That was the same thought that entered my mind. I have seen several videos on taking cuttings, and none were as thorough and easy to understand as her explanation. She made it make sense.
Very well explained. My Dad propagated fruit trees by grafting, similar to the chip method you discussed; however he made a cut at the base of the root stock and then slipped the bud into the slot created by the cut. He would then use a rubber strip around the base to hold it in place. He usually began grafting in July and spent weeks grafting hundreds of trees. One of my jobs was to go down the rows the following spring and cut off the root stock above the graft. By the end of that growing season we would have a good sized tree (1 meter high or more). Because the bud grew so quickly, they were vulnerable to cracking off in windy weather, so we staked the growing buds early to stabilize the bud.
@DNA The rootstock is temporarily allowed to remain to nurture the graft in certain types of grafting. After the graft has healed the rootstock above the graft is no longer needed and is removed. Other types of grafting remove the top of the rootstock at time of grafting.
I’m loving the rate that videos have been dropping of late, Kevin. The team has clearly worked hard to get to a point where this kind of output is possible. Congratulations.
Ugh grafting is my dream gardening skill to learn. My great uncle is a grafting master. He grafted his own 6-in-1 mixed citrus tree, a 4-in-1 grapefruit tree and multiple 4-in-1 stone fruit trees.
Me too! I'm gonna start with those grafting tools with interchangeable styles that perfectly match the cuts. I feel grafting as a skill will make growing fruit from seed more valuable since now you can roll the genetic dice to see if something good comes up and /or use it for rootstock and graft your desired varieties on :)
I have a Japanese maple that came from a seedling from my parents tree, which came from a seedling from my grandfather's tree 😊 it makes me happy to have the granddaughter tree, especially since my grandfather passed
So there’s a massive Wisteria at a coffee shop where I went on one of my first dates with the woman to whom I’m now married. The thing is beautiful. I’ve never done it before, and I’ve always wondered if I could clone it. Such a thing would mean a lot to both of us. This is such a great resource. I’ve got the courage to give it a shot now. Thank you so much.
@@stanleysherlock9305 I decided to wait until the spring! That way there will be plenty of stem cells ready to go. The idea kind of got shelved when I got a certain virus a few months ago…
Im new to gardening and like chris just makes me fall in love with it by the way she teaches, its really didactic and easy to understand. thanks for the awesome material
I love Chis's videos and instagram. Her advice is so pratical and informative. Giving cuttings a gentle tug test and having them stay firm in the soil is one of the greatest thrills in life. One down side of vegetative propagation I wish was mentioned here is the lack of genetic diversity when growing from cuttings. The cutting will have the same genetics as the mother plant and if you just so happen to have a plant that is susceptible to a disease all the clones will too (Cavendish bananas anyone). I think rooting cuttings along side growing from seed if you can is a good way to hedge your bets.
I’m finding I have much better luck with water propagation. I can see root growth, it’s less maintenance than keeping soil moist, and it’s just fun to watch. So far I’ve propagated pothos, monstera deliciosa, mint, and lemon balm. I’m excited to try more plants.
I have a blackberry plant that I (luckily, because I didn't know what I was doing) grew from a "cutting" I took when rabbits wrecked my main blackberry plant. I've kept this second plant alive in a pot for two years by taking it to my basement during the winter. Planning to propagate by taking a few cuttings from both plants this year. Thanks for the tips in this video!
Thanks for the tips! I've been extremely successful with grafting for a while now, nothing fancy but its fun to experiment. Plants are one of my favorite things ever!
This is something about plants that I'm continually amazed by. Some of the propagation techniques seem crazy at first but makes sense when you really think about it.
Grafting, I have had great success using cheap black electrical tape. It is strong, it stretches, it will naturally fall off if you forget about it, and being black it warms up the graft area sooner and faster allowing the sap to flow more readily increasing the chances of success.
This was SO helpful!! I'm planting a cold-weather memorial to Eden garden (food forest/ permaculture), and I am thankful to have learned all of these techniques!! Thank you, Chris!
I knew that 'layering' was a thing for tomatos, cucumbers and brambles (😑) but didn't consider it as a deliberate method to propagate plants, it's something that I'm use to hearing that you shouldn't allow your plants to do. I'm going to be experimenting with this method alot. Thanks Chris. Hello Kevin.
Wow, I love to learn from someone who has a really deep and fundamental knowledge of plants. I want to propagate for hydroponics, cuttings and water are the way to go for me!
Nice! I just put in some cherry tree cuttings into medium before watching this. Almost good timing! If you're doing propagation through cuttings, I've found that the humidity really is the most important thing. My understanding is that the plant is able to absorb water through its leaves while the roots are developing. If you can keep the humidity up you have a good shot at keeping the cuttings alive. Also always take more cuttings than you think you'll need! There's an attrition rate, even if you do everything correctly.
