Greenhouse Notes: Rooting Fruit Tree Cuttings
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If you don't have a huge space to grow in but still want to, then this segment is for you!
I'm currently having some wild success with rooting fruit tree cuttings in the greenhouse and wanted to share the tips and tricks I've picked up along the way (mainly from my own failures, coupled with the successes of friends I'm learning from on IG.)
A few notes:
-If you're using a cutting that has leaves or green buds, you'll want to trim off all of the leaves/push off the buds that would otherwise go below the soil line or you may have issues with rot and whatnot. (I haven't had an issue with not removing totally dormant buds, but YMMV.)
-If there are any fruit or flowers on the above the soil line portion, go ahead and remove those as well.
I'd recommend using the dome method if your cutting already has some foliage (the airspace will make or break you) you can also give a washed out ziploc bag or bread bag a second life here.
When the leaves of your cutting begin to fully unfurl, that's when you can begin venting if you're using domes. Keep an eye on the cutting when you do this, and if it looks like it's beginning to dry out, get it covered back up for a while and try uncovering again a few days later. (This is why I love the drink bottle method because then you can vent without fully sacrificing that humid environment.)
-When I say "create suction up into the wood" (#brainfart) I meant "encourage dormant nutrient and water uptake pathways to restart their processes via exposing the living cellulose on a cutting to environmental stimuli"... or something along those lines. Sometimes my brain and mouth don't cooperate and I just have to print it and move on, as I have a ton of work to do outside of this. (I hope you got the gist though. :P)
-I know I'm recommending single use plastic as my first option, and that's a big MEH. I weighed the options and their costs before filming, and realized that we had a roll of saran wrap that doesn't really get used anymore because we're into more reusable methods of storing food now. Plus if a few inches of it results in a perennial tree, then maybe it's a solid short-term loss (that we took stewardship of when it was purchased) for a long term gain. Idk. Plastics in farming will be something I will constantly grapple with, no matter how much upcycling I manage to do.
-Rooting with this method generally takes 2-4 weeks under optimal conditions. I don't attempt to remove the new plants from their containers until 6-8 weeks. Treat their roots sort of like you would care for a tiny baby seedling, as that's pretty much what they are in the early stages!
As always, feedback is super welcome as I constantly want to learn more and do better, and if you have a different method that already works for you, then stick with that! But if you don't, then maybe give this one a shot. :) - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
One suggestion: instead of pushing the cutting into the soil with hormone powder on it, use a pen or pencil to premake a hole and put the cutting in that, then pack the soil down around it. This will help prevent the hormone from being rubbed off as you push it down. Might increase your success even more.
I just heard of a polymer growth - have you heard of it?
I will do that next time. Thanks.
I do it similarly, but drill holes into my clear cups. Set the clear cups into a dark cup so sunlight doesn't deter root growth. When you want to check progress lift clear cup out of dark colored cup.
SMART! Maybe I'll get clear cups the next time we go to re-up on party provisions. :)
@@VeronicaFlores I have read that photoreceptors in roots can actually stimulate root growth. The roots may move away from the light, but that doesn't stop them growing.
Mike Hunt great tip!
@DR SHEKEL MR KIKE sorry this comment got buried! I stopped doing the bag method bc I was also having problems with mildew and mold. Way less of a struggle with wrapping the cuttings directly. I will say if you see it happening, you can hit them with some high proof or rubbing alcohol where the problem areas are. Also, it's way more trouble to get it to work once the temps are quite warm- seems mold and rot thrives the warmer it gets. I usually let them dry out slightly, but not like DRY dry, just damp. Really have to be careful about how much moisture your potting mix holds here.
@@HavocVulture21 makes sense to me!
"Gardening with Vincenzo" here...From one "Gardening Guru" to another...couple of tips worth sharing...Honey and cinnamon work well instead of rooting hormone which I also use but never touch to my skin or breath in...plastic bottles work great if lids are drilled with small holes to maintain humidity and provide air flow and I place mine in indirect sunshine after spraying a little water on the scions as it is key to rooting by keeping them moist.
