reason the results have been dramatic yet every hydrangea in my nearing frame croaked. I've done it this way twice this year and in less than 3 weeks I have massive little root balls on my Hydrangeas and Calif. Blue Lilacs. I stuck 30 Hydrangeas Oct. 5th and by Oct. 29th all but 1 have root balls the size of a golf ball. So a big thanks to you Mike for all the educational videos. Learned so much in the last 1 1/2 years.
So glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing your experience. As far as the nearing frame, you may just need a better seal around the lid for softwood cuttings but I'm glad that your tote system is working well for you.
Hi I would like to hear more about your method. Please share So you just put medium in tub, stick cuttings and water it? And water just sits at the bottom of the tub? Thank you
Oh this is exciting! So funny how successful propagation makes you feel like you can take on the world. I'm one of those dorks that needed to grasp water restraint but learned so much through your instruction. I've finally had fruit tree and hydrangea cutting success. Thanks Mike! It's a blast making that connection and I so appreciate the value of learning to understand the process behind the techniques.
I've had a lot of success with hydrangea by doing something similar but even simpler. I would put the pots in a container like you use, but would sit them directly in about an inch of water and just sit the whole thing in the shade beneath some trees. No cover. Worked great for me.
I did this with you in July, but I'm in the deep south of Alabama, so only now has it begun to get chilly. These hydrangea cuttings have been BEAUTIFUL since I planted them in July. Never browned or yellowed. They have grown and been a gorgeous bright green with tons of new growth. The roots have gone absolutely nuts! I never once had to water them, even in 100+ degree weather. I never took off the lid and the humidity stayed constant (we are frequently in the 90% humidity range down here). I used the clip on lid that came with the tub, so it was secure. Anyhoo, first of all - thank you for your videos. I really enjoy watching you do pretty much all the things, and your excitement is so contagious! So I'm moving these guys inside my garage this weekend with some growing lights. So my current plan now is just to leave them all winter, as well, since winters are only a few months here. Then in the spring I'll take them out and actually plant them! Thanks so muhc for all your help - this is my first time trying to grow any type of cuttings and it is SO exciting doing such a long process!!!
It is a ton of fun! I'm so glad you're getting into it and enjoying the process. Happy to hear about your success too! You get much more humidity down there than we do and it sounds like a wonderful place to propagate plants. Someday I'd love to visit the south.
@@MikeKincaid79 I wish I could put pictures in the comments! I have never done a planting project this long- this is incredible! My cuttings from last summer are GORGEOUS and covered in roots and I am squealing! It’s already 70 degrees here in south Alabama during the early afternoon so I’m going to go ahead and pot these bad boys and bring them in if it ever gets cold at night again. Thank you SO much! You are the best and just the nicest guy to watch! ☺️☺️☺️
Very informative video. I learned alot, and am now thinking about doing the same thing. Please post update videos on these hydrangeas - I would love to see how they are doing.
I took a cutting and used a plastic domed slushy cup. Kept inside during winter in my bay window, moved outside in the summer last year. Repotted once and now transplanted into my garden late spring- taken great! Doing more cuttings now.
I did exactly what you said and I came to say THANK YOU SOOO MUCHH, after many weekes I have 35 new hydrangeas ready to be planted ❤❤❤❤❤❤ and I just started doing moreeeee
I can’t wait to try this. I’ve been watching your videos for some time now, but my one year hydrangea I didn’t think was ready to take cuttings. I have a second plant, about three years old that I have been babying along, thought it would never do anything. Finally this year it surprised me with one beautiful bloom. I will try this next summer. I love propagating. I tried a rose cutting this year, but it bit the dust a week ago.
Thanks Linda, much more to come. I've got a really cool idea coming this spring/summer and I hope it works out. I've been obsessed with it for a few weeks now.
Wow Mike, I guess great minds do think alike! I have actually put my hydrangeas in the greenhouse and they are really taking off. We have already had a frost and I had to make another greenhouse because of all of the multiplying of the plants this year. I love playing with my plants, they are soooo much fun. Thank you for letting me in on the secret of happiness, as always love you and your family. 😊😊😁😁🤗🤗
Thank you so much for this technique. I took your advice and nipped the tip. IT WORKED!!! Six cuttings and they all rooted!!! Will be transfer them to 1 gallon pots soon, eventually want some of then in the ground.
Hey Mike, Two old problems. 1. Rooting Medium, still looking and using sand now 2. Almost all my clipings looks like they burn up were the rooting hormore is dripped into the stems. Great videos and enjoy them all. Any suggestion. Thanks
Love your videos Mike. Have watched all of them. I do something similar. I take the tote and turn it upside down, and use it as the lid. Then I take smaller totes, punch holes in the bottom and fill with sand. Basically the tote becomes the lid. The only north side of a structure I have is the front of my house, so, I put mine under a shade tree. Works well, I water them whenever I think about it, usually every month or two. Have good success with most things I have tried. I have 5 or 6 of these setups can probably do a couple thousand cuttings at a time. About to build a proper nearing frame, get licensed, and officially open my nursery. Anyway, a lot of that is due to what I have learned from you, and a few others out in You Tube land. Thanks Mike for all you do. I've been propagating plants since I was a kid, it took a while for me to realize that I could actually make money doing it. For some reason it never clicked, of course, doing cuttings for production is a lot different mind set than as a hobby. As a hobbyist, if I took 5 or 6 cuttings and one took, it was a success. I've got a new plant, in production if you take 6 cuttings and only one took, its time to figure out what you did wrong :).
While watching this video I went to get a piece of paper from my folder to make my Thanksgiving grocery list and found a piece of paper where I had handwritten these same instructions on your hydrangea cuttings back when you uploaded part one this summer. So I definitely have it down now. Literally! 😂 I didn't take any cuttings this summer as my hydrangea wasn't doing so well. It was really hot and dry weather but yet there was lots of cloud cover with only spots of rain, unless I watered and then it poured like Niagra Falls! Watering or not watering it made it mad, so I mixed up some very very weak Miracle-grow water and bucket watered it to pamper it along through the summer. My vegetable garden, melons and pumpkins were all oddly unproductive, and they didn't like much water at all. Only things that did ok was my peppers and grapes ( which the birds loved my 🍇 BTW😒). Even the tomatoes did poorly. I didn't even want to drive by all the 'garden lameness' on the mower. But I will root some hydrangeas using that method..come heat or high water! 👍 TY Mike! ☀️🐓🌱
Brilliant timing Mike, as I want to propagate some hydrangea cuttings in the UK🇬🇧. Will follow your video and feedback later this year 😉. You would breath life into a limp parsnip with your relentless enthusiasm. 👨🌾👍
You chose a good day to work on this... it was my birthday. I have been trying to root a Pinky Winky hydrangea for may be 2 or 3 years, all unsuccessfully. May be one more time next year.
My mother-in-law actually has a Pinky Winky hydrangea. It's a paniculata variety and can be rooted as hardwood cuttings. I'll have to work on that for you.