Going to have to try this with my cherry tree that got girdled, not sure if it will make it as it is more then halfway. Been wondering if their is way to propagate after seeing the price to replace yikes.
Glad I found your videos for learning. It is so refreshing not to listen to someone trying to be funny or wasted time listening to them ramble on. Thank you again.
You have the most pleasant voice. I could listen to you all day. LOL, I usually don't say that to many women. Have you overwintered any pepper plants? I have some 3 year olds that I want to bonsai. Any tips?
I'm by Tampa Florida and now it's early summer for me. I have been taking cuttings from my coleus, impatiens and sunpatiens from last year so I don't need to buy more plants. I'm doing about 50 percent on my zonal geranium cuttings. I take cuttings from my shrubs to give to my neighbors. This is the best fun for me. I shop the clearance shelf at my local Walmart and I've had good luck buying strugglers and bringing them home, when they grow I take cuttings. Easy peasy and cheap.
Chris is great, thanks everyone for the excellent info! BTW they make grafting tools that perfectly match up the ends! Seems like a good way to start as you hone your knife skills!
Thanks, Chris! This was so wonderfully clear and I appreciate what a broad range of methods you shared and for what kinds of plants. Best coverage of this topic for the novice I've seen. Now I feel inspired vs overwhelmed.
Thank you so much for this video. It's very informative, explains things very well. I do not have a "green thumb ". Your video taught me how to divide my spiderwort by cut. I did it! Cut with 4 nodules, planted in a plastic cup. It's been 3 days and the little flower clump that was there bloomed today! Excited to replant it on my garden.
Saved/made myself about $220 just sprouting cuttings from my normal berry bush prunings. Was probably illegal seeing as they were mostly fancy cultivars, but if anyone asks they just fell in the ground like that and started growing.
"Excuse me Sir Mister Lord Billionaine Scrooge, would you mind if this plant does it's natural life cycle and survives for another generation?" "NO! I own the intellectual rights of that plant, so if it propagates itself please burn it and buy a new one from me!" "Ok, I'm just going to "steal" this plant's descendants, please put a pinecone up your ass and sit in the grownd untill a tree sprouts from your mouth so you can't speak anymore" Seriously, if you honestly believe you can own a whole species of plant just shut up. Also, don't eat anything because literally every produce variety was also created by someone and therefore you don't own it's rights either. Seriously, human morality and codes of conduct are more disfigured than some breeds of dog, how on earth did we get here? It's not like if you claim ownership of a specific plant in your garden, they are literally claiming intellectual rights over the DNA of a gosh darn plant
@@KP-hv4tt Today I told my mom I had to go get some dirt, and she asked me where I was going to buy it from. Yeah, no, I'll just get out and get some FROM THE GROWND. IT'S CALLED PLANET EARTH, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY EARTH. And the grownd? you guessed it, it's made out of grownd. Seriously, why would you need to pay for something that's everywhere? "bUt ThE DiRt mADe in a FaCTOry iS BEttEr thaN tHe DirT On tHe DiRt" shurup you dumdum, you're just badly imitating the procces happening in nature, I don't want to pay you for something you took out of the grownd. Seriously, this makes my blood boil so much I could inject myself some tea and brew it inside me. IT'S PLANTS PEOPLE, I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE THEM GROW IN MY VICINITY. "bUt i CReAtEd ThiS OnE IN pArTiCULLaR" NO IT CREATED ITSELF, SO WATCH ME CLONE IT FOR MYSELF AND WEEP YOU CAPITALIST FICUS. I NEITHER WANT NOR NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO LOOK AT IT, YOU BUNCH OF DEHYDRATED HYDRANGEAS
first video I saw of you guys super helpful thanks a bunch :D ended up going down the rabbit hole of gardening and growing veggies and fruits with my lil chilli's on the windowsill fruiting right now ended up buying some dwarf citrus trees alongside them and im already looking at all stuff like propagation/cloning and growing more stuff like berries or potatoes and even getting a lil greenhouse there's something so satisfying about seeing a tiny lil seed or cutting grow into a massive plant and flowering and fruiting up and the harvest is kind of like them thanking you for keeping em happy and healthy in a way 😄 and just seeing the fruits form and seeing how much you get knowing you can take some seeds and do it all again currently got a Mediterranean lemon, panama orange, mexican lime as my citrus dwarfs and dragons breath, 2 bell peppers, a cayene and a sugar rush peach stripey as my chillis 🤤
My dad has grafted pecan trees for years. If I remember correctly, he had 3-4 different pecan varieties coming from one tree for a time. I'm not sure they all are still producing but it was pretty cool.
It would be great to do another video on soil mixes. I think the last one you’ve done was a while ago, and would love to see how your approach has changed.
Really enjoyed watching this video. Chris is a great teacher, well spoken and easy to understand. Will definitely be utilizing this info this week to make a bigger herb garden. Thank you so much.
