IT WORKED! Use this 3 cup system for rooting hydrangea cuttings | Plant Propagation Experiment
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- It worked! It's time to do another plant propagation experiment and answer some questions. We're going to be rooting some hydrangea cuttings indoors in the fall and we'll use this little 3 cup system. I get this question all the time. Can I root my hydrangea cuttings in my window sill in the fall? Yes, you absolutely can and in this video you'll have proof and feel confident that it works.
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Hey guys and gals! I hope you hydrangea fans enjoy watching this video as much as I did making it. Here's the link to the rooting medium video: th-cam.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/w-d-xo.html
Red leaves happen usually in fall because of the colder days, not so much the light, how cold is the room where you keep the cuttings with the light? might need to be warmer?
I have my gooseberry cuttings in my kitchen window now going into winter, took them about a month ago, while the outdoor gooseberries are losing their leaves, the small cuttings inside my house will remain evergreen but they grow slowly through winter, mostly the roots will grow nicely, then I will put them outside next spring for good.
My mother has a LARGE hydrangea and she has some other spots in her yard with nothing. Is it possible to do a BIG cutting so that the new plant isn't miniscule. Instead of making lots of tiny plants I am wondering how likely it is to make a pretty big cutting. I may try it though she isn't very good at maintenance of plant propagations. It's interesting that the FIGS are able to be huge cuttings. What other plants do you think large cuttings would work on?
Thanks for this no nonsense demonstration of doing cuttings
@@emmalouie1663 have you ever heard of air layering or considered it for propagating larger plants?
There are lots of tutorials on how to do this. I've found Charles Malkie does an excellent presentation of air layering.
The leaves will turn purple because of the anthocyanins it produces to help protect the plant from too much light damage. It may also be a reason why the roots weren't as vigorous as the cutting that was on the window sill. I found an interesting study that showed that the production of the anthocyanins tended to correlate with reduced growth which suggests an energy cost. Neat experiment! We learn the most from unexpected outcomes. :)
That’s the most wonderful scientific explanation I’ve heard yet. Thank you. It turned out that you’re right. It was the intense light the whole time.
Man every time I watch a video of yours, I find that you defend yourself and why you’re doing something throughout the video. TH-cam watchers must suck! Your content is great! Obviously your results are great too.
Way to awesome sir!
Haha, it’s true. I get beat up on a daily basis on TH-cam. The good news is that 98% of people appreciate my efforts and that’s all I care about. Maybe I need to quit defending myself, lol. I do it with as much sarcasm as I can stand.
I was thinking the same thing! Like there’s nothing wrong with pulling out a plant to check out its roots as long as you’re careful. Are people really criticizing this? They are silly.
Hydrangeas are incredibly easy to root. I'm in USDA Zone 8b and have been gardening for 30 years. I literally can break the stems, remove meristems and about 2/3 of leaves and push them into our loam/sand/red clay soil, burying about 1/2 to 2/3 of the stem. Then I let Mother Nature do her work. (No snow here.)
I’m also in 8b. What time of year do you find this to be successful? Can I do it in the early summer if I make sure there’s plenty of water? I’m in south central Texas.
@@margaretrosesimons3226 Yes. It's my understanding that shrubs spend the cooler months putting down roots, while the summer is for above-ground growth, in general. Of course we know plants send out roots anytime they're growing, but following this principle, your ideal time may be in the fall. But I have 100% success in North Florida (Tallahassee) with hydrangea cuttings any time of year, as long as we get regular rain and their not baking in full sun.
Also, in general, take hardwood cuttings late summer through winter, new growth cuttings in Spring and cuttings of about half hardwood and half soft in the summer.
I use about an 8" cutting with all the leaves removed except a few at the top (because it can't draw enough water to sustain many leaves and because you want the plant to have energy to make roots, rather than leaves.
Bury at least half the cutting, or up to the bottom leaves. By "bury," I mean push it into the ground (as long as there's not tons of root competition) because you want close contact of soil with cutting (and it's probably best to leave the microrhiza intact).
I learned a few years ago to pinch out the very top set of new leaves (no matter how small) to avoid energy going into making new top-growth.
I use mulch in my beds to help feed microorganisms and conserve moisture in the sandy clay loam. The microorganisms will help make healthy plants.
I use this method to propagate most of the shrubs and annuals I grow. Most of the perennials I start by division.