If you are going to try hardwood, then may be I will try doing the same. Get a 6" one-year old hardwood. Uncovered, in the garage or basement. @@MikeKincaid79
Hi Mike, I love this video! However, my modified Nearing frames (yes, I have two now...) are a roaring success! Zone 5b, southeastern Wisconsin, so I'm rooting deciduous shrubs. No bottom heat, filled with sand and covered with acrylic. I got (begged) a lot of random cuttings from friends this year, so I rooted many new types of shrubs, not just the hydrangeas and weigelas from my yard. Since they are not in a tote, I did water them every couple of weeks. I'll leave them in the boxes over the winter, and this year I decided to take the tops of the frames off in the early fall to get them acclimated, and I'm leaving them off all winter (since they are fully rooted and hardy for my area.) This way, they'll be getting watered by the rain and snow. I now have four raised beds filled with shrubs I rooted in 2019 and will be potting them up next spring. Not sure if any $$ will ever change hands, but I do have a few friends willing to take some off my hands. I am having problems rooting my Annabelles successfuly this way, but I think I may have taken them too late this year. The other Mike (you know who I mean...) says he has more success rooting them as hardwood cuttings, so I'm going to try that this December. A little note: I ran out of space in the boxes, and was pruning my older cuttings. I can't throw anything away, so I stuck them in sand in my Winter Sowing milk jugs. They rooted very quickly--milk jugs make an awesome little hothouse! So, I'm doing softwood and hardwood cuttings, seed collecting and winter sowing. What's next?? Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for the update! I love hearing about all your success, especially with the frames. I've never worked with Annabelle hydrangea but, yes, some varieties do better as hardwood cuttings. Paniculata hydrangeas are one type that do better as hardwood, in my opinion. If Mike says it's so then it's so! I've got a little over 15 years experience propagating plants and he's probably got double or triple that. I love the "other" Mike! In fact, he lives in Ohio and works with many more deciduous plants than I do so he's probably the guy to go to for those types of plants. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and although I've propagated many different types of plants, my main focus has always been on the broad leafed evergreens. Of course, in recent years I've become very fond of food producing plants and trees that are deciduous and having a lot of fun doing hardwood cuttings of them. Well, have fun and never stop learning!
Loved the video and thank you for educating us. I started wearing my green thumb today. Did the exact process you provided, and I am hoping that it will be a success. I will know in about 2 months. Thank you again!
Mike, I can't wait to try propagating the new hydrangeas, which I purchased about one month ago. If I could send you a picture, I definitely would, because they are gorgeous. I don't even know where I'll end up planting them in my landscape, but for now, they are heeled in for the winter. The shrubs I bought aren't patented and don't have a registered trademark. They had a plain white plastic label printed with the name; Sandy's Pretty Pink Hydrangea'. When I asked what type of hydrangea they were, macrophilia or arborescence, he just told me they were a hybrid he had produced using 2 different types of hydrangeas. He also said that they should bloom on both old and new wood. I'm anxious to see how they perform in zone 5a. Have a great weekend! ~Margie
Love this series Mike! 1st time I followed set by step and had great results. 2nd time I did it I left my brain behind and tried to.wing it. Left too much length on the bottom and too much of the leaves on. Evened up loosing most to rot. Have a few outside now that I am going to grab before the snow and try rooting over winter!!
@@MikeKincaid79 planted the successful ones in July.. one year I built a frame to keep heavy snow off (planted against my house) and last year I clipped them short and covered them with peat moss and Styrofoam rose shelters. Got a few clippings today to try and see if I can root over winter and plant in the spring (May) 😀
Discovered this year that one half grew easily twice as high as the other - found out that the downspout from my gutter had disconnected and was going right into the hydrangeas! Going to add a doohicky next spring to have that drain over the whole 10'. They clearly love the extra water!
I really look to you as a resource for both hydrangea and rose propagation. Thank you. Question: I have been successful propagating hydrangeas and use 4" pot. When is the best time to transplant the starts from a 4" to a Gallon pot?
You can transplant anytime, if it's in a pot, but it won't make much difference to transplant during the dormant period, as there won't be any new growth happening all winter. Unless you're in the southern hemisphere. If you are, go ahead and transplant right now.
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cool videos mike i have only been growing hydrangea s for 3 years this year and this is a tip for yourself i use chopped tree branches and shredded paper in the pots also in the garden i dug all the soil out and i put wood and paper in the bottom and put soil and compost on top the worm will eat this The start of june we got a lot of rain and my hydrangea s just shot up and i like to say to you mike thanks for your video s because of your videos i have growing stuff my roses from cuttings my red ones grew to 8 feet so mike thank you very much and my kindest regards kennybravo
Hey Man. Aside from all the awesome videos and great content that you provide......"you must be perpetually Young".You never change. And the energy and passion with which you speak is "off the chain". Best Regards my Friend!!!!
Pretty close to what I’m doing with my cut (propagated) Bougainvillea branches, Mike. In the beginning, I clip those branches off a gorgeous State Highway Bougainvillea. Afterwards, I set up containers and small branches got four per container which amounts to five containers with four to five branches. I didn’t water the soil when I popped in the hormone root powdered bottoms. What I did do was water sprayed the branches, and only the branches. I then placed them on a heating pad inside a plastic container. Every day I sprayed (Fish Emulsion added to Miracle Gro water) directly on the branches and not the leaves. Every day I followed up spraying with my concoction and until I saw growth of leafy green sprouts, then I added a teaspoon of this Fish Emulsion with Miracle Gro water to each branch showing growth. I didn’t know that they would respond with the new spoonfuls of Fish Emulsion & Miracle Gro watering, but they did! I tried bringing out to expose some sunlight (one hour), but they didn’t respond well since their leaves wilt from shady sunlight. So I took them back to the heating pad and sprayed my concoction on them. They instantly returned to their health self and I’ve only adjusted by taking the top of the container off. At night, I cover the plastic container so they won’t fall to cold temperatures.
Thanks for sharing your system. That's great that it worked out. I've always been a big fan of fish emulsion. Sure wish we had bougainvillea up here, as I get a ton of questions about it but have no experience with it. I'll have to look into whether I can grow it here or not. Maybe it's around somewhere and I didn't know what I was looking at, lol.
Mike, when, or how many new leaves on the cutting would you start fertilizing them? and what npk ? i really like these time lapsed vids!! seems everyone else forgets to put up the second vid or calls it something else and you never find it. this is like time tunnel 2020!!
Thanks, I love making these time lapse videos, and yes, they are so much more gratifying for the viewer. I don't like fertilizing plants when headed into fall or winter because it sends them the wrong message. I want them to go dormant. However, I do occasionally give a little boost of fertilizer with a weak miracle grow solution in the early fall just to green them up a bit. I don't always do this but sometimes. If you bring them indoors then you will want to fertilize once they are fully rooted to get them the nutrients they need to grow. Wait until the cuttings are fully rooted and you have some new growth pushing out. How much new growth? That's a tough question and will vary but I like to wait until I know they are rooted well and headed into a warm growing season.
I suppose they could be an issue in an area that gets a lot of mosquitoes. You can use a product called Mosquito dunks and that will solve the problem.
I was really looking at the original cuttings and how many leaves there were on them. The rooted cuttings that we see in November don't look the same. They have less leaves on them. Did they call off but then produce new leaves in that time??
You're welcome! They made it through the winter just fine and grew well last summer. They are overwintering in the same pots in the hoop house now. I need to find a spot to plant them this summer.
Hi Mike! I live in the northeast. I followed last years recommendation and I have a beautiful rooting that I kept inside over the winter and the planted in a 12' planter this spring. It is really taking off. My question is should I give it 1 more year inside over the winter or get it in the ground this fall? Your opinion is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
That's so awesome! You definitely live in a cold region. I usually like to plant in the spring so the plant has all summer to get established in the soil. You could plant now if you have another month or so of warm weather but you may want to protect it from heavy snow and wind.
Thank you so much Rosa! It is getting a little late to start this now with hydrangea. My recommendation is to start this next June, when the new growth is green and actively growing.