I also push a hole into soil with a pencil and "slide" the scion into it which leaves the rooting hormone intact for better results...Your Passion for Planting and enthusiasm shows...keep up the good work...
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aloe vera straight from the cut leaf works well as a rooting hormone..
I have loads of cuttings from my fig tree every year. I make 12" finger-sized cuttings and stick them directly in soil in mottled shade. Only about 50% make roots but it's easy and I give away free trees every year. Cutting at an angle gives more surface area for roots to grow than a straight cut. Great video. Thanks.
Love that you do this! We need more people who give baby trees as gifts! 😍
Thanks for sharing. At what time of year do you take your cuttings? Does it matter?
When you put it in the ground, do you still have to use root hormone, or just cut and plant?
@@pingpong9656 figs and blueberries will.root without hormones. Chance of success is increased with the hormone.
Also, cutting it at an angle provides a larger surface area for the roots to begin. That's why you do it ;)
After watching several videos about cuttings, you are the first person I truly understand. You made it easy, step by step. 🌺. Thank you so much.
Totally agree! I watched and read so much and was super confused! Feeling confident now to try 😀
Thank you for making it more simplified I feel like I will be successful
Love your “we all know recycling isn’t real! Recycle at home”. Very astute. We recycle at home a lot!!
they tried to let China to do the recycling for them, failed due to Trump's big mouth, then failed in some other countries too. No way out yet.
@@tylerwaxman7512 We don't need China to recycle. We just needed them so corrupt politicians and corrupt academics could sell intellectual property and military secrets and launder money.
I don't understand. Someone explain? Please?
@@blatantmisconception A lot of stuff that you turn in for "recycling" isn't actually recycled, especially plastics, because it's more expensive, in many cases, than producing new, for one, and secondly, in the case of plastics, recycling them greatly reduces the quality. So a heavy, decent plastic can become a shopping bag, but a shopping bag can't become anything because it's too low-quality. A lot of plastics turned in for "recycling" end up in the landfill, the same as all the rest of the trash.
Finally, someone that appreciates sour cream as much as I do.
This girl is a genius
This is one of the realest and most helpful videos on yt. Tackling legit issues I’ve encountered in propagation and not just demonstrating the perfect, happy path. Ty!
Best instructional video ever. No yelling; No mumbling; No unnecessary chit-chat. Thank you. Also, I love the glimmer in your eye at the sight of scions - love the passion and enthusiasm. Also #2, hands, fingers, nails go directly into dirt - good for you!
I don't do yelling, with the rare exception of a dog running into the road. Thanks for joining! 🙂❤️
You are the Bob Ross of plants.
So glad I found this channel
I love that!!! Thanks for joining. 🙂
I tried this with my apple and plum trees and just saw today they are sprouting. Great video thank you
I am trying my hands at Morris Plums 2day. Great tips in her vid... going back out there to add plastic now😁👐💃
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Thank you for this video. I have a pear tree that my great-grandmother planted a looong time ago. It’s been on my family’s property my whole life and my dad claims that he doesn’t remember a time when it wasn’t there.
A few years ago the center started to rot out of it and, I believe, the whole trunk is now hollow. It still greens out and fruits like crazy every year, but I’m terrified that a strong wind is going to blow it over one of these days. I’ve tried several methods of propagating this tree to save it and I hadn’t had any luck. I tried your method with water bottle greenhouses about a month and a half ago and I now have four little starts of my grandma’s tree that have their own leaves. 😊
Here’s hoping I can help them to survive til they are ready to go out and survive on their own.
You may want to see if you can’t get some pear rootstock and try grafting it! I’d also try air layering, or if it’s still standing later in the season, look into bridge grafting it early next spring.
@VeronicaFlores I just moved back into my childhood home and there is a pear tree that is about 25-30 feet tall but it has never given any fruit, not one. Is that because it needs a pollinator?
