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?
@@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 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.
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. :)
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.
I watch this video again and again, at least once a year. There’s just something about propagation of flowering plants especially that is so nourishing to my soul! I’m determined not to forget to request cuttings from you this August! You have such beautiful plants. Thank you again for all you do. 😊
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!!
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.
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.❤
@@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
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!
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
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
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.
It’s common to get that purple color with grow lights, I think it’s actually from too much light ironically. My tomatoes do it all the time when I start them inside. They green up very quickly when moved outside.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!!
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.
Late to the game, but I have a question I hope you'll answer! Can I do this with Oak Leaf Hydrangea as well? Someone told me to hold a stem down with a rock or block & let it root while still attached to the mother plant. My Mom's OLH is probably 70 y/o, older than me anyway, & too large to move to my house, but I don't want to lose it! An azalea, too, about the same size, but only about 50 y/o. Searching YT for it next! Thank you for sharing this information with us! It is most appreciated!
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.
Enjoyed seeing how these turned out and especially the roots on the red leafed one. Thanks for all the great info. You are very generous with information and tips and thorough explanations. I feel like I can try this 3-cup method now.
I know this is a year old video, but I just saw it and I just wanted you to know that it was great! I live in Washington too in Stevens County. So happy to have found you😊
Have you rooted citrus cuttings? or tropical semi hardwood mango cuttings? I have seen several other channel videos on rooting mango cuttings but on closer viewings it appears their roots are staged or the rooted cutting shown weeks later are not even the same plant cutting they started with. I have tried some of their steps with aloe vera or onion and stuff but not had any success. These methods mostly rot my plants and sort of confirms to me that those videos are mostly for entertainment. With all the experience you have with rooting would you be willing to try and root a mango cutting or perhaps even an avocado cutting? Frankly a lot of other common tree cuttings actually do root for me by just sticking them im the ground and sometimes even with little care but when it comes to cuttings of mango or avocado its like a math problem for me😬 Reason I am interested in rooting specific plant cuttings is mostly for fun. I can get cuttings used for grafting but to increase my chances at keeping a fruit variety alive due to common grafting fails I would like to figure out if mango and avocado cuttings can actually be rooted instead. And once a cutting has roots I can then have a supply of grafting wood until I am done with it. Thanks love watching your videos
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! 🙏🏼✌🏼👊🏻👍🏼
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.
Enjoyed this video, especially your easing going sincere presentation style - your voice, tone, innovation is excellent & that’s why it’s also an excellent video, super easy to understand -- it’s like a good friend talking with you!!
Mike, I love this! Now you've got me wishing I had taken some cuttings from my hydrangeas and other shrubs to root on a windowsill inside over the winter. It's too late this year because we've had several hard freezes here and everything outside is done for this year. However, I will gather some Bloodgood Japanese maple seeds next week at my doctor's office, and germinate them in the fridge again, like I did last year. Your enthusiasm is definitely contagious! Have a great weekend. ~Margie🤗💐🦋🍁
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.
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
Could you please tell me how to take a cutting from a large rhododendron plant? This large rhododendron was originally a cutting started by my dear grandfather 68 years ago. Before I was even born!!😊 Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you so much!!🌸⭐️💕
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.
Mike I'm having trouble with two main things Fungus And if it does survive grow and do well when I take them out if the humidity they die even when I take them out slowly...help
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
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!!!!!
I think the color is from the excessive light. The leaves don't need as much chlorophyll and so the effect is similar to fall coloration. It is similar to putting a red leaf plant in the shade and it turns green only this is the reverse. Hydrangias are often grown in shade and I think the grow light was giving it much more light than it needed.
I've learned quite a bit by watching your videos and a few others I normally grow veggies fruit and citrus trees and I've learned how to graft the fruit and citrus I normally grow everything the old way so a friend gave me some cuttings for hydrangeas I stuck them in a container put plastic on top and left them outdoors I had four and I'm glad to say all four made it they rooted out very nicely toward the end their leaves did get a little Sun scorched I must have had some good luck with the four next time I will do it your way and see what happens I hate it when plans don't make it through
I appreciate all the info on rooting Hydrangeas. Plan to try it again. I'm always interested in learning new rooting techniques and how to obtain and sprout seeds from various plants. Also, I would love if you would discuss hybrid plants and how this affects the rooted offspring and color. 😊
Searing question - ok I’ve got roots and they look good. when do I take the vapor dome (cup on top) off - and when do I stop using the water cup (cup below) ? If I followed seed growing guidance, they would say when I see true leaves and roots. You never really talk about what happens when we have success. By the way - thank you for all you do! You give me hope and challenge me to expand my knowledge base. Love the topics and ur video format works well ! A fan from Tennessee !