Hi love your videos and trying my first time to propagate anything! I took my hydrangea cuttings rather late bc that’s when I was learning about it….so I live in zone 7 Delaware and we had a warm fall so far. My potted hydrangeas are outside sitting on mulched bed…still blooming and have not lost any leaves….many blooms still to come if weather doesn’t snap! We are moving our 20’ pots into cold storage ( garage) after leaves drop…. I know this may seem crazy but could I try some cuttings from these beauties now and keep in a garage that has windows…..I have a thermometer in the area by windows ( no direct sunlight) and to date it’s been hanging in around 60 during day and 45 ish at night. I figure I won’t do many but I want to try….what do you think? Also the cuttings I took in August still in tote looking good….do I leave them in there over winter? I can see roots through clear plastic cups I put them in …in the totes but not sure how much? Help me my Mike…I want to succeed! Thank you for sharing your amazing knowledge and enthusiasm 😊Kim
Awesome! So glad to hear that you're getting into plant propagation and have already had success!!! It's a ton of fun. Your rooted cuttings should be fine through the winter in a protected spot, such as an unheated garage, shed, or basement. Some people even just put them on a back porch that has a roof to protect from snow and rain but if you do this then put them in a bin or tote with sides to protect from wind as well and crack the lid open quite a bit to allow for some air flow. It's pretty late in the season to do cuttings of these types of hydrangea but paniculata hydrangea can be taken as hardwood cuttings in the winter. There are many plants that will root from hardwood cuttings so this is definitely a year round hobby. Early summer will be your best time for hydrangeas. I anticipate that you will have a lot of fun next summer!
Hi you have come up at the right time. My Hubs bought me an Hugrangea for my Birthday which was a couple of weeks ago, We also bought 4 2 years ago, when they came they were like twigs with a few leaves on them, they are doing really well now. Would you suggest Putting the Original lid on the plastic Tube, We use them for our Grandsons Toys lol the Tube. I have always found you interesting, Do you have some info about taking cutting from some SALVIA Plants as one of the Gardeners here in England said that Salvias are really good to underplant with Roses which helps keep them relatively more Disease free . Love to all your Family. x
Hope all is well with you and yours. I apologize in advance because it’s a lonnng question regarding cuttings from July 7th. 😭😭😭 My poor hydrangeas! Tell me they’ll survive Mike! I was experimenting with four inch pots and plastic baggie domes. They were doing great, new growth and no wilting. They’re in my screened in porch in a table so no direct sun ever touches them. I was keeping an eye on the humidity in the bag daily. All was well. Yes I said was 😢 One day I got home from work and the bags were clear and we had a thunderstorm in the distance so I made a mistake by hurrying to take off the bags and check the moisture in the soil and get them back on track. A couple of them popped up out of the soil because the leaf cause the edge of the zip in the ziploc bag 🤦🏼♀️ I didn’t see lots of roots so I don’t know if I tore off established roots or if they had new growth because they were sitting in moisture. I reapplied rooting hormone and stuck them back in. Did I commit plant homicide or just delay the process? I have done cuttings of various annual plants in the past with great success. 👀 don’t tell the plant police, I’m not selling anything, just vamping up my garden 👀 These are the only perennials I’ve done. Advice please? Thanks 😅
Only time will tell, but if they were doing as well as you mentioned and already had small roots then chances are good that they'll continue to root. You may have set them back a few weeks or month but I've done this a lot just showing roots on TH-cam and after I replant, they usually do fine.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks for setting my mind at ease. I did tell myself to remember what I’d seen you do 😅 So they still look ok but a couple of them have dry edges but no crispy. Thanks so much. I know my garden has thrived once again because of the knowledge made available by people like you 😊
Hey Mike, love your videos! Glad to see you've posted another video, I really enjoy them. I moved this summer and took some cuttings of my hydrangeas to my new place because they were just a really healthy strain with beautifully shaped and colored blooms. I started with 12 cuttings and I am down to 5 that are still ''alive'', but I think they might make it! I am going to try to continue to grow them indoor(under grow lights) during the winter to hopefully get more out of them in the spring. My question is, I plan to go away for 2 weeks for the upcoming holidays and I'm wondering whether the method you describe in the video would work well keeping the soil moist when I'm gone. I've lost all the leaves off of all but one of them but I am starting to see new growth at the bottom of the others and don't want my last few cuttings to die off on me. Do you think the propagation box method you described would keep my hydrangeas alive while Im gone? Much appreciated, one of your Canadian fans!
I should mention that I removed them from the propagation box when I got to my new place(which is probably why I lost half of them and almost all the foliage) and am wondering if I should put them back in the box...with your added new recipe of water at the bottom and pots elevated out of it.
I have a similar predicament. Planning a vacation and worried about plants. Yeah, if you don't want to risk losing them then placing them in a humid environment for a couple weeks may be the only answer unless you can come up with a self watering system. I've been toying with some ideas for a self watering system that will last a couple weeks. If I come up with something good then I'll share it on the channel.
Love your videos! I have a gorgeous 8'x8' limelight hydrangea in our back yard. In June, I took a cutting, and without a rooting hormone, just plunked in into the mulch, right below the 'mother' plant. It took, and actually grew leaves. So yesterday, I dug the little thing up, potted it, and put it back under the 'mother' plant. My question is...now what? Should I bring it into the sun, dappled shade, or leave it there? I live in central Ontario, Canada. If this little guy continues to grow, should I bring it into the garage when it loses it's leaves? Our winters are brutal. So many questions...the struggle is real! Thanks, Mike!
Haha, "so many questions". You've certainly caught the propagation bug. Glad you're having fun with it. That's cool that you rooted it right by the mother in the soil. I'd leave it in place and allow the roots to get good and developed through the summer. You can always put a 5 gallon bucket over it to protect it through the winter. Drill some holes in the bucket to allow air flow. Hey, I should do a video about that!
It just dawned on my that you dug it up already and put it in a pot. Yes, you should probably bring it into an unheated garage or shed through the winter to protect it.
@@MikeKincaid79 Lol..yes, I dug it up, because it was right next to a fence. There's no room for it to grow there...plus I figured it needed a little more diffused sunlight, as it was in complete shade under 'mom'. Alright, into the garage it'll go. Thanks, Mike!
Omg! That was my next question. I just received 2 blue Endless Summer hydrangeas via USPS from Illinois to Winnipeg Canada. There is one that looks stressed and I am at a loss for what to do to save it. If you have any suggestions I would be very grateful. I plan on nurturing them throughout the winter. It is October 20th here and it gets really 🥶 cold with temperatures falling to minus 40 to minus 50 at times so I know these little 🌱seedlings 🌱 need to stay indoors. I also have one from 🇮🇪 Ireland that managed to arrive fighting to stay alive. This is so much fun! With your help, I will send you the very first bloom!
So cool to have a plant from Ireland! A stressed plant can be helped along by up-potting into a good potting soil, giving it a light fertilizer, watering once, and then just leaving it alone in a well lit and warm location where it can recover over time. Just leave it alone and let it do it's thing. It can be helpful to spritz the leaves with water every few hours for the first few days if it's wilting or a large part of the roots were damaged.