If I start a different variety pear tree from a cutting will it be able to pollinate such a big tree?
I'm in a similar predicament. My grandfather planted an orange tree many years ago that not only has sentimental value but has oranges that are so amazingly delicious and unique in flavor I've never tasted another orange that even comes close. So it is paramount that I find a way to keep the genetics going somehow and unfortunately the tree is alive and does bloom and bear fruit still but its definitely struggling to do so and I'm scared it's going to take a turn. I don't understand the need to graft or air propagate if this works I'm confused. I have cloned Marijuana plants from cuttings very successfully but this seems different sort of. Or is it? Anyway I wish you lots of luck and I feel your pain and anxiety in a real way. Hopefully we will both have success and someday find a way for everyone who wants to to try some of these oranges and maybe even get a cutting from me to start t h eir own and keep the wonderful flavor alive and spreading.
My daughter was taught to scratch the outter layer off the two bottom inches, and then dip in rooting hormone and pot up with a plastic soda bottle cover by an old master gardener who was teaching her to root rose cuttings. So it is a helpful thing to do. :)
I have grown 20 edible Cherry Trees from stones in the fruit from the supermarket. I used some pliers to crack the stones off. I started the seed in a tissue for 5 days to get the skin off and start the seed growing. Then I planted the germinated seeds in plant pots and the all came up.
They have a long tap root and a few leaves on top now. I have put them all outside the green house to harden off. I will keep them in 6-inch pots for the first year before planting them out. This is because the field I want to plant them in - sometimes have sheep in - and I want them to be a bit woody to stop the sheep destroying them.
Nice work! I do hear that pips don't always grow true to flavor, but I don't have experience with it yet (have a few that sprouted in the outdoor nursery- I put them in tree flats before the last few frosts and let mother nature do the job of cracking them open for me.)
Still, a free fruit tree is a free fruit tree! Plus that's where grafting can save the day, if you decide later on that the flavor isn't exactly what you want it to be... you already have rootstock to work with. :)
You never know, you might have the new wonder cherry everyone wants in a few years. Somebody has to try new breeds.
I got Indian Jackfruit to grow from seed from a whole fruit.
Not sure about Cherry but apple seeds could be cross pollinated with say crab apple trees so you get a strange cross that may not be very good.
I just did the same thing last week. have my tree growing in a paper cup from chipotle in my window, I want mine to get a little sturdy before I take it outside. probably wont produce fruit true to its parent, but still will be a interesting learning experience.
I'm a little late to this video, but I love that you show how to repurpose household waste containers to grow plants. Gardening can be one of the cheapest hobbies around.
You seem like a super cool person. I built a fully off-grid cabin at 8700 ft in the Rockies of Colorado and have been living off grid for 8 years now.
I've got five apple trees and a couple pear trees and prune them this year and I'm going to try this.
I already have all of my cuttings ready to go and I also have some palisade peach seeds and apricot seeds sprouting in the dark.
Hope everything is going well!
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You have sense of humour and make people smile,happy.your video is an inspiration for all plant lovers.thanks for yr simple ideas.
Putting the sand at the bottom was a great tip for the fungus gnats! Another good thing is to use diatomaceous earth.
Are you saying to use D.E. in place of the sand in this video? I have tons of D.E. and hoping you say yes.
@@laloNJ All it is, is fossilized algae probably couldn't hurt anything. It would probably stop the critters more than sand would. only thing I would wonder about is it's draining properties.
@@IvanOoze1990 yeah DE doesn't drain super well... more cakes over once it gets wet. You could try mixing it with sand, but IME, it's one of those "reapply after rain" situations, so I'm not sure how well it would hold up to watering.
Craig Wilson there's also caolian clay. DE and Caolian clay are more of coating for protecting the tree above the soil level when it has established itself
Not sea sand as she said.
Thanks, I've been wanting to do this for years and had no idea how to accomplish this task!! I'll keep you posted.