Experiment! It can't hurt.❤
Hi, I just read your comments about rooting hydrangeas, and I am going to try it on my limelight. I'm in Marianna, Fl. We are practically neighbors!😊
@@marshawyatt7160 Howdy, neighbor! Sending blessings to you and your Limelight. Its one of my faves and I don't have any. I'll take that as a sign that I need some. LOL
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We do the same process for many plants like rose Henna hibiscus etc only the cutting length little more.
Awesome video Mike!!!! Here is my theory…. So the cutting in the window spent all its efforts on one long root.. where as the one under the grow light spent as much energy making a LOT of starter roots off the stem. BOTH were successful!! 😁. I think the one under the light may have been even MORE successful in the long run with all those branching roots verses just one or two long spindly roots. Great experiment Mike! I have used the cup method on roses too with great success.. finally.. with your help. 😉. I used a 2 foot long grow light and hung it over my cuttings and left on 24 hours a day (only because I didn’t have a timer). My cuttings rooted great!! So I’m not so sure that timing the light is as critical as we think. Another theory…. In the winter when plants are dormant… many times they are still working on root development (the reason we fall plant many things right?) so.. again.. maybe the light is not as critical as the other factors. I was so excited when I saw you post this video. I thought I was burned out this season with propagation… but I feel motivated again! 😀 Thanks for all your amazing content. I know it takes a lot of time and energy to gets these videos out but we appreciate them so much!! ❤️❤️❤️. I am already looking forward to your next one! 😁
And I appreciate you too! All great points you make here. So our propagation season is about to go through the winter lull but I have a few more videos I’m working on. I’m also starting a big house building project so I’ll do some videos about that over the winter.
@@MikeKincaid79 yea are you propagating any hardwood cuttings this winter?
The WILL to LIVE is a big part of it. People unnecessarily believe THEY did something wrong. Sometimes cuttings just don't have what it takes. Never give up!! Rooting cuttings is supposed to be fun! Love your enthusiasm Mike!!
You got that right 100%
@@MikeKincaid79 Don't he just Mike?... Seedlings, if you don't want to be here...GET LOST THEN!.... "Officer Dibbler police"🤣🚔
@@johnman559 lol
After a plant blooms is the best time to propagate 🌱
I"ve been trying to start seeds since march. Ineeded to hear this. After a decade this is the first year seeds won't start. They are all from the same vendor too. I'm losing my mind! Maybe they just don't want to grow and live. I'm trying a third time. I only have 10 of each seed so I can't just scatter. If I am doing something wrong I don't want to sacrifice all of them.
I've seen old school hippies doing this with cannabis since the 80's. I've even seen it done without any rooting hormone. Plants want to survive and given the proper requirements, they will root. Love your videos man, you really are a great teacher and I've learned SO much from you. Thanks!
Yep, I've done the same many times. Glad you enjoy the videos!
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For so many years, I’ve kept mason jars on my kitchen windowsill. If I accidentally break off a piece of a plant or want to take a clipping, I’d fill a mason jar with either coconut choir mix or water. I’d use either a powder or liquid rooting hormone based on which rooting medium I was using, a little cinnamon to inhibit mold growth, and I’d leave them and forget them. I’ve never not had something root. One time I stuck a dozen rosebush cuttings in some regular potting soil and dropped some plastic cups over them and they all rooted. I’m so afraid if I do things properly, that it won’t work now 😂 But I will try your method 😊
Edit to add: the purple color under the grow light plant is due to Anthocyanins. It’s a protective reaction to protect the plant from oxidative damage. In other words, it was getting too much light.
Maybe that’s it. It’s such a low light level but maybe it’s still too intense.
I agree that the plant is getting too much light. Shorten the time and it will do better.
May I make a suggestion, regarding how much light you get from an indirect light (sun) exposure? In areas where I don't get much light, I use an emergency reflective blanket, it's like aluminum foil, and about 64X80. I put it at the back of the planters/cuttings/containers, so it reflects light BACK onto the plants from the back side. These are very affordable - $3 apiece. And it really helps the plants/cuttings to grow more evenly too!
That's a great idea, especially for windows on the south side of the house in the northern hemisphere.
Perfect idea! Im gonna do that ASAP. Tomorrow! And its the 22nd tomorrow! Off I go!🏃♀
👌 wow, how smart 👏 🙏
You have me running around to the neighbors to get cuttings to try all this with. I moved into a new place where there was zero, none, nada green life. All rock. This is summer #2 so things are starting to look good. And when I saw this video of making my own rootings it went right to my soul. thanks! ps. I also watched the one on rooting roses so that is going to happen here also. pss: I live in Colorado where winter is cold and dry so getting things to come up next spring will be the final test.