@Mike Kincaid Yikes! I think that I may have played around too much with one of the hydrangeas from Illinois. I bought 2 from FloralDances on Etsy. They were pretty sad looking when they finally arrived. One seems to be doing a little better than the other. Of course, it's the one I "loved" 🙄 rather "fussed" over. I am waiting for a plant spray called Foop that I ordered from Amazon. It's supposed to help de-stress 😵💫 the plant. Or maybe 🤔 it's for me. Lol! Have you ever heard of it? I can send you some pictures. 🤔 Of the plants.🪴🌱🌾🍂
Thanks for the video , i use the same concept with my house plant root lings lol. In case of any fungus that might arrive put cinnamon on to of dirt it will prevent that fungus growth !! Would like to see your house plants , maybe do a video on that ! Thanks :)
Mike, I’m in zone 8A. Can I put my plastic containers in a storage building that has a couple of windows to propagate hydrangeas? It is fall, but temps are in 70’s.
You can but once the temp gets down below 55 degrees, activity in the plant stops. I'm sure there is a little leeway as the weather changes with the days but 55 degrees is the excepted number for plant growth grinding to a halt.
Mike, I have been trying to find your recent video about fungus on rose cuttings. If you can tell me, thanks, a lot. I’ve finally found some bark locally At the farm store! Betsy in Bellingham, WA
I think this is the one you're looking for Betsy: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html I might change the thumbnail and title because people are having a hard time finding it. Good luck with your projects and enjoy all our beautiful weather!
All plants are different. Hydrangea cuttings are best taken in early summer as softwood cuttings but you can take some varieties as hardwood cuttings in winter. Some plants root better or only as hardwood cuttings and some root better as semi-hardwood in the late summer/early fall. There's too much info to go over every plant here but that's a good start for you. I'd pick the plant you want to propagate and dive into what's best for that plant. If you have multiple different kinds of plants, you can be taking cuttings year round. I've got examples of lots of different types of cuttings and plants on this channel, just keep watching! Have fun in the garden! P.S. I want that bulldozer behind you, lol
Hi Mike, Another brilliant video and love watching your others too! Just one question. I have a similar tote to the one you used in the video. But mine has a tight fitting lid that does not let air in. Obviously the plants need some air so should I just release the lid for a few minutes each day ?I don't want to lose the condensation build up as that is proof the tote is doing its job but just unsure how much air I should be letting into it and how often o.k. Thanks again! John in England
You don’t really need to open it at all. I’ve done this in totes with gaskets that cut off all air flow. Alternatively, you can open the lid for up to 15 minutes at a time without any problem as long as you replace the lid and humidity builds back up.
I just checked out your channel and you have the most beautiful voice. You really need to continue sharing that voice with the world and posting on a regular basis. I'm telling you, you've really got a nice video/radio voice that makes me want to listen. I don't say that lightly either. You better be in radio or something similar!
I haven't done any "out of the box" experiments, but you can root them as semi-hardwood cuttings on bottom heat in a Nearing frame. I've seen people root them as hardwood cuttings as well.
Would you do this set up for roses too? I had a go with hydrangeas in the Autumn (southern hemisphere) and they took well until I messed it up by overwatering with a little liquid food after about 10 weeks, killed them quick! Oopsie! Will try again now we are in early summer and like the idea of having pots above the water reservoir. I also tried some roses and they got new growth, then rotted but having the pot out of the water may help there too.
Chuck here. I can’t get enough of your hydrangea videos. Always a must watch. Love the pot flip over to see the Roots. Mike Kincaid signature move!
Gotta see those roots!
Mike I love your videos also. Here in Ireland Summers are short & sometimes shorter than usual. Last March however I was doing what I normally would do in April. I had cut off last years dead blooms from my hydrangeas. One of them was blowing around for a few days & landed in a fllower bed where I was working. I stuck it down into the soil intending to take it & put in compost bin later. Forgot about it & went away for a month end of March. When I returned I went to pull it out & discovered it had taken root & had produced two heallthy leaves. Now end of a very disappointing June with mostly only wind rain & little sun said hydrangia still with part of last years bloom on top is approximately 8 inches & healthy. I was told some 4 years ago that if you put any hardwood cutting two thirds idown nto the soil it would produce. I have done this with roses & hedging & within a year had beautiful bushes. The hydrangea was accidental. Love the clarity of your voice also. I dont have to rewind to catch what you have said as I do with other videos where the speaker has a diffetent accent to what I am accustomed to. Thanks for the knowledge you impart on the less knowledgeable such as myself.
Really cool that the hydrangea rooted for you. I understand about the weather as we have similar weather here and it's been a long, cool, rainy spring.
Love those BEAUTIFUL roots !!!!
Isn't it great!
I tried this indoors in October and it went great. Almost all cuttings survived. Very easy. More successful than the usual way of placing each cutting in its own pot and forgetting to water them all...
Right on! Glad to hear it.
Never get tired of Hydrangea videos. Wonder if you could get the same effect cutting a 2 liter bottle in half and filling with water. I quit using pots in my tubs and just put medium directly in tub and stick cuttings. For some reason the results have been dramatic yet every hydrangea in my nearing frame croaked. I've done it this way twice this year and in less than 3 weeks I have massive little root balls on my Hydrangeas and Calif. Blue Lilacs. I stuck 30 Hydrangeas Oct. 5th and by Oct. 29th all but 1 have root balls the size of a golf ball. So a big thanks to you Mike for all the educational videos. Learned so much in the last 1 1/2 years.
So glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing your experience. As far as the nearing frame, you may just need a better seal around the lid for softwood cuttings but I'm glad that your tote system is working well for you.
Mike have you ever tried propagating magnolia trees
Hi
I would like to hear more about your method. Please share
So you just put medium in tub, stick cuttings and water it? And water just sits at the bottom of the tub?
Thank you
I also want to know@@sharonlutz5711
Oh this is exciting! So funny how successful propagation makes you feel like you can take on the world. I'm one of those dorks that needed to grasp water restraint but learned so much through your instruction. I've finally had fruit tree and hydrangea cutting success. Thanks Mike! It's a blast making that connection and I so appreciate the value of learning to understand the process behind the techniques.
It is very exciting! Glad you’re learning from the videos and having fun.
Thank you. You are a good teacher. Thank you again ☺️
You're very welcome!
I've had a lot of success with hydrangea by doing something similar but even simpler. I would put the pots in a container like you use, but would sit them directly in about an inch of water and just sit the whole thing in the shade beneath some trees. No cover. Worked great for me.
Awesome! There are so many different things that people are doing to root these plants and I love hearing about them.
I never get tired of propagation videos.
Me too. Much more to come.
I did this with you in July, but I'm in the deep south of Alabama, so only now has it begun to get chilly. These hydrangea cuttings have been BEAUTIFUL since I planted them in July. Never browned or yellowed. They have grown and been a gorgeous bright green with tons of new growth. The roots have gone absolutely nuts! I never once had to water them, even in 100+ degree weather. I never took off the lid and the humidity stayed constant (we are frequently in the 90% humidity range down here). I used the clip on lid that came with the tub, so it was secure.
Anyhoo, first of all - thank you for your videos. I really enjoy watching you do pretty much all the things, and your excitement is so contagious!
So I'm moving these guys inside my garage this weekend with some growing lights. So my current plan now is just to leave them all winter, as well, since winters are only a few months here. Then in the spring I'll take them out and actually plant them! Thanks so muhc for all your help - this is my first time trying to grow any type of cuttings and it is SO exciting doing such a long process!!!
It is a ton of fun! I'm so glad you're getting into it and enjoying the process. Happy to hear about your success too! You get much more humidity down there than we do and it sounds like a wonderful place to propagate plants. Someday I'd love to visit the south.