I love Chris’s straightforward teaching method! I’m gonna try layering with some plants. I love lazy gal methods. 😅 I have a few arrowwood viburnums I’m trying to root from a mistaken pruning (I thought it was a dead stalk but after I pulled it out from the center of the bush I realized it had lots of fray nodes that looked like they were ready to push out new leaves. So I stuck them in a shallow pot outside. Whatever I prune I sorta stick in there, and if it leafs out, it stays and if it stayed dormant/dead for a couple months I pull and toss. I don’t think this is a great method, but I’m trying out propagating. And I quartered some mum rootballs from last fall and stuck sections into a single large pot and overwintered them and they’ve been growing all summer! I just dunno which colors survived until it flowers this fall. I’m gonna try propagating a little sage I’ve kept alive in a pot through deep freeze winters!
This video is AWESOME! I've done a lot of experimentation with cuttings but I haven't tried any of these other methods! Definitely gonna give layering a go; it's got me super excited!
Is video is good for my mom because she loves Taking care of Her plants So if I show this to my mom she'll be really happy This is super useful Great quality videos You should make more videos like this see ya
Thank you Chris. I don’t know the names of 99% of my plants but I know how to propagate them. I hope that I can learn the names so that I can propagate them correctly.
Around 14mins you lightly scrape the gooseberry stem. I have jasmine plants that I have tried to propagate but I haven’t been successful. I have seen where it naturally starts to produce its own roots but by that time I’m on another project or hobby. I will try placing the stem on the soil then place a rock over it. I’ll also try grafting again. About six years ago I tried grafting but I didn’t know that the naval orange tree in my yard was dying. Your pointers are priceless and I have learned a lot from this video.
I kind of started propagating my potted plant when one of them got too big and too wide. They did lose a lot of leaves but eventually grew and flourish again. Now every time something snapped off when I tidy my plants around, I just stick them in the potted dirt and hope for the best, so I guess you can say I propagate quite a lot lately.
I worked before at a production greenhouse where we grafted thousands of tomato plants per day by hand. You had to time it so both the rootstock and scion varieties had their 4th true leaves, then cut the stems at a 45 degree angle with a razor blade and stick them together with a little rubber clip. Afterwards they would put them in a super humid area for a few days for the grafts to heal, and then when the stems grew big enough the clips would fall off. It seems like the biggest issues were timing (since rootstocks would often grow 1-2 days slower/faster than scions so the stems were different diameters), and getting the angles exactly the same. You had to work quickly too since the plants would wilt, but they would bounce back suprisingly well if done correctly, with something like a 90% success rate. I just thought I would mention this for anyone curious how grafting is done with non-woody plants. :) Most of the greenhouse-grown veggies you buy at the grocery store are grafted for better disease resistance, even though it requires planting twice as many seeds. (Also, eggplants usually get grafted onto tomato rootstock because they're closely enough related and there's a lot of tomato rootstocks available!)
You have a very nice garden. I can tell you put a lot of work and love into it. I appreciate you sharing any tips & tricks. I’m a gardener too. I also make gardening videos. I’m trying to anyway I get a lot of dirt on my camera somehow. This is my 3rd year but I still have so much to learn. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow!
Great lesson; she's a born teacher! I'm wondering how Rosemary would propagate with the wounding and layering method. I have propagated Rosemary 4" and 6" new Spring growth in water; they sprouted roots in about 2-3 weeks and I planted the stems in my garden soil. Chris' method, I'd like to try. What are your thoughts?
I smoked before watching this- and my mouth dropped like the last half of the video 😮- honestly plants are amazing. I am so excited for this new green thumb journey!!!! 😍
Thanks a lot for the wisdom on layering! Tried this with, oregano, avellana and some others in early summer. Would it be a mistake to let it wait for winter to pass before checking for success?
I clone calibrachoa, verbena, bacopa, etc. It's really strange because some will be ready in 2 weeks fully rooted, and others will take over a month to develop roots. I think my issue is some of them aren't getting good stem to soil contact. Another method not mentioned here that I'm going to try this year is to use cloning balls.
Colespolaric we must have exactly the same taste all the plants you mentioned are some I want to propagate lol. Do you keep them over winter? I don't have a greenhouse but I do keep pelargoniums on my bedroom windowsill in my chilled bedroom. So I can buy an annual from the garden centre and take cuttings if they only take four weeks to root 😁
@@nataliedodson1637 I usually take cuttings around July or August to start for the next year. Unfortunately I lost all mine this year and have to start over
Thank you for sharing this eye-opening video. I have only one suggestion about grafting; the graft has to be placed just below any node present on the rootstock. It is because you want to have your plant grown from the nodes present on the graft rather than from those on the rootstock.