@@MikeKincaid79 well it worked after 4 weeks. are they ready to be moved to pots or keep em in the cups? im in ohio with impending winter. im new to this so any tips are appreciated.
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
Love it Mike! Would you do some others that we can do in our own environments during this Winter, like a Burning Bush, start another Hydrangea, and please a Viburnum plus more (a house plant or two?). I would like to get some things going while I *have* to be indoors so I can play with where they should go in my landscape during the Spring/Summer. We want more starts, we want more starts...as the mantra goes. Thanks Mike, also do the girls have any projects going that might be fun for them to share with us? 🌻
great suggestions! my daughters and i started an indoor garden in the cellar last month. I bought an led grow light on sale from amazon and job lots (cheap box store) has 4ft LED shop lights that are perfect for plants for under $20. i hate winter in mass and we miss our farming and gardening time so we are trying indoors this winter! we are trying to grow hydrangeas, sunpatients, lavender, roses, petunias and a lemon tree. As of today they are all doing well so far so good! trying 3 different growth mediums but all same light condition. 16 hours.
I also hate the dark winter months …this year I have taken cutting from all round my garden before everything dies off and brought them indoors to see if any of them will root ready for spring . I have never tried it before and it might not even work but it’s so exciting when they carry on growing . The plants would of died off in the garden anyway so I have nothing to loose if they don’t take and the original plant will still come back in spring .I have placed some in pots and also water to see if one works better than another …fingers crossed I have some success as I’m still learning and haven’t got green fingers .
Hi Mike, I propagated two fig trees from a cutting i got from a 175 year old fig tree in Alabama. I'm in south Florida, and they are doing pretty well. Would you be able to identify what kind of fig trees I have from photos? I can't see where to attach photos here on youtube comments.Thanks!
So nice to see the plants that you rooted. I know that everyone says to use a non flowering cutting, however, I have been buying this Mini Green hydrangea from South America and there's no way I would be able to buy a plant. I have tried rooting but failed 3 times, but I tried one more time. It started sending out growth that's really healthy, but I couldn't see any roots. Well, it looks like a small plant now and I can see very tiny roots. 🙏🙏🙏 that it will survive, grow, and bloom. Thank you, Mike . You give me hope that I can grow hydrangeas in Hawai'i!
New Subscriber….. I have never just put cutting in dirt. I have always put them in water, let them root and then plant them. Is it because you used the rooting hormone? I live in South Florida where we have a lot of hot and humidity. If I did the same thing you did with the cups would it work or would I have rot on the end of the stem? A lot of great information. Thanks ❤
Depends on a lot of factors but the main things you want to pay attention to is that you should use an inert propagation medium that drains well and holds a little moisture. Sand is a perfect material if you don't have anything else. The only other thing you can do is spray the cuttings and top of your rooting medium with a little bit of antifungal spray like daconil.
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!!! 😂.
Hi Mike. I watched your today's video, which reminded me to look back at this video. My brother and his wife have moved back home, from the US. They want some of my hydrangeas for their new home. So I have to do cuttings and I think I will use your method and place them on a window sill. Thanks for this. very interesting ☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️
Mike, thanks for the great video. I've tried unsuccessfully to propagate a rhododendron given to us by my grandfather 30 years ago. We're about to move and REALLY wanted to start a new plant from this memorial rhododendron. I took 3 cuttings and using your 3 cup method, I've successfully rooted all of them! How long before I should move them from the cup to a larger pot? Thanks again, Tom
You rooted rhododendrons with this 3 cup method???!!!!!!!!! That is actually very exciting. I've not tried this with rhododendrons yet and was planning to this year. You're teaching me something. Rhododendrons have fine, hair like roots, as you know. I would wait until the roots have filled out the cup, before transplanting.