@@MikeKincaid79 I wish I could put pictures in the comments! I have never done a planting project this long- this is incredible! My cuttings from last summer are GORGEOUS and covered in roots and I am squealing! It’s already 70 degrees here in south Alabama during the early afternoon so I’m going to go ahead and pot these bad boys and bring them in if it ever gets cold at night again.
Thank you SO much! You are the best and just the nicest guy to watch! ☺️☺️☺️
Very informative video. I learned alot, and am now thinking about doing the same thing. Please post update videos on these hydrangeas - I would love to see how they are doing.
Sure thing
I took a cutting and used a plastic domed slushy cup. Kept inside during winter in my bay window, moved outside in the summer last year. Repotted once and now transplanted into my garden late spring- taken great! Doing more cuttings now.
Right on! I really appreciate you sharing your success with me!
My hydrangeas tripled this summer, thanks to you! They'll sit out all winter and be happy as clams!
Awesome! You can never have too many hydrangea
I did exactly what you said and I came to say THANK YOU SOOO MUCHH, after many weekes I have 35 new hydrangeas ready to be planted ❤❤❤❤❤❤ and I just started doing moreeeee
Awesome! You saved a ton of money and did it yourself. Feels good, I'll bet.
Great video. Now I'll look all over my house for a clear bin. Love all the good info as always. I do learn so much from you.
So happy to hear that! Have fun in the garden.
I can’t wait to try this. I’ve been watching your videos for some time now, but my one year hydrangea I didn’t think was ready to take cuttings. I have a second plant, about three years old that I have been babying along, thought it would never do anything. Finally this year it surprised me with one beautiful bloom. I will try this next summer. I love propagating. I tried a rose cutting this year, but it bit the dust a week ago.
Keep practicing and you'll get it!
I just love that you are always experimenting with new techniques & ideas!👍
Thanks Linda, much more to come. I've got a really cool idea coming this spring/summer and I hope it works out. I've been obsessed with it for a few weeks now.
Wow Mike, I guess great minds do think alike! I have actually put my hydrangeas in the greenhouse and they are really taking off. We have already had a frost and I had to make another greenhouse because of all of the multiplying of the plants this year. I love playing with my plants, they are soooo much fun. Thank you for letting me in on the secret of happiness, as always love you and your family. 😊😊😁😁🤗🤗
Thank you so much for this technique. I took your advice and nipped the tip. IT WORKED!!! Six cuttings and they all rooted!!! Will be transfer them to 1 gallon pots soon, eventually want some of then in the ground.
Fantastic!
Hey Mike,
Two old problems.
1. Rooting Medium, still looking and
using sand now
2. Almost all my clipings looks like they burn up were the rooting hormore is dripped into the stems.
Great videos and enjoy them all.
Any suggestion.
Thanks
I'm not gonna say a lot, but you deserve a million likes just for the timelapse, thank so much Mike 👍✌
You are very kind, Mahmoud, and I appreciate your support!
@@MikeKincaid79 thx a lot and you're always welcome 😊😊
Love your videos Mike. Have watched all of them. I do something similar. I take the tote and turn it upside down, and use it as the lid. Then I take smaller totes, punch holes in the bottom and fill with sand. Basically the tote becomes the lid. The only north side of a structure I have is the front of my house, so, I put mine under a shade tree. Works well, I water them whenever I think about it, usually every month or two. Have good success with most things I have tried. I have 5 or 6 of these setups can probably do a couple thousand cuttings at a time. About to build a proper nearing frame, get licensed, and officially open my nursery. Anyway, a lot of that is due to what I have learned from you, and a few others out in You Tube land. Thanks Mike for all you do. I've been propagating plants since I was a kid, it took a while for me to realize that I could actually make money doing it. For some reason it never clicked, of course, doing cuttings for production is a lot different mind set than as a hobby. As a hobbyist, if I took 5 or 6 cuttings and one took, it was a success. I've got a new plant, in production if you take 6 cuttings and only one took, its time to figure out what you did wrong :).
Sounds like you've got a system figured out. Good luck on your business!
Your channel really helps to guys who take gardening seriously thank you
You're welcome and thanks for your support.
I just love your high energetic enthusiasm!♡♡♡ l wish l had a greenhouse like that.
I built this one over a summer. Built it from scratch with fence rails from Lowes. One day, I'll make a video on how I did it.
While watching this video I went to get a piece of paper from my folder to make my Thanksgiving grocery list and found a piece of paper where I had handwritten these same instructions on your hydrangea cuttings back when you uploaded part one this summer. So I definitely have it down now. Literally! 😂 I didn't take any cuttings this summer as my hydrangea wasn't doing so well. It was really hot and dry weather but yet there was lots of cloud cover with only spots of rain, unless I watered and then it poured like Niagra Falls! Watering or not watering it made it mad, so I mixed up some very very weak Miracle-grow water and bucket watered it to pamper it along through the summer. My vegetable garden, melons and pumpkins were all oddly unproductive, and they didn't like much water at all. Only things that did ok was my peppers and grapes ( which the birds loved my 🍇 BTW😒). Even the tomatoes did poorly. I didn't even want to drive by all the 'garden lameness' on the mower. But I will root some hydrangeas using that method..come heat or high water! 👍 TY Mike! ☀️🐓🌱
I love your tenacity! Keep doing what you're doing and soon everything you touch will root!
Thank you so much for sharing video how to Hydrangea cutting and potting .
Great explanation to understanding.⭐️👍😊💝🌱
Brilliant timing Mike, as I want to propagate some hydrangea cuttings in the UK🇬🇧. Will follow your video and feedback later this year 😉. You would breath life into a limp parsnip with your relentless enthusiasm. 👨🌾👍
Hahaha, thanks for the vote of confidence Tim!
I love watching your propagation videos🦋🎈
I love making them for you, Rose.
You chose a good day to work on this... it was my birthday. I have been trying to root a Pinky Winky hydrangea for may be 2 or 3 years, all unsuccessfully. May be one more time next year.
My mother-in-law actually has a Pinky Winky hydrangea. It's a paniculata variety and can be rooted as hardwood cuttings. I'll have to work on that for you.
If you are going to try hardwood, then may be I will try doing the same. Get a 6" one-year old hardwood. Uncovered, in the garage or basement. @@MikeKincaid79
Two fold enjoyment for me. The exact plant I need to propagate and this will definitely help the addiction. Great video. Thank you
Haha, glad to feed the addiction! Have fun with it John.
Hi Mike, I love this video! However, my modified Nearing frames (yes, I have two now...) are a roaring success! Zone 5b, southeastern Wisconsin, so I'm rooting deciduous shrubs. No bottom heat, filled with sand and covered with acrylic. I got (begged) a lot of random cuttings from friends this year, so I rooted many new types of shrubs, not just the hydrangeas and weigelas from my yard. Since they are not in a tote, I did water them every couple of weeks. I'll leave them in the boxes over the winter, and this year I decided to take the tops of the frames off in the early fall to get them acclimated, and I'm leaving them off all winter (since they are fully rooted and hardy for my area.) This way, they'll be getting watered by the rain and snow. I now have four raised beds filled with shrubs I rooted in 2019 and will be potting them up next spring. Not sure if any $$ will ever change hands, but I do have a few friends willing to take some off my hands. I am having problems rooting my Annabelles successfuly this way, but I think I may have taken them too late this year. The other Mike (you know who I mean...) says he has more success rooting them as hardwood cuttings, so I'm going to try that this December. A little note: I ran out of space in the boxes, and was pruning my older cuttings. I can't throw anything away, so I stuck them in sand in my Winter Sowing milk jugs. They rooted very quickly--milk jugs make an awesome little hothouse! So, I'm doing softwood and hardwood cuttings, seed collecting and winter sowing. What's next?? Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for the update! I love hearing about all your success, especially with the frames. I've never worked with Annabelle hydrangea but, yes, some varieties do better as hardwood cuttings. Paniculata hydrangeas are one type that do better as hardwood, in my opinion. If Mike says it's so then it's so! I've got a little over 15 years experience propagating plants and he's probably got double or triple that. I love the "other" Mike! In fact, he lives in Ohio and works with many more deciduous plants than I do so he's probably the guy to go to for those types of plants. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and although I've propagated many different types of plants, my main focus has always been on the broad leafed evergreens. Of course, in recent years I've become very fond of food producing plants and trees that are deciduous and having a lot of fun doing hardwood cuttings of them. Well, have fun and never stop learning!