Thanks for this video. I tried to propagate my snake plant via other TH-cam videos by using water and I failed. The mason jar just got moldy and no results. Now I realize why my cutting didn’t propagate, I didn’t use the 4 node rule. Very helpful and learned about root growth hormone.
Your video is incredible. I like the fact that I learned some terms I had no idea existed. My first experience with cuttings was with a plant that's considered a weed. I did the whole "process" by winging it, had no idea if it was going to work. It worked alright. Wound up with many plants. Years later, I'm wanting to do cuttings with some Catnip. I must have acquired some bad seeds, because they took forever to germinate. With that said, and the reason I'm interested in your video, I'm not interested in trying that germination process again. WAY too time consuming. Again, thanks for the video.
The layering technique sounds amazing. You can easily do that with thyme cos that plant naturally develops roots wherever it contacts the soil. So cool 🌱☀️
This was really useful, I have only done Stem Rooting tbh. But I loved that rock method, so simple. I have seen that it is possible to purchase Propogation Balls that wrap around the scraped stem of a plant, I suppose it depends on the situation.
Can you make a video to explain when or what seasons you should grow certain fruits and vegetables? I live in Florida but don’t know where to start. Thanks !
Thank you so much for so much great information on this subject I have from some plants by doing this method already but you look like you’re the queen of it hugs and kisses from grandma Sandy and Debbie
What a great video! My bug bear has been propagating Stewartia. I have have no problems getting the cuttings to root but have been abysmal getting those cuttings to survive winter. Even with the use of our just above freezing greenhouse.
Holy crap. I love spot on right to the point common sense direction. No need for all the extra word bs salad. Chris love the less is more approach...just the facts ma'am! Following along cbc Vancouver!
Love Chris’ teaching style. She makes it very easy for me to understand how and more importantly why. Less is more. She is the ideal teacher!
That was the same thought that entered my mind. I have seen several videos on taking cuttings, and none were as thorough and easy to understand as her explanation. She made it make sense.
Does Chris have a channel ?
I already knew all this but I still enjoyed the video. Chris' delivery is amazing. I could watch these videos all day.
@@jerrywhidby. Me too also:) -- This gal is very clear/concise, no time waster; gets to the point, and she is a treasure. More from this gal pleeeeze.
Very well explained. My Dad propagated fruit trees by grafting, similar to the chip method you discussed; however he made a cut at the base of the root stock and then slipped the bud into the slot created by the cut. He would then use a rubber strip around the base to hold it in place. He usually began grafting in July and spent weeks grafting hundreds of trees. One of my jobs was to go down the rows the following spring and cut off the root stock above the graft. By the end of that growing season we would have a good sized tree (1 meter high or more). Because the bud grew so quickly, they were vulnerable to cracking off in windy weather, so we staked the growing buds early to stabilize the bud.
Awesome Karin. Thanks. I enjoyed reading that!
@DNA I think it's like Chris is talking about at 12:35, you cut the stem (root stock) above where you grafted the variety you wanted the year before.
@DNA The rootstock is temporarily allowed to remain to nurture the graft in certain types of grafting. After the graft has healed the rootstock above the graft is no longer needed and is removed. Other types of grafting remove the top of the rootstock at time of grafting.
I’m loving the rate that videos have been dropping of late, Kevin. The team has clearly worked hard to get to a point where this kind of output is possible. Congratulations.
We've been putting in the time!
You can tell spring has sprung at Epic Gardening! ♪
Ugh grafting is my dream gardening skill to learn. My great uncle is a grafting master. He grafted his own 6-in-1 mixed citrus tree, a 4-in-1 grapefruit tree and multiple 4-in-1 stone fruit trees.
Me too! I'm gonna start with those grafting tools with interchangeable styles that perfectly match the cuts. I feel grafting as a skill will make growing fruit from seed more valuable since now you can roll the genetic dice to see if something good comes up and /or use it for rootstock and graft your desired varieties on :)
I'm looking forward to making many "fruit cocktail" trees, like your great uncle. Such a great idea for single people or small families! 😁
how did he do that...please tell
Ellen kuang I need your uncle as a mentor. Which books are good to read about grafting I wonder?
That’s so freakin kool! I one day too wish to master grafting.
Thank you we are thinking of doing this so my daughter can take our plants with her. A little piece of home
It's a great way to bring sentimental plants to a new spot!
I have a Japanese maple that came from a seedling from my parents tree, which came from a seedling from my grandfather's tree 😊 it makes me happy to have the granddaughter tree, especially since my grandfather passed
I’m just doing the same for one of my daughters, ❤️
The tone, the video, the Environment, everything on point. Please thanks for your kindness. Education the key. It was what I needed.
Just divided my lemongrass my mom brought me from Oceanside CA. I turned one into six and I’m super thrilled:)
I been cloning my tomatoes and Coleus plant. I give them as gift once they grow. Lots of fun. Makes great 2nd planting.