Yes, we're out in Yelm, if you know where that is. Beautiful area. I just hate how much the whole Puget Sound region is growing. The concrete and buildings are filling in all the green pastures. We talk about moving to someplace quieter once the kids move out. That'll be a few years away. I'd love to stay but if the growth and expansion continues, I don't want to live in the middle of a bee hive, lol. We really like the Southern Oregon/Northern California areas (otherwise known as the state of Jefferson). Are you guys liking Texas? I loved the DFW area when we visited in spring. I hate the politics of the west coast but the state of Jefferson area is a different ballgame.
Yes, I have a video about coleus right here: th-cam.com/video/ZChLkdhj2ko/w-d-xo.html We also have coleus growing in pots on our back porch. Love that stuff for color through the summer.
It was definitely the light intensity in this case. I ended up raising the lights to the top of the tent and cutting the power down to 1/4 and the problem was solved.
I've noticed that my plants get that purple shade in the leaves if they're too close to the grow light. If you give them a little more distance from the grow light the leaves go back to a healthy shade of green. I've had mint and basil turn purple. I think it's similar to when succulents, like jade plants, turn purple in very bright light. My outdoor jade plants had green leaves in late winter then turned purple when the more intense sun arrived after the spring equinox. I'm in Arizona zone 9b in the desert. My indoor had plant leaves also got their sun stressed color when I put them under the very bright Sansi grow lights. The sun stressed color is identical in my indoor and outdoor jade plant leaves.
I've recently started a new experiment where I raised the light up to the top of the tent and turned it down. Seems to be doing the trick. These LED lights are so much more powerful than we give them credit for.
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 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
Please do a video this is much too long. As you said it is easy.
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.
@@MikeKincaid79. Plants do benefit from a period of darkness.
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.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. I will try with Alamenda.👍
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I watch this video again and again, at least once a year. There’s just something about propagation of flowering plants especially that is so nourishing to my soul! I’m determined not to forget to request cuttings from you this August! You have such beautiful plants. Thank you again for all you do. 😊
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.
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.
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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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!
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
Man discovers people grew plants before growing kits. Always fascinating. 🙂
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?
It’s common to get that purple color with grow lights, I think it’s actually from too much light ironically. My tomatoes do it all the time when I start them inside. They green up very quickly when moved outside.
When can the hydrangea cutting be planted on the grow?
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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 👏 🙏
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.
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.
Late to the game, but I have a question I hope you'll answer! Can I do this with Oak Leaf Hydrangea as well? Someone told me to hold a stem down with a rock or block & let it root while still attached to the mother plant. My Mom's OLH is probably 70 y/o, older than me anyway, & too large to move to my house, but I don't want to lose it! An azalea, too, about the same size, but only about 50 y/o. Searching YT for it next! Thank you for sharing this information with us! It is most appreciated!
Yes, you're friend is right. It's called layering, and probably the easiest and most assured method for what you're trying to do.
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.
When repotting and the soil seems to have disappeared, where did the soil go? Looks like roots replace the soil.
Can I do this with a hard wood cutting? My hydrangea tree broke off and I am trying to figure out some way to save it or part of it
Enjoyed seeing how these turned out and especially the roots on the red leafed one. Thanks for all the great info. You are very generous with information and tips and thorough explanations. I feel like I can try this 3-cup method now.
You can do it. Good luck!
I know this is a year old video, but I just saw it and I just wanted you to know that it was great! I live in Washington too in Stevens County. So happy to have found you😊
Happy you're here, Janet!
Have you rooted citrus cuttings? or tropical semi hardwood mango cuttings? I have seen several other channel videos on rooting mango cuttings but on closer viewings it appears their roots are staged or the rooted cutting shown weeks later are not even the same plant cutting they started with. I have tried some of their steps with aloe vera or onion and stuff but not had any success.
These methods mostly rot my plants and sort of confirms to me that those videos are mostly for entertainment.
With all the experience you have with rooting would you be willing to try and root a mango cutting or perhaps even an avocado cutting?
Frankly a lot of other common tree cuttings actually do root for me by just sticking them im the ground and sometimes even with little care but when it comes to cuttings of mango or avocado its like a math problem for me😬
Reason I am interested in rooting specific plant cuttings is mostly for fun. I can get cuttings used for grafting but to increase my chances at keeping a fruit variety alive due to common grafting fails I would like to figure out if mango and avocado cuttings can actually be rooted instead. And once a cutting has roots I can then have a supply of grafting wood until I am done with it.