This is my first time seriously trying hardwood cuttings. *fingers crossed*
Hi my friend I love your beautiful video i learned a lot from you and I will try to do it thank you very much have a wonderful evening
Great! Have fun and good luck.
Mike.. You are so good on plants, Good, smart what you doing with them, success growing up more and more !
I love that !😁😁👋🌿🌿
Keep it up, your energies follow through, and we learn
Awesome! Thanks Rick
Loved the video and thank you for educating us. I started wearing my green thumb today. Did the exact process you provided, and I am hoping that it will be a success. I will know in about 2 months. Thank you again!
Good luck! I'd love to hear how it goes.
Mike, I can't wait to try propagating the new hydrangeas, which I purchased about one month ago. If I could send you a picture, I definitely would, because they are gorgeous. I don't even know where I'll end up planting them in my landscape, but for now, they are heeled in for the winter. The shrubs I bought aren't patented and don't have a registered trademark. They had a plain white plastic label printed with the name; Sandy's Pretty Pink Hydrangea'. When I asked what type of hydrangea they were, macrophilia or arborescence, he just told me they were a hybrid he had produced using 2 different types of hydrangeas. He also said that they should bloom on both old and new wood. I'm anxious to see how they perform in zone 5a. Have a great weekend! ~Margie
Wow, sounds like a wonderful hydrangea with all the traits we could want. Maybe the guy should patent them.
@@MikeKincaid79 That was the exact thought that I had. I sure hope they survive in my climate.
Love this series Mike! 1st time I followed set by step and had great results. 2nd time I did it I left my brain behind and tried to.wing it. Left too much length on the bottom and too much of the leaves on. Evened up loosing most to rot. Have a few outside now that I am going to grab before the snow and try rooting over winter!!
Glad you hear you've been successful! Just curious, how do you overwinter them up in the cold north?
@@MikeKincaid79 planted the successful ones in July.. one year I built a frame to keep heavy snow off (planted against my house) and last year I clipped them short and covered them with peat moss and Styrofoam rose shelters. Got a few clippings today to try and see if I can root over winter and plant in the spring (May) 😀
Discovered this year that one half grew easily twice as high as the other - found out that the downspout from my gutter had disconnected and was going right into the hydrangeas! Going to add a doohicky next spring to have that drain over the whole 10'. They clearly love the extra water!
I really look to you as a resource for both hydrangea and rose propagation. Thank you. Question: I have been successful propagating hydrangeas and use 4" pot. When is the best time to transplant the starts from a 4" to a Gallon pot?
You can transplant anytime, if it's in a pot, but it won't make much difference to transplant during the dormant period, as there won't be any new growth happening all winter. Unless you're in the southern hemisphere. If you are, go ahead and transplant right now.
Gonna try this on the blackberries for early spring when new shoots come out, thanks so much.
If you want to multiply your blackberries then check these videos out. It's a lot of fun: Part 1) th-cam.com/video/YP5QHHbV3Vg/w-d-xo.html Part 2) th-cam.com/video/8sjVF3sdlKw/w-d-xo.html
I've learned so much from these videos! Thank you for making them.
You are so welcome!
I believe that we could you this plastic box for rose cuttings as well. Thanks Mike
Yes, it should work great!
That is beautiful!
Thank you!
cool videos mike i have only been growing hydrangea s for 3 years this year and this is a tip for yourself i use chopped tree branches and shredded paper in the pots also in the garden i dug all the soil out and i put wood and paper in the bottom and put soil and compost on top the worm will eat this The start of june we got a lot of rain and my hydrangea s just shot up and i like to say to you mike thanks for your video s because of your videos i have growing stuff my roses from cuttings my red ones grew to 8 feet so mike thank you very much and my kindest regards kennybravo
Sounds like you've got a successful setup there.
Greaaaaat , I find in your videos, every thing I need to know
Very cool video. Nice idea on the upside down lid to keep the plants off the bottom. Should be interesting seeing you grow those indoors.
We'll see how it goes. Hopefully I can get them to grow well under the light I'm using. It's a fairly low watt light.
Really great tips this time.
Your an inspiration Mike! personally I would do a little foliar feeding as required to boost photosynthesis as those leaves look too pale.
I usually do a light feeding of a weak miracle gro fertilizer at this time of year just to give them a boost before winter.
Thanks Mike learned alot from you
Hey Man. Aside from all the awesome videos and great content that you provide......"you must be perpetually Young".You never change. And the energy and passion with which you speak is "off the chain". Best Regards my Friend!!!!
I appreciate that! I'm actually 42 but no one believes me, haha.
Pretty close to what I’m doing with my cut (propagated) Bougainvillea branches, Mike.
In the beginning, I clip those branches off a gorgeous State Highway Bougainvillea. Afterwards, I set up containers and small branches got four per container which amounts to five containers with four to five branches. I didn’t water the soil when I popped in the hormone root powdered bottoms.
What I did do was water sprayed the branches, and only the branches. I then placed them on a heating pad inside a plastic container. Every day I sprayed (Fish Emulsion added to Miracle Gro water) directly on the branches and not the leaves. Every day I followed up spraying with my concoction and until I saw growth of leafy green sprouts, then I added a teaspoon of this Fish Emulsion with Miracle Gro water to each branch showing growth.
I didn’t know that they would respond with the new spoonfuls of Fish Emulsion & Miracle Gro watering, but they did!
I tried bringing out to expose some sunlight (one hour), but they didn’t respond well since their leaves wilt from shady sunlight. So I took them back to the heating pad and sprayed my concoction on them. They instantly returned to their health self and I’ve only adjusted by taking the top of the container off. At night, I cover the plastic container so they won’t fall to cold temperatures.
Thanks for sharing your system. That's great that it worked out. I've always been a big fan of fish emulsion. Sure wish we had bougainvillea up here, as I get a ton of questions about it but have no experience with it. I'll have to look into whether I can grow it here or not. Maybe it's around somewhere and I didn't know what I was looking at, lol.
I’ve always wanted to root them!
And now you can! Good luck and have fun.
Mike, when, or how many new leaves on the cutting would you start fertilizing them? and what npk ? i really like these time lapsed vids!! seems everyone else forgets to put up the second vid or calls it something else and you never find it. this is like time tunnel 2020!!
Thanks, I love making these time lapse videos, and yes, they are so much more gratifying for the viewer. I don't like fertilizing plants when headed into fall or winter because it sends them the wrong message. I want them to go dormant. However, I do occasionally give a little boost of fertilizer with a weak miracle grow solution in the early fall just to green them up a bit. I don't always do this but sometimes. If you bring them indoors then you will want to fertilize once they are fully rooted to get them the nutrients they need to grow. Wait until the cuttings are fully rooted and you have some new growth pushing out. How much new growth? That's a tough question and will vary but I like to wait until I know they are rooted well and headed into a warm growing season.
i tried all you suggested and nothing has changed, Hopefully I found another advises that worked
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Thanks Mike for all the high quality and informative videos! With this system I wonder if mosquitos could be an issue due to the standing water.