You're right, cuttings are the best way to grow a variety of fruit trees. I like the bottle idea.
When I was a child in the 1950s, it was common practice to show visitors the garden before dinner. During these tours, "slips" of particularly beautiful or unusual trees and shrubs were almost invariably requested. My mum right up to the late 1960s typically had various plants rooting at any time. Unfortunately, I didn't inherit her green fingers and have very little luck getting anything to root.
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When my Gardener planted by cherry tree the other day, he broke off too small limbs. They have a lot of leafs on them. They were wilted, but I put them in jars of water and they are very much alive. Can I get these two route and should I peel off some of the leaves so more energy goes into the roots. One is about 8 inches long and one is about 14 inches long. I would really appreciate a reply ASAP.
Love this--finally a video for us "monetarily challenged" homesteaders! And not a lot of stupid filler talk either--great vid--will be subscribing and watching more.
no big jargon talks, easy to follow, recycling etc. very informative.
thanks
I wouldn't often listen to a video this length, however I appreciate this ....even your juvenile giggles. God bless.
Thank you. You answered a lot of my questions about propagation. Can't wait until spring!
I'm new to growing figs from cuttings, thank you for these great step by step instructions!
Thank you so much for a simple clear explanation of how to grow from cuttings.
Excellent video. You focused on a number of key steps while making it sound so easy.
I am in love. My fruit trees will thrive after this knowledgeable video!
I was thinking of this very project (i.e.- rooting fruit tree cuttings) this morning, yet had little insight into the process. Great timing. Thanks again, Veronica.
The subliminal message of this video: you can eat tons of sour cream and be super thin !
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This made my day lol
Haha, I noticed that too lol
haha. not even the light sour cream.
It's sugar and carbs combined with fat that makes you fat. Just fat not so much.
I had all these cuttings that I lost. I wish I had seen your video! I’ll have to try it all again now that I understand more of how to do it. Thanks so much!
I absolutely love this video! ☺️ thank you for sharing the how and explaining why. I will be using this information asap. You’ve got a new subscriber
Thank you for the encouragement! I just attempted to root ; One Pear clipping, two japanese maple clippings, one lilac, and one butterfly bush! Wish me luck!
Good luck!
I’m fighting fungus gnats all winter indoors on my plants. Thank u so much for the great tip. And side point, your hair is gorgeous.
Are you related to Helena of Troy? Not even a rose is as beautiful as you. Breath taking. Thanks for sharing your beauty and plants. You should have many children.
This was a wonderfully clear instruction video. Thanks!
Very good video miss..the sand bug guard is a great idea..you cut the bottom at a angle to expose more cut bark etc to grow. Scraping outer bark exposes fresh bark my removeing tough outer skin etc
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I learned so much from this video. My grandmother was a rooting fanatic but I never had any luck. I’m going to sneak a branch from my neighbor’s fig tonight and try again.
Great video! Thanks for the heads up on aloe being a rooting agent too!
You are super amazing, thanks so much. I can't begin to tell you how much me and my family appreciate you.
I do exactly the same thing. One new thing i learnt from your video is not to let the temperature above 80 degree. Good video. Enjoyed it.
You will have better success if you poke a hole in the soil and insert the cutting then pack the soil. Otherwise you chance pulling the rooting compound off when pushing the cutting into the soil. this greatly increases the odds of them growing
Great tip! Totally makes sense.
Good note. I might try making the hole wide enough as you mentioned and pack it after. I also noticed the plastic bottle over the cutting causes a greenhouse effect which seems to work better. This California sun is amazing for growing. Just add water.
Thomas Doubleday definitely, was one the video that led me to this one. He called the creation of the hole "dibbling" i believe.
@@Infiniti25 yep that's the term for it!
I use a pencil to make the initial hole.
Ty Veronica. I have collected so many plastic bottles knowing that i would use them for something specific and watching this video, I can now use them as you have. cheers
What a smart woman with much wisdom on plants/trees
Thank you!! I’m moving from GA to AZ and was trying to figure out how I was going to get all my trees I worked so hard on for so many years out w me.