Thanks
love watching your videos
Thanks for the info I live in Washington state zone 6B.interesting to see a clear cup on top!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Would love to see a 3rd option / experiment, growing it outside in the cup greenhouse
Ok,
A 4th too, steaight in the ground!!
💕 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.
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
Thanks for teaching us such great plant propagation stuff!
You’re very welcome!
Love Folgers! Black Silk is the way! Try it! When painting try green Frog tape, seals great!
I'll have to check it out, thanks!
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!!!
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
Very nice. Maybe do an experiment with rooting with and without compound. And Vs different mediums.
I want to see those roots on the 2nd one!!!
Enjoyed this video, especially your easing going sincere presentation style - your voice, tone, innovation is excellent & that’s why it’s also an excellent video, super easy to understand -- it’s like a good friend talking with you!!
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the really nice comment.
How much longer before you put it into the ground?
Mike, I love this! Now you've got me wishing I had taken some cuttings from my hydrangeas and other shrubs to root on a windowsill inside over the winter. It's too late this year because we've had several hard freezes here and everything outside is done for this year. However, I will gather some Bloodgood Japanese maple seeds next week at my doctor's office, and germinate them in the fridge again, like I did last year. Your enthusiasm is definitely contagious! Have a great weekend. ~Margie🤗💐🦋🍁
Yes, it’s just about time for Japanese maple seeds! Great to hear from you Margie.
how did you germinate the red maple seeds?
@@nurselou1emory177 I have a video series about it. Here's part 1: th-cam.com/video/UCycSgaeJxg/w-d-xo.html
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!
I do the same thing cant find something right in front of my face. I cant wait to start these. Thank you.
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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
Could you please tell me how to take a cutting from a large rhododendron plant? This large rhododendron was originally a cutting started by my dear grandfather 68 years ago. Before I was even born!!😊 Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you so much!!🌸⭐️💕
Can you take softwood cuttings from a citrus tree or chili tree and do the same thing
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!!!
Glad to see you back, Always great videos. Thanks
Thanks Barb! I post every week.
Good job !!!!!! Mike ..... The second option it's fantastic roots and very good project .....
Thanks Mario!
Mike I'm having trouble with two main things
Fungus
And if it does survive grow and do well when I take them out if the humidity they die even when I take them out slowly...help
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!
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.
Amazing video, you're smart and do in clear cups and look it though it grows in roots , wonderful job, Mike 😉👍🪴🐞🍁🍂
Thanks!
I think the color is from the excessive light. The leaves don't need as much chlorophyll and so the effect is similar to fall coloration. It is similar to putting a red leaf plant in the shade and it turns green only this is the reverse. Hydrangias are often grown in shade and I think the grow light was giving it much more light than it needed.
I've learned quite a bit by watching your videos and a few others I normally grow veggies fruit and citrus trees and I've learned how to graft the fruit and citrus I normally grow everything the old way so a friend gave me some cuttings for hydrangeas I stuck them in a container put plastic on top and left them outdoors I had four and I'm glad to say all four made it they rooted out very nicely toward the end their leaves did get a little Sun scorched I must have had some good luck with the four next time I will do it your way and see what happens I hate it when plans don't make it through
Oh no, so they rooted but didn't continue growing due to sun scorch?
I used a large clear plastic bag over a large pot.
I appreciate all the info on rooting Hydrangeas. Plan to try it again. I'm always interested in learning new rooting techniques and how to obtain and sprout seeds from various plants. Also, I would love if you would discuss hybrid plants and how this affects the rooted offspring and color. 😊
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!
Searing question - ok I’ve got roots and they look good. when do I take the vapor dome (cup on top) off - and when do I stop using the water cup (cup below) ?
If I followed seed growing guidance, they would say when I see true leaves and roots.
You never really talk about what happens when we have success.
By the way - thank you for all you do! You give me hope and challenge me to expand my knowledge base.
Love the topics and ur video format works well !
A fan from Tennessee !
very informative. started this today. lets see wut happens.
Best of luck!
@@MikeKincaid79 well it worked after 4 weeks. are they ready to be moved to pots or keep em in the cups? im in ohio with impending winter. im new to this so any tips are appreciated.
Nice work dude!
Thanks!