Brilliant teacher. Really clear instructions and easy to follow. More Chris 🙂
Does she have her own channel I wonder? :>
So there’s a massive Wisteria at a coffee shop where I went on one of my first dates with the woman to whom I’m now married. The thing is beautiful. I’ve never done it before, and I’ve always wondered if I could clone it. Such a thing would mean a lot to both of us.
This is such a great resource. I’ve got the courage to give it a shot now. Thank you so much.
did you manage!?
@@stanleysherlock9305 I decided to wait until the spring! That way there will be plenty of stem cells ready to go. The idea kind of got shelved when I got a certain virus a few months ago…
Im new to gardening and like chris just makes me fall in love with it by the way she teaches, its really didactic and easy to understand.
thanks for the awesome material
She is a really great teacher. I enjoy watching her.
Really loving Chris and her wisdom on colder climate growing!
Perfect timing, especially as it's getting harder to find plants in my area. Thanks everyone!
Perfect!
Better get some rhubarb quick, I swear it’s the hardest plant to find lol
@@Ryan-xh7pe you can buy it from the supermarket and then propagate it
@@Ryanrulesok Ik but it sells out everywhere around me (CT), I had to order some from Michigan haha
It seems like if they have the plants, they are rather expensive. Kind of a bummer. Nice to know I have alternatives.
I love Chis's videos and instagram. Her advice is so pratical and informative. Giving cuttings a gentle tug test and having them stay firm in the soil is one of the greatest thrills in life. One down side of vegetative propagation I wish was mentioned here is the lack of genetic diversity when growing from cuttings. The cutting will have the same genetics as the mother plant and if you just so happen to have a plant that is susceptible to a disease all the clones will too (Cavendish bananas anyone). I think rooting cuttings along side growing from seed if you can is a good way to hedge your bets.
Also if you grow from seed and have grafting skills you can have the best of both worlds :)
Whats chris' instagram pls ?
I've been watching propagation videos on and off for the last few years, and this is by far the best one!
I was hoping to see a video with Chris/Kris? She is so informative and well spoken. She makes me smarter.
When they're both in the same place!
I’m finding I have much better luck with water propagation. I can see root growth, it’s less maintenance than keeping soil moist, and it’s just fun to watch. So far I’ve propagated pothos, monstera deliciosa, mint, and lemon balm. I’m excited to try more plants.
Does it still need to be humid?
I have a blackberry plant that I (luckily, because I didn't know what I was doing) grew from a "cutting" I took when rabbits wrecked my main blackberry plant. I've kept this second plant alive in a pot for two years by taking it to my basement during the winter. Planning to propagate by taking a few cuttings from both plants this year. Thanks for the tips in this video!
Another great video-every time I watch this channel, I feel like even I could do some gardening!
I don't know you...but you can do some gardening! :)
Thanks for the tips! I've been extremely successful with grafting for a while now, nothing fancy but its fun to experiment. Plants are one of my favorite things ever!
This is something about plants that I'm continually amazed by. Some of the propagation techniques seem crazy at first but makes sense when you really think about it.
Grafting, I have had great success using cheap black electrical tape. It is strong, it stretches, it will naturally fall off if you forget about it, and being black it warms up the graft area sooner and faster allowing the sap to flow more readily increasing the chances of success.
Thank you! 🙏
In the midst of Summer I prefer White tape to ovoid overheating. After 3-4 weeks I check for constriction and loosen a bit if needed.
This was SO helpful!! I'm planting a cold-weather memorial to Eden garden (food forest/ permaculture), and I am thankful to have learned all of these techniques!! Thank you, Chris!
Watched tons of videos. This one is by far the one most explanatory and straight to the point. Thank you!
I knew that 'layering' was a thing for tomatos, cucumbers and brambles (😑) but didn't consider it as a deliberate method to propagate plants, it's something that I'm use to hearing that you shouldn't allow your plants to do. I'm going to be experimenting with this method alot. Thanks Chris. Hello Kevin.
Hi hi!
Wow, I love to learn from someone who has a really deep and fundamental knowledge of plants. I want to propagate for hydroponics, cuttings and water are the way to go for me!
if you are already going to do hydroponics get an aerocloner
Nice! I just put in some cherry tree cuttings into medium before watching this. Almost good timing!
If you're doing propagation through cuttings, I've found that the humidity really is the most important thing. My understanding is that the plant is able to absorb water through its leaves while the roots are developing. If you can keep the humidity up you have a good shot at keeping the cuttings alive. Also always take more cuttings than you think you'll need! There's an attrition rate, even if you do everything correctly.
Going to have to try this with my cherry tree that got girdled, not sure if it will make it as it is more then halfway. Been wondering if their is way to propagate after seeing the price to replace yikes.
How did you know I was researching this? Perfect video at exactly the right time, thanks Chris!
Great to hear!