Make sure you're working with plants that are cold hardy to your area and they should come up next year just fine. Rooted cuttings are pretty much just as tough as the parent plant. Here's my most comprehensive video on rose cuttings: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html And here's a playlist about overwintering rooted cuttings: th-cam.com/play/PLpmpssr45yfMtl3yav-vy1qGsTDdTVWSl.html
You can water the medium before you put it in the cup and you won’t need to water after and won’t need to make holes and you won’t need the third cup, you will save a cup and the hormone won’t wash off ;)
Great video and lesson! Here in Northeast Texas (zone 7b) In the spring, after the last frost; I put the cuttings, without cover, in shade with indirect light for 72 hours, then move to just a little morning sun for 72 hours, then began moving them closer to the morning sun every 3 days until they are in full morning sun; and they all do wonderful!
Thanks for the video. Great stuff. I love how you're always doing experiments and showing the results. One tip I have is to always water your plant a few hours before you take cuttings so that the cuttings are hydrated.
Yep, that's a great tip
I really like using rooting hormone. Most other channels don’t use it, but it gives the cutting a jump start so to speak. Your channel is amazing. Thanks
Thanks!
Absolutely love your channel!!
Thanks Karen! Glad you enjoy it. Looking forward to this growing season.
great video, I am going to try next summer
Uh oh I saw a begonia. That's a dangerous rabbit hole to start. There are some really cool ones.
So many plants and so little time, lol
Absolutely LOVE this!!!!
Awesome! Have fun with your plant rooting!
That was awesome, Mike.
Thanks!
You are my hero Mike
Beautiful!
I tried this method on semi-hardwood rose cuttings from Oct 2022 (zone 5) and kept the container in the cold, but not freezing, garage over the winter and I have leaf buds starting to emerge! I can't see roots yet, but it is only April. Thanks for the three-cup idea!
Congrats! It's fun to have success. Yeah, this method has worked out really well this winter and I'm recommending it to anyone who wants a set it and forget it kind of option.
absolutly great gonna try
Have fun!
Thank you soo much for a talking video! ❤❤❤
Thanks a lot Mike for the informative video .
You're welcome, Lavina.
Great demonstration thanks!
You bet!
Awesome video, definitely going to try this too
Have fun with it Cindy
This video is exactly what I want to see! Thanks ❤
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Mike. Wonderful technique.
Thanks Paul. Sure made things simple. Set it and forget it.
I love watching you u are so really appreciate you taking the time to do this video 😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you Mike! That's great the cuttings grew like that. It's exciting to me to find all these ways to propagate. I propagate house plants a lot. Now I'm learning to propagate outdoor plants! So cool and fun!
I should get more into houseplant videos through the winter. We're working on building a house so pretty busy right now but when it's all done, the plan is to have a huge office filled with plants and good plant lighting. Might make for some fun videos in the future.
Thank you ! I'm trying this .
Do it Sally!
Thanks for teaching us such great plant propagation stuff!
You’re very welcome!
Thank you
Glad to see you back, Always great videos. Thanks
Thanks Barb! I post every week.
Awesome! Cool experiment. Thanks for sharing!!
You're welcome!
God bless you.
Love this video! Can’t wait to try it soon! I’ve got a hardwood stem I’ve had in water for a few months and it’s just starting to root. I think I’d like the 3 cup method better!
I learned a lot. Notes taken for my garden.❤
Have fun!
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Really enjoying your videos! Using what I e learned to more tropical plants here in Florida!
Right on!
It's by no means a new experiment. This has been tried and tested many a time with almost 100% success. To get even better, keep doing a lot more videos of cuttings dipped in hormone rooting powder, as well as just soaking the end of the stem in about 1 inch of water, and wait for the results in about a week without the use of the rooting powder.
On time this video came out..thanks a lot for sharing your experience with us .
My pleasure Zeena.
Thanks for this video!!! Helped a lot
No problem!
Thanks you for sharing your experiment.
I live in British Columbia, Canada. I pruned an overgrown arabica coffee plant and am trying the 3-cup method to clone scrap semi-hardwood cuttings as an experiment. I also put the cuttings on a windowsill where I get some afternoon sun from about 5 PM to 9 PM in late Spring and all throughout Summer. It’s been about 2 weeks and I am really excited because I am seeing new leaves sprouting on my 3 cuttings! Woohoo! 🙏🏼✌🏼👊🏻👍🏼
Awesome! That's so good to hear, Jim!!!