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.
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I'll look forward to that video Mike.
Carol
Lots of new leaves too!
Yeah, looking forward to seeing how these develop!
I’ve used this method for my Hoya footings and it works the best and fastest
Love it Mike! Would you do some others that we can do in our own environments during this Winter, like a Burning Bush, start another Hydrangea, and please a Viburnum plus more (a house plant or two?). I would like to get some things going while I *have* to be indoors so I can play with where they should go in my landscape during the Spring/Summer.
We want more starts, we want more starts...as the mantra goes. Thanks Mike, also do the girls have any projects going that might be fun for them to share with us? 🌻
I'll have to put my mind to some winter projects.
great suggestions! my daughters and i started an indoor garden in the cellar last month. I bought an led grow light on sale from amazon and job lots (cheap box store) has 4ft LED shop lights that are perfect for plants for under $20. i hate winter in mass and we miss our farming and gardening time so we are trying indoors this winter! we are trying to grow hydrangeas, sunpatients, lavender, roses, petunias and a lemon tree. As of today they are all doing well so far so good! trying 3 different growth mediums but all same light condition. 16 hours.
I also hate the dark winter months …this year I have taken cutting from all round my garden before everything dies off and brought them indoors to see if any of them will root ready for spring . I have never tried it before and it might not even work but it’s so exciting when they carry on growing . The plants would of died off in the garden anyway so I have nothing to loose if they don’t take and the original plant will still come back in spring .I have placed some in pots and also water to see if one works better than another …fingers crossed I have some success as I’m still learning and haven’t got green fingers .
You,Mom and your friends give me faith in humanity. God Bless You All. ❤❤❤❤
What a nice thing to say, thanks.
Hi Mike, I propagated two fig trees from a cutting i got from a 175 year old fig tree in Alabama. I'm in south Florida, and they are doing pretty well. Would you be able to identify what kind of fig trees I have from photos? I can't see where to attach photos here on youtube comments.Thanks!
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!
So nice to see the plants that you rooted. I know that everyone says to use a non flowering cutting, however, I have been buying this Mini Green hydrangea from South America and there's no way I would be able to buy a plant. I have tried rooting but failed 3 times, but I tried one more time. It started sending out growth that's really healthy, but I couldn't see any roots. Well, it looks like a small plant now and I can see very tiny roots. 🙏🙏🙏 that it will survive, grow, and bloom. Thank you, Mike . You give me hope that I can grow hydrangeas in Hawai'i!
There is always hope. You can use a tip with a flower, just snip the bloom off.
@@MikeKincaid79 your 3 cup method works!!! It bloomed 7 months after rooting!
Great video Sir really appreciate it keep up the good work 👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽
Hi This is amazing. Can I do this early in the fall and keep it indoor until spring? winter is very cold in my city.
Yes you can!
New Subscriber….. I have never just put cutting in dirt. I have always put them in water, let them root and then plant them. Is it because you used the rooting hormone? I live in South Florida where we have a lot of hot and humidity. If I did the same thing you did with the cups would it work or would I have rot on the end of the stem? A lot of great information. Thanks ❤
Depends on a lot of factors but the main things you want to pay attention to is that you should use an inert propagation medium that drains well and holds a little moisture. Sand is a perfect material if you don't have anything else. The only other thing you can do is spray the cuttings and top of your rooting medium with a little bit of antifungal spray like daconil.
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
I used the venti Starbuck plastic cup with lid and it works great. I am so please with my $0 cost Green house.
Nice!
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!
My mom put her cuttings into a pot and turned a mason jar over them - not in direct sun- and had great results. Same principle. 👍
Yep!
If I will not use a cover then root will come or not?pls give this questions ans.
I would use a cover if it has leaves and is actively growing. If it's a hardwood cutting taken during the dormancy period then I wouldn't use a cover.
This is the best way to propagate, I am going to do it now.
It sure makes things easy!
Thanks I will try this !
Good luck! Although, you don't need it. I'm sure you'll have fabulous success with this method.
Excellent experiment! Thank you very much
You are so welcome!
Thank you. To speed up the process, I use a clear plastic tub and clear lid. God bless!
right on
Absolutely love your channel!!
Thanks Karen! Glad you enjoy it. Looking forward to this growing season.