Informative info. Now I have to buy the acreage and learn to become an orchardist. Thank you, Veronica. Oh, I have already produced four fig tree cuttings from your method. Simple and exciting.
Thank you for the tips. I will put it to use. Keep growing stuff !
Love the tips your giving, always wanted to try it now I will. Neighbors look out!!!
My husband watched this video and found it very helpful. We started 56 apple, pear and cherry trees today! He noticed when you were using the powdered root hormone you were using bare hands and the one we have said Not to get it on your skin. He uses nitro-gloves to protect his hands. Not sure if any one else has told you this but we wanted to let you know.
YES! I honestly just didn't think about it until I was already filming and then was frustrated with it being my like tenth take and didn't want to start again with gloves, so risked getting fussed at over the internet instead. But YES- thank you for the PPE reminder. Very important.
Wow, 56! How many have survived a year later?
I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic or both. Either way ; lol!😢😮😮 You seem to handle even the most ridiculous comments (not saying this comment was) just saying the more I read the more I admire your level of humility and grace. It's very impressive. If someone tried telling what to do with my ppe I probably would take exception. Unless we're in a relationship don't worry about my ppe and don't tell me about yours either. You know? Sheesh.
I'm totally joking if anyone is reading this at all (2 years later) please don't take offense. Laughter is the best... something or other, blah 😂 blah rant over.@VeronicaFlores
Great video Veronica! Thank you for sharing it with us.👌👍😎JP
Thank you! I have always wanted to do this and you're multiple plants in various stages and different options is very inspirational - it feels doable now!
Ms Veronica Thank for all your help you, young lady are very cool and I love your side smile ! I have loved compost gardening for 58 years and I love your passion for it !
I have seen probably a hundred videos on this subject and your's is the most informative.
Thank you! I try to address as much as I can remember to bring up - so much to think about!
100% agree!
Learned a Lot! Thank you! Just bought 2 apple trees this yr at 27.00 dollars a piece!! Next spring when i prune i will be trying this!
Excellent info. Thank you. I just got lemon cuttings from my brother and am appreciating your sharing.
Just found your channel tonight. LOVE IT! Thanks for all the great info!
Thanks for the awesome vdo. Love the laidback way of your presentation :)
I miss my fig trees!!!! I have to do some cuttings on my brother's tree and get started again, thanks for the tips....
P.S. I love the recycled containers! I use Trader Joe's choco covered almond containers, the lid becomes the drip plate....
Very cost effective and practical tips V.F. I'm going to try rooting some Ninebark cuttings.
Thank you for the video and all the information I have been trying to figure out how to do fruit tree cuttings! Thank you!
That's so beautiful!!! Thank you!! I hope you get the orchard of your dreams!
Thank you! I'm working on it! 🙏🏼
Here comes the garden fairy, we love your great educational videos.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Veronica! I've gathered a few more tips for my gardening toolbox!
THANK YOU VERONICA 💖
I got some pears trea branches and will try now.
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THANK YOU! I have tried growing from cuttings for years and have failed every time, because the tops of the cuttings would dry out. I'm about 4ish weeks in and my cuttings are showing new growth!
I really liked the clear, no-nonsense approach and sound explanations. An agreeable watch and informative.
BTW, the initial cut at the bottom, which you slanted "because you like it slanted" works for the same reason as scratching the bark of the under-soil section: it exposes the green growth layer (the Cambium) that will be where the new roots will grow from. A slanted cut shows more cambium than a straight cut, and exposing and/or "irritating" the Cambium provokes it into a response which, if it's below soil, is to grow roots! Thank goodness that plants have a determination to survive come what may: it's what makes cut off shoots want to survive even after being cut from the original plant; i.e. makes cuttings root and grow. But, as Mike Hunt mentioned, the roots must not be exposed to light, as it inhibits growth and can kill a cutting.