I suppose they could be an issue in an area that gets a lot of mosquitoes. You can use a product called Mosquito dunks and that will solve the problem.
I was really looking at the original cuttings and how many leaves there were on them. The rooted cuttings that we see in November don't look the same. They have less leaves on them. Did they call off but then produce new leaves in that time??
How did it go through the winter? Thanks for your content!
You're welcome! They made it through the winter just fine and grew well last summer. They are overwintering in the same pots in the hoop house now. I need to find a spot to plant them this summer.
Hi Mike! I live in the northeast. I followed last years recommendation and I have a beautiful rooting that I kept inside over the winter and the planted in a 12' planter this spring. It is really taking off. My question is should I give it 1 more year inside over the winter or get it in the ground this fall? Your opinion is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
That's so awesome! You definitely live in a cold region. I usually like to plant in the spring so the plant has all summer to get established in the soil. You could plant now if you have another month or so of warm weather but you may want to protect it from heavy snow and wind.
Awesome video Mike thanks again for sharing.
No problem Ralph
Hey my friend, good to see you Mike! Great video as always!!! Hugs🤗💜🤗
Hugs!!!
Thanks🤗💜
OMG this is so exciting - thank you! One question - can you take cuttings for propagate if the hydrangea is in flower already?
Yes, just cut the flower off.
@@MikeKincaid79 THANK YOU! 😃👍❤️
Great video thank You I am going to try now do you think is to late in September ?❤ your work compliments you a master
Thank you so much Rosa! It is getting a little late to start this now with hydrangea. My recommendation is to start this next June, when the new growth is green and actively growing.
Hi love your videos and trying my first time to propagate anything! I took my hydrangea cuttings rather late bc that’s when I was learning about it….so I live in zone 7 Delaware and we had a warm fall so far. My potted hydrangeas are outside sitting on mulched bed…still blooming and have not lost any leaves….many blooms still to come if weather doesn’t snap! We are moving our 20’ pots into cold storage ( garage) after leaves drop…. I know this may seem crazy but could I try some cuttings from these beauties now and keep in a garage that has windows…..I have a thermometer in the area by windows ( no direct sunlight) and to date it’s been hanging in around 60 during day and 45 ish at night. I figure I won’t do many but I want to try….what do you think? Also the cuttings I took in August still in tote looking good….do I leave them in there over winter? I can see roots through clear plastic cups I put them in …in the totes but not sure how much? Help me my Mike…I want to succeed! Thank you for sharing your amazing knowledge and enthusiasm 😊Kim
Awesome! So glad to hear that you're getting into plant propagation and have already had success!!! It's a ton of fun. Your rooted cuttings should be fine through the winter in a protected spot, such as an unheated garage, shed, or basement. Some people even just put them on a back porch that has a roof to protect from snow and rain but if you do this then put them in a bin or tote with sides to protect from wind as well and crack the lid open quite a bit to allow for some air flow. It's pretty late in the season to do cuttings of these types of hydrangea but paniculata hydrangea can be taken as hardwood cuttings in the winter. There are many plants that will root from hardwood cuttings so this is definitely a year round hobby. Early summer will be your best time for hydrangeas. I anticipate that you will have a lot of fun next summer!
Love it, thank you!
Hi you have come up at the right time. My Hubs bought me an Hugrangea for my Birthday which was a couple of weeks ago, We also bought 4 2 years ago, when they came they were like twigs with a few leaves on them, they are doing really well now. Would you suggest Putting the Original lid on the plastic Tube, We use them for our Grandsons Toys lol the Tube. I have always found you interesting, Do you have some info about taking cutting from some SALVIA Plants as one of the Gardeners here in England said that Salvias are really good to underplant with Roses which helps keep them relatively more Disease free . Love to all your Family. x
I love salvia for the hummingbird attraction. I don't have any videos on it but it roots as softwood cuttings through the summer.
Hope all is well with you and yours. I apologize in advance because it’s a lonnng question regarding cuttings from July 7th.
😭😭😭 My poor hydrangeas! Tell me they’ll survive Mike! I was experimenting with four inch pots and plastic baggie domes. They were doing great, new growth and no wilting. They’re in my screened in porch in a table so no direct sun ever touches them. I was keeping an eye on the humidity in the bag daily. All was well. Yes I said was 😢 One day I got home from work and the bags were clear and we had a thunderstorm in the distance so I made a mistake by hurrying to take off the bags and check the moisture in the soil and get them back on track. A couple of them popped up out of the soil because the leaf cause the edge of the zip in the ziploc bag 🤦🏼♀️ I didn’t see lots of roots so I don’t know if I tore off established roots or if they had new growth because they were sitting in moisture. I reapplied rooting hormone and stuck them back in. Did I commit plant homicide or just delay the process? I have done cuttings of various annual plants in the past with great success. 👀 don’t tell the plant police, I’m not selling anything, just vamping up my garden 👀 These are the only perennials I’ve done.
Advice please? Thanks 😅
Only time will tell, but if they were doing as well as you mentioned and already had small roots then chances are good that they'll continue to root. You may have set them back a few weeks or month but I've done this a lot just showing roots on TH-cam and after I replant, they usually do fine.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks for setting my mind at ease. I did tell myself to remember what I’d seen you do 😅 So they still look ok but a couple of them have dry edges but no crispy.
Thanks so much. I know my garden has thrived once again because of the knowledge made available by people like you 😊
Hey Mike, love your videos! Glad to see you've posted another video, I really enjoy them. I moved this summer and took some cuttings of my hydrangeas to my new place because they were just a really healthy strain with beautifully shaped and colored blooms. I started with 12 cuttings and I am down to 5 that are still ''alive'', but I think they might make it! I am going to try to continue to grow them indoor(under grow lights) during the winter to hopefully get more out of them in the spring.
My question is, I plan to go away for 2 weeks for the upcoming holidays and I'm wondering whether the method you describe in the video would work well keeping the soil moist when I'm gone. I've lost all the leaves off of all but one of them but I am starting to see new growth at the bottom of the others and don't want my last few cuttings to die off on me.
Do you think the propagation box method you described would keep my hydrangeas alive while Im gone?
Much appreciated, one of your Canadian fans!
I should mention that I removed them from the propagation box when I got to my new place(which is probably why I lost half of them and almost all the foliage) and am wondering if I should put them back in the box...with your added new recipe of water at the bottom and pots elevated out of it.
I have a similar predicament. Planning a vacation and worried about plants. Yeah, if you don't want to risk losing them then placing them in a humid environment for a couple weeks may be the only answer unless you can come up with a self watering system. I've been toying with some ideas for a self watering system that will last a couple weeks. If I come up with something good then I'll share it on the channel.
Love your videos! I have a gorgeous 8'x8' limelight hydrangea in our back yard. In June, I took a cutting, and without a rooting hormone, just plunked in into the mulch, right below the 'mother' plant. It took, and actually grew leaves. So yesterday, I dug the little thing up, potted it, and put it back under the 'mother' plant. My question is...now what? Should I bring it into the sun, dappled shade, or leave it there? I live in central Ontario, Canada. If this little guy continues to grow, should I bring it into the garage when it loses it's leaves? Our winters are brutal. So many questions...the struggle is real! Thanks, Mike!