Hi Mike. I watched your today's video, which reminded me to look back at this video. My brother and his wife have moved back home, from the US. They want some of my hydrangeas for their new home. So I have to do cuttings and I think I will use your method and place them on a window sill. Thanks for this. very interesting ☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️
It worked really well! Good luck with your cuttings.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks Mike ☘️☘️
This video is exactly what I want to see! Thanks ❤
Glad you liked it!
Mike, thanks for the great video. I've tried unsuccessfully to propagate a rhododendron given to us by my grandfather 30 years ago. We're about to move and REALLY wanted to start a new plant from this memorial rhododendron. I took 3 cuttings and using your 3 cup method, I've successfully rooted all of them! How long before I should move them from the cup to a larger pot? Thanks again, Tom
You rooted rhododendrons with this 3 cup method???!!!!!!!!! That is actually very exciting. I've not tried this with rhododendrons yet and was planning to this year. You're teaching me something. Rhododendrons have fine, hair like roots, as you know. I would wait until the roots have filled out the cup, before transplanting.
I saw a video where orchid clips were used to connect two glasses.
Cool
Those mini-growers are brilliant!! Definitely will try that. A good second use for take-out cups.
Yes! Definitely a great way to recycle.
I'd like to see side-by-side comparisons with no rooting hormones.
Mike I didn't realize you're in Wa. That's where we were both born and lived until last year.
Yes, we're out in Yelm, if you know where that is. Beautiful area. I just hate how much the whole Puget Sound region is growing. The concrete and buildings are filling in all the green pastures. We talk about moving to someplace quieter once the kids move out. That'll be a few years away. I'd love to stay but if the growth and expansion continues, I don't want to live in the middle of a bee hive, lol. We really like the Southern Oregon/Northern California areas (otherwise known as the state of Jefferson). Are you guys liking Texas? I loved the DFW area when we visited in spring. I hate the politics of the west coast but the state of Jefferson area is a different ballgame.
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.
Have you tried coleus. Nice houseplants. Good color and easy rooting
Yes, I have a video about coleus right here: th-cam.com/video/ZChLkdhj2ko/w-d-xo.html We also have coleus growing in pots on our back porch. Love that stuff for color through the summer.
I used honey for rooting hormone and it worked really well.
Or cinnamon, aloe, etc ...
Does this system work for all kinds of hydrangeas? Mop-heads and paniculatas?
It will work for softwood and semi-hardwood cuttings of hydrangeas. I wouldn’t use it for hardwood.
Good morning, always enjoy your videos, thank you for sharing.
Glad you’re here!
how do you make the bark mulch?? store bought ingredients??
I buy it at a local landscape supply business. Here's a video about it: th-cam.com/video/RSPLOLNXTD4/w-d-xo.html
Was there an update on the windowsill cup after this video?
The color variance can be a cold reaction if the tent is cold at all?
It was definitely the light intensity in this case. I ended up raising the lights to the top of the tent and cutting the power down to 1/4 and the problem was solved.
Your enthusiasm makes me smile. OK...so mine have rooted, it's end of October...do I start fertilizing them? They'll be inside all winter 7b.
Yes. If they're inside and continue growing through the winter, then you'll want to start with a light fertilizer and then adjust as the plants grow.
I do this with lots of plants without hormone rooting powder, its optional
I've noticed that my plants get that purple shade in the leaves if they're too close to the grow light. If you give them a little more distance from the grow light the leaves go back to a healthy shade of green. I've had mint and basil turn purple. I think it's similar to when succulents, like jade plants, turn purple in very bright light. My outdoor jade plants had green leaves in late winter then turned purple when the more intense sun arrived after the spring equinox. I'm in Arizona zone 9b in the desert. My indoor had plant leaves also got their sun stressed color when I put them under the very bright Sansi grow lights. The sun stressed color is identical in my indoor and outdoor jade plant leaves.
I finally figured this out this past winter. I raised the light to the top of the tent and turned it down. Thanks for helping to confirm that.
The purple is just a little sun burn I get it on my chilli plants in the grow tent all the time
I've recently started a new experiment where I raised the light up to the top of the tent and turned it down. Seems to be doing the trick. These LED lights are so much more powerful than we give them credit for.
im glad i stumbled on to your video im in WA can you do this in summer
Oh yeah, the best time is right now. You can take them all through the summer.