Wow, I love to try this. Thank you Mike 👍👍
You’re welcome! Have fun with it.
Excellent experiment! Thank you very much
You are so welcome!
Great video ! Thank you - i've learnt something 😃👍
Glad it was helpful!
Nice work dude!
Thanks!
Great video! Enjoyed Mike's presentation, very real. Going to try today. Watching from Phila.,PA
Thanks for watching and good luck with your cuttings!
Good morning, always enjoy your videos, thank you for sharing.
Glad you’re here!
Thanks I will try this !
Good luck! Although, you don't need it. I'm sure you'll have fabulous success with this method.
Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I love your videos.
Glad you enjoy them Pamela!
I want to see those roots on the 2nd one!!!
Hello. My name is Elaine. I live in Maine and I have a hydrangea bush that I can’t wait to get my hands on now. Thanks for all the helpful information. Love your videos.
Love the lesson 👏👏👏
Right on!
Awesome video...thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
That's beautiful. Amazing Mike. Thank you so much. I'm sure I can do this. Lol
You've got this. I believe in you!
You do yours and let them do theirs they way they want, I love the ideas that I can take from your video. Thank you.
Thanks! Love the advice. B
Wow! I’ve thought about doing this! I’m for sure going to do it now I have a better understanding. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
You are so welcome Angie! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you very much for this video is most kind of you to take your time and effort to do this to show us we’re very appreciative please keep up the good work thank you very much cheers Central Florida
You are very welcome
Very nice
Good job !!!!!! Mike ..... The second option it's fantastic roots and very good project .....
Thanks Mario!
Great job❤❤❤❤
Thanks!
You are awesome!
I've taken a day away from screens and when i was allowed to come back in, this video is in my notifications and it was awesome. I love those roots. good luck with it continuing to grow and keep us posted please on both!!
It's good to take a break. Glad you found the video on your return! I'll definitely have updates.
This is the best way to propagate, I am going to do it now.
It sure makes things easy!
Great video! Thanks so much!
You're welcome, Liz!
Those mini-growers are brilliant!! Definitely will try that. A good second use for take-out cups.
Yes! Definitely a great way to recycle.
This is the exact same method I used last Spring 2022 to root my rose propagation. I placed it by the window sill. And surprisingly it worked. Now trying the same method again this year.
Awesome! So it works for roses too. That's great!
You have inspired me to try rooting in the fall . My Annabelle Hydrangea is loved by everyone who comes to my Garden. Thank you for such a good tutorial.
Sounds like it’s time to get busy making copies for everyone!
Amazing video, you're smart and do in clear cups and look it though it grows in roots , wonderful job, Mike 😉👍🪴🐞🍁🍂
Thanks!
I followed your advice on propagate roses from cutting and it works!
Of course it does! lol. Good job. Glad you've been successful!
End of October and I’m getting so inspired that I want to do cuttings NOW 😂
Hahaha, that's the trouble, I always finish the videos when it's to late to start the project.
Love it 🙏
love your gude i am trying to root some cutting and i hope that i can do it that easy.
It really is this easy and you've got all summer to practice. Have fun and good luck!
Lots of new leaves too!
Yeah, looking forward to seeing how these develop!
Thank you so much.finally two of my cutting rooting after many times try filled.I am so happy and grateful for all your support and information.thank you 🌹
You are so welcome and I’m happy to hear that you’ve found success. Persistence pays off.
I’m in the uk Ive been following you for a very long time as well as others, I find your advice the most helpful.
Awe thanks! I appreciate you saying so. Glad you're learning from the videos.
This is so funny as soon as this short came up in my feed I said it’s gotta be Mike lol it was the hormodin 3 lol thanks again Mike I love your propagation videos I did some leaf cuttings from some begonias they turned out beautiful repottted and broke up some African daisies that had never done well and they are a massive planting in my greenhouse for spring plantings you have saved me $100’s over the years just by propagation instead of buying plants I’m doing green giant arborvitae this spring I bought 2 little arborvitae last spring that were damaged from not watering enough put them in my shade house and under mist they are big enough now to take a dozen cuttings each we’ll see what a winter in the greenhouse does for them lol again thank you for all your efforts
So glad to hear you've learned a lot from the videos and enjoy them. Glad you're saving money and overwintering all your plants!