Like you, and for all my life, I've been acquiring cuttings whenever possible, and I relish getting something to grow! And it's a delightful way to "recycle" the "waste" when pruning fruit trees, bushes and vines, providing lots of vigorous new plants to give to your friends! And if you have a quantity to plant, you can put "far too many" in one pot, and many will still grow, to be separated and re-potted when you're ready to pot them on! There is a school of thought that, just as you can dip them in Hormone Rooting powder, the presence of numerous cuttings in one pot may increase the amount of the cuttings' own hormones in the soil, so they help each other to root. I don't know if that's ever been proven, but it does seem to happen.
Thanks for posting: really helpful.
With cannabis cloning, you cut at an angle, scrape the stem, and then cut so as to split the bottom inch or so. Rinse in clean water and then apply rooting powder or gel. I have done the same with tomato suckers with good success. Right now I’m trying lilac cuttings, same thing also, but did not know about the Saran Wrap/bottle method, so have to add that technique.
This is fantastic! I didnt know about that type of propagation! I will be trying this.
Thanks for the educational tips . I love to propagate plants myself. Good info.
my great grand-uncle (passed before i was born) was known in his town for grafting fruit trees.. i'm not sure if there was any exaggeration involved when the story was handed down in the generations, but according to my family one of the trees in his garden had over 20 different varieties of fruits..this just came to mind again, when you mentioned grafting.. :)
That's the goal. 🙂
@@VeronicaFlores the best of luck with it, and if you record and post it, then i'm definitely going to follow the progress :)
thank you for the informative video!
I ended up using two matching juice bottles top and bottom to make my little greenhouse, and it worked out really well.
She makes me happy. Very easy to watch no matter the content. I think its her happiness energy projecting.
Thank you!!! ❤️
Hey wow I didn’t realize how many things I did wrong last year when I tried propagating elderberries cuttings I bought online. No wonder only two of them made it to maturity. I was going to try again this year and I bet it will be much more productive using your techniques. Especially keeping the cutting moist. Thank you!
It may also have been an issue with the cuttings. Elderberry has been the easiest plant for me to propagate by far. I have around 98% success rate. I've never used rooting hormone or protected them. Just cut them and push them straight in the ground (dodgy soil and all). But yes they need to be kept moist so I plant them when we have a few rainy days.
I really like the using water bottles for humidifiers. Please continue the great videos.. thanks... ;p)
skycarl I love that too! I’d just poke a coupe of very small holes in it for ventilation. Holding humidity but avoiding mold
Brilliant video. I'm going to try this because I've spent a fortune on buying patio fruit tress.
Excellent, very thorough and easy to follow👏👍
Wow! I never thought about scraping. I can't wait to try it out, it makes so much sense. Thanks for the tip!
I'll be your huckleberry. Scraping it can damage the cambium which stops water flow making root formation below that point impossible. That's perpendicular cuts, though. Sometimes I just carve a piece out of the side to make two lines of cambium on each side of the parallel cut (parallel to the xylem, the plumbing of the plant). The roots form out of the cambium. Some people do a V cut for maximum exposure, but that risks drying out in my opinion.
But this year I just cut 45's when I pruned my pomegranate and rubbed a rooting hormone I made into a paste with water on with a nylon paint brush from a water color kit. I got 100% success this time. Definitely getting better... first time I had one 1 of 50 work. That's the one I took the cuttings from, this time. It grew up. I'm hoping to make a pomegranate fence. I think it'll look cool.
I used 50-50 builder's sand (masonry sand, there's a concrete place behind my house. They think I'm weird, but what ever) and compost from the transfer station. Forgot to check on it for two weeks and it was dry as a bone but I watered them and they all put out leaves. The ones that did the best were the 2mm or smaller twigs. The thick ones are just now starting to leaf out. So smaller is better for some types. I also waited to take my cuttings until I thought the sap was flowing but bud formation hadn't begun (that's a trick you learn with time and observation), so it wasn't a true dormant wood cutting. It was just a little sleepy. That helps a lot.