I never knew I could smell through my eyes until I saw that sage plant. It grew so beautifully! 😭
Right on, Chris. I'm going to be moving and want to take some cuttings of particularly hardy herbs with me. Great reminder to get on it this spring.
Glad I found your videos for learning. It is so refreshing not to listen to someone trying to be funny or wasted time listening to them ramble on. Thank you again.
Thanks! That was a real treat to have such a great teacher share her knowledge with us! Love your channel 🌿
You have the most pleasant voice. I could listen to you all day. LOL, I usually don't say that to many women. Have you overwintered any pepper plants? I have some 3 year olds that I want to bonsai. Any tips?
good guest video. I also had great luck taking cuttings of basil and dropping them right in water
Her teaching is so intuitive
Thank you for this. I needed this information for a small time nursery I'd like to start up hopefully in a year
I'm by Tampa Florida and now it's early summer for me. I have been taking cuttings from my coleus, impatiens and sunpatiens from last year so I don't need to buy more plants. I'm doing about 50 percent on my zonal geranium cuttings. I take cuttings from my shrubs to give to my neighbors. This is the best fun for me. I shop the clearance shelf at my local Walmart and I've had good luck buying strugglers and bringing them home, when they grow I take cuttings. Easy peasy and cheap.
This is so wonderfully exhaustive and detailed. Thank you! It's answering all my questions.
Chris is great, thanks everyone for the excellent info! BTW they make grafting tools that perfectly match up the ends! Seems like a good way to start as you hone your knife skills!
Wow she is an amazing teacher!
Clear and concise! Thank you!
Thanks, Chris! This was so wonderfully clear and I appreciate what a broad range of methods you shared and for what kinds of plants. Best coverage of this topic for the novice I've seen. Now I feel inspired vs overwhelmed.
Thank you so much for this video. It's very informative, explains things very well. I do not have a "green thumb ". Your video taught me how to divide my spiderwort by cut. I did it! Cut with 4 nodules, planted in a plastic cup. It's been 3 days and the little flower clump that was there bloomed today! Excited to replant it on my garden.
Saved/made myself about $220 just sprouting cuttings from my normal berry bush prunings. Was probably illegal seeing as they were mostly fancy cultivars, but if anyone asks they just fell in the ground like that and started growing.
Illegal?! Who cares. Government in everyone's business.
I’ll never request permission from anyone regarding plants.
"Excuse me Sir Mister Lord Billionaine Scrooge, would you mind if this plant does it's natural life cycle and survives for another generation?"
"NO! I own the intellectual rights of that plant, so if it propagates itself please burn it and buy a new one from me!"
"Ok, I'm just going to "steal" this plant's descendants, please put a pinecone up your ass and sit in the grownd untill a tree sprouts from your mouth so you can't speak anymore"
Seriously, if you honestly believe you can own a whole species of plant just shut up. Also, don't eat anything because literally every produce variety was also created by someone and therefore you don't own it's rights either. Seriously, human morality and codes of conduct are more disfigured than some breeds of dog, how on earth did we get here? It's not like if you claim ownership of a specific plant in your garden, they are literally claiming intellectual rights over the DNA of a gosh darn plant
@@KP-hv4tt Today I told my mom I had to go get some dirt, and she asked me where I was going to buy it from. Yeah, no, I'll just get out and get some FROM THE GROWND. IT'S CALLED PLANET EARTH, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY EARTH. And the grownd? you guessed it, it's made out of grownd. Seriously, why would you need to pay for something that's everywhere? "bUt ThE DiRt mADe in a FaCTOry iS BEttEr thaN tHe DirT On tHe DiRt" shurup you dumdum, you're just badly imitating the procces happening in nature, I don't want to pay you for something you took out of the grownd.
Seriously, this makes my blood boil so much I could inject myself some tea and brew it inside me. IT'S PLANTS PEOPLE, I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE THEM GROW IN MY VICINITY. "bUt i CReAtEd ThiS OnE IN pArTiCULLaR" NO IT CREATED ITSELF, SO WATCH ME CLONE IT FOR MYSELF AND WEEP YOU CAPITALIST FICUS. I NEITHER WANT NOR NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO LOOK AT IT, YOU BUNCH OF DEHYDRATED HYDRANGEAS
Only illegal if you sell patented plants.
Thanks!
This was so helpful and informative. I’m a budget gardener and propagation as been a game changer for me!!! Thank you for this video.
I like her presentation.