Hi my friend I love your beautiful video I will like to learned to make it happen for my self God bless
You can do it, Margret!
I’m fascinated that the window cutting did better, or maybe not better but different. Thanks for thrill of the root reveal! I’m definitely going clear plastic cups going forward!!
I’m diggin the shout out to us sunless Alaskan propagators 🤛🏼
Dibbler Police, Double Dipping Hormone Finger-waggers, and Wasteful Watering Regulators….you sure seem to have a lot of people to answer too. Hehe. And I dig your answers, brother!
Thanks again for all the knowledge you share, and the way you share it!
Haha, I get so many naysayers on here, lol. I make these videos for you and other people who love them but occasionally have to slip in those comments to keep the crazy people at bay. Love how you worded that, haha. Getting colder and rainier around here so the plant videos will dwindle down soon but I've got some cool videos about a big project I've been working on with the excavator.
@@MikeKincaid79 you’ve got my attention!!!
Thanks for the video. It’s September the 8 going to try it anyway. 😊
It will work. I did another follow up video in which I attempted the same thing a couple months later. Here's the video: th-cam.com/video/RGiQYZ_rwIM/w-d-xo.html
You,Mom and your friends give me faith in humanity. God Bless You All. ❤❤❤❤
What a nice thing to say, thanks.
Fantastic video.....Keep rockin! liked and subscribed.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Nothin like natural light. Thanks for this experiment.
Yep, still going strong. I'll have to do an update of these cuttings and where they're at now.
@@MikeKincaid79 please do!
Amazing xx
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The past November 2022, I took one branch from my hydrangea, Endless Summer, and made 5 one inch cuttings from it. I then inserted them into a container of perlite. Within one month, each of the 5 cuttings rooted successfully. I then planted them in a two inch pot containing sheep compost and left then in my sun room. Surprisingly, at the end of January, 2023, I noticed a flower head developing at the top of this one inch cutting at the leaf node. By the end of February, 2023, the pink flower had totally opened up. The only difference between a fully developed hydrangea plant in my garden and this flower appearing on this one inch cutting was the size of the flower. The flower on this small cutting was about 2 inches diameter compared to the large flowers appearing on fully grown hydrangea bush. Over the next three months, the other remaining 4 cuttings also bloomed. I found this amazing.
Really cool
I’ve used this method for my Hoya footings and it works the best and fastest
Hi Mike
Great video, i like it when you pull the rooted cuttings out to see the roots.
Hope to see videos what your daughters are doing in the cellar.
Carol
I better get those girls back in another video.
@@MikeKincaid79
I'll look forward to that video Mike.
Carol
Man discovers people grew plants before growing kits. Always fascinating. 🙂
I had a huge hydrangea on the corner of one of our houses. My grandmother told me to snip branches leaving 1 leaf (chlorophyll) and then plant them. I cut 13 branches and 12 took! I've done this with Turk's cap and it also works with roses. We live in the deep South so it may not be as easy to do this in other parts of the country but it sure as heck works here!
i've been using clear cups when cloning because i like that you can see exactly when it starts to root.
Yep, that's exactly what makes them fun to use!
That's a good way to be proven wrong. I'm going to try that next spring, as long as it isn't like this spring was.
Maybe even then.
Lol, I’m proven wrong all the time 😂
Just happened to order and receive some of those cups this week. Now you know what I will be doing this weekend. Kinda late in the year but got plenty of grow light so what the heck. Thanks for all the tips!!!!!
Never hurts to try. Good luck with it.
I enjoyed this video so much ! Everytime you asked should I check the roots ? I was saying , yes ! Yes! Thank you for doing that for us, I was so curious because I’m dealing with a Hydrangea right now. Think I’m going to try this technique . Thanks a bunch
Glad you enjoyed it! I love hydrangea and plan to do many more videos about them.
im doing this with fig right now so much fun
Very
Fantastic. For places with less water dunking in a bucket for the first drench is a good option. Also maybe the temp in the tent was cooler that’s why there is less roots and purple leaves.
very true
💕 Love how you showed the 2 different plants with the time lapse root growth. Awesome!
Still going strong. I'll have an update sometime this winter.
I love this. Thank you for showing the roots. I’m so curious about the other root structure. Please please show us. We want roots. We want roots. We want roots!!! 😂.
🤣🤣🤣 Spoken like a true plant fanatic