Haha, "so many questions". You've certainly caught the propagation bug. Glad you're having fun with it. That's cool that you rooted it right by the mother in the soil. I'd leave it in place and allow the roots to get good and developed through the summer. You can always put a 5 gallon bucket over it to protect it through the winter. Drill some holes in the bucket to allow air flow. Hey, I should do a video about that!
It just dawned on my that you dug it up already and put it in a pot. Yes, you should probably bring it into an unheated garage or shed through the winter to protect it.
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Lol..yes, I dug it up, because it was right next to a fence. There's no room for it to grow there...plus I figured it needed a little more diffused sunlight, as it was in complete shade under 'mom'. Alright, into the garage it'll go. Thanks, Mike!
Ok I will try this Mike.
Good luck!
Omg! That was my next question. I just received 2 blue Endless Summer hydrangeas via USPS from Illinois to Winnipeg Canada. There is one that looks stressed and I am at a loss for what to do to save it. If you have any suggestions I would be very grateful. I plan on nurturing them throughout the winter. It is October 20th here and it gets really 🥶 cold with temperatures falling to minus 40 to minus 50 at times so I know these little 🌱seedlings 🌱 need to stay indoors. I also have one from 🇮🇪 Ireland that managed to arrive fighting to stay alive.
This is so much fun! With your help, I will send you the very first bloom!
So cool to have a plant from Ireland! A stressed plant can be helped along by up-potting into a good potting soil, giving it a light fertilizer, watering once, and then just leaving it alone in a well lit and warm location where it can recover over time. Just leave it alone and let it do it's thing. It can be helpful to spritz the leaves with water every few hours for the first few days if it's wilting or a large part of the roots were damaged.
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Yikes! I think that I may have played around too much with one of the hydrangeas from Illinois. I bought 2 from FloralDances on Etsy. They were pretty sad looking when they finally arrived. One seems to be doing a little better than the other. Of course, it's the one I "loved" 🙄 rather "fussed" over. I am waiting for a plant spray called Foop that I ordered from Amazon. It's supposed to help de-stress 😵💫 the plant. Or maybe 🤔 it's for me. Lol! Have you ever heard of it? I can send you some pictures. 🤔 Of the plants.🪴🌱🌾🍂
Did all four root? Two had visible new growth. The other two didn’t appear to have any new leaves, so I wondered if those rooted as well.
awesome.....I'm gonna try this
Thanks for the video , i use the same concept with my house plant root lings lol. In case of any fungus that might arrive put cinnamon on to of dirt it will prevent that fungus growth !! Would like to see your house plants , maybe do a video on that ! Thanks :)
Yes, cinnamon is a good one. One of these days I'll show off the house plants.
Thanks alot Mike 😊
You're welcome!
Mike, I’m in zone 8A. Can I put my plastic containers in a storage building that has a couple of windows to propagate hydrangeas? It is fall, but temps are in 70’s.
You can but once the temp gets down below 55 degrees, activity in the plant stops. I'm sure there is a little leeway as the weather changes with the days but 55 degrees is the excepted number for plant growth grinding to a halt.
None of my hydrangeas are rooting after 4 weeks. We’ve had crazy rain and humidity so I wonder if it’s bc the soil is too damp?
Great info! I may try this next time I propagate cuttings. I want to do a bunch of bay laurel in the spring. Would this be good for seed starting?
It sure did work out great to keep the humidity high and I didn't have to worry so much about them.
Can hydrangea be propagated from a single leaf or half a leaf? Great content as always. 😊
Never tried it.
hi I got my cutting in water for a month .no roots but new shoots of leaves can I put it in a pot
Need a video on limelight hydrangea cuttings. Can't seem to get the formula right. Is it different from other hydrangea propagation?
No, they will root well as softwood cuttings. You can also root them as hardwood cuttings through the winter. I'll have to do a video on it.
Hi Mike love your video.....my question is to you label you're cuttings so you know what kind of plant it is?
Yes, I always label my plants.
Mike, I have been trying to find your recent video about fungus on rose cuttings. If you can tell me,
thanks, a lot. I’ve finally found some bark locally At the farm store! Betsy in Bellingham, WA
I think this is the one you're looking for Betsy: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html I might change the thumbnail and title because people are having a hard time finding it. Good luck with your projects and enjoy all our beautiful weather!
What do you think of miracle gro potting soil?
I use it on houseplants
Cant wait to see the results 😀
Me too
Hi Mike, you said take the cutting at the right time. Is that plant specific or is there a time of year you shouldn’t not take cuttings? Thank you 😊
All plants are different. Hydrangea cuttings are best taken in early summer as softwood cuttings but you can take some varieties as hardwood cuttings in winter. Some plants root better or only as hardwood cuttings and some root better as semi-hardwood in the late summer/early fall. There's too much info to go over every plant here but that's a good start for you. I'd pick the plant you want to propagate and dive into what's best for that plant. If you have multiple different kinds of plants, you can be taking cuttings year round. I've got examples of lots of different types of cuttings and plants on this channel, just keep watching! Have fun in the garden!
P.S. I want that bulldozer behind you, lol
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you! I am learning so much! PS I wish I still had that dozer 😆
So do you plant these in the ground the following spring or can you plant them in November? I'm in the PNW.
I plant them the following spring so that they have all summer to get established in the soil.
Great, thank you!
Hi Mike, Another brilliant video and love watching your others too! Just one question. I have a similar tote to the one you used in the video. But mine has a tight fitting lid that does not let air in. Obviously the plants need some air so should I just release the lid for a few minutes each day ?I don't want to lose the condensation build up as that is proof the tote is doing its job but just unsure how much air I should be letting into it and how often o.k. Thanks again! John in England
You don’t really need to open it at all. I’ve done this in totes with gaskets that cut off all air flow. Alternatively, you can open the lid for up to 15 minutes at a time without any problem as long as you replace the lid and humidity builds back up.
Great video!!
You are a Mr green thumb. Wow.
You are so kind!
do you water them over winter time in the hoop house?
Just a couple times through the winter. Here's a video about it: th-cam.com/video/fR6IAmjyC50/w-d-xo.html
I only just came across your video about when you cut your hand up really bad. How is it working now? You seem to be using it ok.
Hey, thanks for asking. As chance has it, I’ll be posting a video about it in a few days.
Would soft cuttings 5-6 inches work for bougainvillea too, in August?
I think it would but I’ve never worked with that plant.
Could I use solo cups? Would this work for blackberry cuttings?
Yes, any container will work.
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Hi Mike....Ludwig from Chile again...Have .done any succesfully experiments with Camelia propagation???
I haven't done any "out of the box" experiments, but you can root them as semi-hardwood cuttings on bottom heat in a Nearing frame. I've seen people root them as hardwood cuttings as well.
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Would you do this set up for roses too? I had a go with hydrangeas in the Autumn (southern hemisphere) and they took well until I messed it up by overwatering with a little liquid food after about 10 weeks, killed them quick! Oopsie! Will try again now we are in early summer and like the idea of having pots above the water reservoir. I also tried some roses and they got new growth, then rotted but having the pot out of the water may help there too.
Yes, this would work for roses too.
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Awwwww, I didn't see this video yesterday when I potted up my tip cuttings !
Not too late to start this up.
@@MikeKincaid79 so should I clip off the tip?
By clipping the terminal bud at the tip, it will force the cutting to redirect its energy down toward root growth.
@@MikeKincaid79 ok , done!
Great video, where did you get your 1 gallon pots?
Try Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Offer Up, etc.