Clear, concise, practical.
first video I saw of you guys super helpful thanks a bunch :D
ended up going down the rabbit hole of gardening and growing veggies and fruits with my lil chilli's on the windowsill fruiting right now ended up buying some dwarf citrus trees alongside them and im already looking at all stuff like propagation/cloning and growing more stuff like berries or potatoes and even getting a lil greenhouse
there's something so satisfying about seeing a tiny lil seed or cutting grow into a massive plant and flowering and fruiting up and the harvest is kind of like them thanking you for keeping em happy and healthy in a way 😄 and just seeing the fruits form and seeing how much you get knowing you can take some seeds and do it all again
currently got a Mediterranean lemon, panama orange, mexican lime as my citrus dwarfs and dragons breath, 2 bell peppers, a cayene and a sugar rush peach stripey as my chillis 🤤
My dad has grafted pecan trees for years. If I remember correctly, he had 3-4 different pecan varieties coming from one tree for a time. I'm not sure they all are still producing but it was pretty cool.
It would be great to do another video on soil mixes. I think the last one you’ve done was a while ago, and would love to see how your approach has changed.
Really enjoyed watching this video. Chris is a great teacher, well spoken and easy to understand. Will definitely be utilizing this info this week to make a bigger herb garden. Thank you so much.
Superb tutorial Kevin/Chris! I love the last method of layering.....so easy to do!
I love Chris’s straightforward teaching method! I’m gonna try layering with some plants. I love lazy gal methods. 😅
I have a few arrowwood viburnums I’m trying to root from a mistaken pruning (I thought it was a dead stalk but after I pulled it out from the center of the bush I realized it had lots of fray nodes that looked like they were ready to push out new leaves. So I stuck them in a shallow pot outside. Whatever I prune I sorta stick in there, and if it leafs out, it stays and if it stayed dormant/dead for a couple months I pull and toss. I don’t think this is a great method, but I’m trying out propagating.
And I quartered some mum rootballs from last fall and stuck sections into a single large pot and overwintered them and they’ve been growing all summer! I just dunno which colors survived until it flowers this fall.
I’m gonna try propagating a little sage I’ve kept alive in a pot through deep freeze winters!
Excellent video lots of good information clear concise explanations great you tube voice cheer’s Vancouver Island Canada
Super awesome and excited for these propagating methods very detailed oriented and impactful.
Many Thanks & Happy Week YA’LL!
This video is AWESOME! I've done a lot of experimentation with cuttings but I haven't tried any of these other methods! Definitely gonna give layering a go; it's got me super excited!
I'm going to go try this now with my sage plant. Thank you for the helpful information!
Thanks Kevin and Christina for the propagation lesson.
Is video is good for my mom because she loves Taking care of Her plants So if I show this to my mom she'll be really happy This is super useful Great quality videos You should make more videos like this see ya
Thoroughly enjoyed this video...much appreciated Kevin & Chris, just subscribed 👍🏿
I was just wondering how easy it would be to propagate my new sage.. perfect timing 🙌🏽
I really enjoy her wisdom. Thank you for your time and wisdom. I appreciate your knowledge.
Chris, Thanks! You’re a natural.
Thank you Chris. I don’t know the names of 99% of my plants but I know how to propagate them. I hope that I can learn the names so that I can propagate them correctly.
Around 14mins you lightly scrape the gooseberry stem. I have jasmine plants that I have tried to propagate but I haven’t been successful. I have seen where it naturally starts to produce its own roots but by that time I’m on another project or hobby. I will try placing the stem on the soil then place a rock over it. I’ll also try grafting again. About six years ago I tried grafting but I didn’t know that the naval orange tree in my yard was dying. Your pointers are priceless and I have learned a lot from this video.
I kind of started propagating my potted plant when one of them got too big and too wide. They did lose a lot of leaves but eventually grew and flourish again. Now every time something snapped off when I tidy my plants around, I just stick them in the potted dirt and hope for the best, so I guess you can say I propagate quite a lot lately.
I worked before at a production greenhouse where we grafted thousands of tomato plants per day by hand. You had to time it so both the rootstock and scion varieties had their 4th true leaves, then cut the stems at a 45 degree angle with a razor blade and stick them together with a little rubber clip. Afterwards they would put them in a super humid area for a few days for the grafts to heal, and then when the stems grew big enough the clips would fall off. It seems like the biggest issues were timing (since rootstocks would often grow 1-2 days slower/faster than scions so the stems were different diameters), and getting the angles exactly the same. You had to work quickly too since the plants would wilt, but they would bounce back suprisingly well if done correctly, with something like a 90% success rate.
I just thought I would mention this for anyone curious how grafting is done with non-woody plants. :) Most of the greenhouse-grown veggies you buy at the grocery store are grafted for better disease resistance, even though it requires planting twice as many seeds. (Also, eggplants usually get grafted onto tomato rootstock because they're closely enough related and there's a lot of tomato rootstocks available!)
You have a very nice garden. I can tell you put a lot of work and love into it. I appreciate you sharing any tips & tricks.
I’m a gardener too. I also make gardening videos. I’m trying to anyway I get a lot of dirt on my camera somehow. This is my 3rd year but I still have so much to learn. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow!
A REAL masterclass!!!
Congratulations Chris !