But the most important thing of all is to make sure you aren't spreading diseases. Cuttings will have every single issue the mother plant has. I didn't see any mention of that.
That's probably more than you needed, though. But keep 'em coming. You'll hit 40k soon. Just watch.
NO WAY! I love love love all the extra info, and the mention about disease is a big DUH should've said something. Thank you!!! It's so easy to gloss over the literal basics when I'm working on this stuff, as I have the tendency to forget that I can't really assume anything. Always from healthy plants. :)
I didn't realize that about the cambium layer, and looking back at this today I do see how someone could go overboard and take off way too much. Glad someone spoke up- constantly adapting methods over here, as I'm not a horticulturist by training, but I think I'd like to be someday.
The pom fence sounds so cool... I have daydreams about growing fences a lot, mostly because I hate building fences in general so training trees or shrubs into hedgerows is always more appealing.
Please never hesitate to share your knowledge here, and thanks for the support! :)
Walking Crow, Do you think your increased success was due to your methods (cuts, rooting hormone,) or the cuttings themselves? By "the cuttings themselves" I mean the time you took the cuttings and the state of the donor plant. You said you went from 2% success to %100 by taking cuttings off a second generation tree. Did the age and growth stage of this tree differ from the original donor?
@@VeronicaFlores When are you taking your cuttings? In the spring before they bud? For many fruit trees (or at least those I'm interested in) they talk about cutting them in the fall and burying them through the winter so they callous. Are these actual hardwood cuttings you're taking, or is it more of a softwood thing?
Umm. The time. Last time I did it in November and this time in January-February-ish. Last time I just was too new to it and not patient enough.
Like I checked and some of the cuttings haven't made roots yet.
I heard someone else say in a video you cannot take cuttings from peach trees? Do you know if that is true? What about cherry trees?
I'm trying it again seeing your video has encouraged me to try method thank you showing me how to do it better hopefully it works this time .
Great video! Thank you. Going to get some stuff going today with your tips.
Using sand on the bottom and top of your containers is really the BEST way to combat a LOT of problems, especially if you have an indoor garden! Keep those pests away!
I've been wanting to add fruit tree's to my property for a while now but always get 'sticker shock' when visiting garden centers. Started Googling rooting cuttings and this video has been the best by far in helping a novice like me get started.
I tried this today with an apple and a plum tree following your tips. I hope it works!
Thank you very much for all your tips and tricks! Might be revisiting this comment section to let you know about progress
Ohh I did a cool one, sealing the top of the cutting with melted crayon (I figured they were safe enough) I just dipped the top 1/2 inch then cooled it immediately. It kept the cutting green to within an inch of the cut. I didn't think of the rest of the wood, just figured it would evap out the top of my fresh cuts. Nof1 or 5, but it seemed to work, and looked cool. 😎
Cool ima try this with my plums. Guava, persimmon, and avocados.
Idk if it would work with my almond tree my goal is to make a fruit jungle in the backyard thanks for the tips
Lovely video from a lovely lady. Thank you very much. I agree about the recycling, we do ours at home too.
I could watch you forever. Great content and a wonderful presentation. I subscribed and liked.
What a great video! I loved all the details, you made me realise I have way more opportunities how to root fruit trees than I ever realized. I'll be giving these techniques to try in the morning. Thank you for this video!
I’d be interested in a grafting video if you ever have the inclination. And thanks for the work and time you put in to sharing. I’ve enjoy d your videos.
I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel. You are so knowledgeable and honest. Thanks for sharing ..xoxo dana from pa
You are awesome! Great tips! Thank you for sharing.
I've used gallon zip lock bags for humidity dome for years. Love u show
What I understand is, that if you cut the end of the stem at an angle, you have more overall space at the end to absorb more moisture.
Thanks Veronica, I tried it and it works.
Will be trying this tonight with our apple tree in the yard. Thanks for the tips!
Unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere you need to wait until Winter to take a dormant scion.