This is helpful to apply to houseplants too! Thanks, now I know more than one method for propagation.
Great lesson; she's a born teacher! I'm wondering how Rosemary would propagate with the wounding and layering method. I have propagated Rosemary 4" and 6" new Spring growth in water; they sprouted roots in about 2-3 weeks and I planted the stems in my garden soil. Chris' method, I'd like to try. What are your thoughts?
I've only done stem tip on rosemary! - Kevin
I smoked before watching this- and my mouth dropped like the last half of the video 😮- honestly plants are amazing. I am so excited for this new green thumb journey!!!! 😍
very informative video, also she is teaching with great energy and enthusiasm.
I've been using pine straw from my yard, (i know its safe! ). Great success! Keeps those weeds out, breaks down very slow, and keeps the soil cool.
Excellent video, excellent teacher. Two thumbs up 👍👍
Thanks a lot for the wisdom on layering! Tried this with, oregano, avellana and some others in early summer. Would it be a mistake to let it wait for winter to pass before checking for success?
I mean, it won't hurt to look, I'm sure. You can leave it as long as you'd like!
Watched many instructions and this is indeed one of the best.
I clone calibrachoa, verbena, bacopa, etc. It's really strange because some will be ready in 2 weeks fully rooted, and others will take over a month to develop roots. I think my issue is some of them aren't getting good stem to soil contact. Another method not mentioned here that I'm going to try this year is to use cloning balls.
My mother uses cloning balls, they've worked in the most part👍
Colespolaric we must have exactly the same taste all the plants you mentioned are some I want to propagate lol. Do you keep them over winter? I don't have a greenhouse but I do keep pelargoniums on my bedroom windowsill in my chilled bedroom. So I can buy an annual from the garden centre and take cuttings if they only take four weeks to root 😁
@@nataliedodson1637 I usually take cuttings around July or August to start for the next year. Unfortunately I lost all mine this year and have to start over
Thank you for sharing this eye-opening video. I have only one suggestion about grafting; the graft has to be placed just below any node present on the rootstock. It is because you want to have your plant grown from the nodes present on the graft rather than from those on the rootstock.
Thanks for this video. I tried to propagate my snake plant via other TH-cam videos by using water and I failed. The mason jar just got moldy and no results. Now I realize why my cutting didn’t propagate, I didn’t use the 4 node rule. Very helpful and learned about root growth hormone.
Try changing the water more often like at least every other day, if not then add aeration via an air pump and stone.
I am new to gardening and this is fascinating. So many ways to grow while saving!
Your video is incredible. I like the fact that I learned some terms I had no idea existed. My first experience with cuttings was with a plant that's considered a weed. I did the whole "process" by winging it, had no idea if it was going to work. It worked alright. Wound up with many plants. Years later, I'm wanting to do cuttings with some Catnip. I must have acquired some bad seeds, because they took forever to germinate. With that said, and the reason I'm interested in your video, I'm not interested in trying that germination process again. WAY too time consuming. Again, thanks for the video.
The layering technique sounds amazing. You can easily do that with thyme cos that plant naturally develops roots wherever it contacts the soil. So cool 🌱☀️
Excellent video with pro delivery, thank you❤️👍!
This was really useful, I have only done Stem Rooting tbh. But I loved that rock method, so simple. I have seen that it is possible to purchase Propogation Balls that wrap around the scraped stem of a plant, I suppose it depends on the situation.
Can you make a video to explain when or what seasons you should grow certain fruits and vegetables? I live in Florida but don’t know where to start. Thanks !
I love to propagate. It's so satisfying.
Thank you so much for so much great information on this subject I have from some plants by doing this method already but you look like you’re the queen of it hugs and kisses from grandma Sandy and Debbie
This was so helpful and well organized. Thank you for this video.
Love this video. Thank you so much. Way more informative than others :)
Awesome. Cant wait to try some of these methods.
I just took some salvia cuttings. Thanks for a thorough explanation!
Now I can finally get my crazy sage plant to propagate new ones to give to friends!
Really enjoying Chris' videos. Great presentation and fantastic information!
This was so incredibly helpful!!! Thanks Chris! (And Kevin!)
What a great video! My bug bear has been propagating Stewartia. I have have no problems getting the cuttings to root but have been abysmal getting those cuttings to survive winter. Even with the use of our just above freezing greenhouse.
Search ways to heat a greenhouse for cheap or free there are many good options that when stacked can bring your temperature way up 👍
Chris rules! So crisp yet personable. Also I envy her location.
Great video. What a great teacher she is.
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants ❤❤
Holy crap. I love spot on right to the point common sense direction. No need for all the extra word bs salad.
Chris love the less is more approach...just the facts ma'am! Following along cbc Vancouver!
She's killer!
I realized I don't think I found her Channel. Can you provide please?
Cuttings are my jam. However, I need to try air layering and grafting. Tfs