Hardwood Propagation of Thuja Green Giant Arborvitae (Part 2) Rooting Cuttings for a Privacy Hedge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- I decided to make a part 2, due to the popularity of these hardwood cuttings of the green giant arborvitae. We'll talk about how I deal with them after they've rooted and when I pot them up. Rooting these cuttings is so easy and they provide a very dense privacy hedge for your landscape.
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Your amazing at explaining things in great detail without being confusing or over complicated. Great video
You and Harley Smith should collab and make a video of any sort. It would be fantastic
I'll have to look that person up, thanks!
I went out back today to check on my plants, I realized that it had been 2 and a half months since I started some of them, so I decided to check them. They ROOTED!!!!!!! Yeah, and such big root balls. I put them in pots, and by the time I was done I think I had 10 potted up. They are soooo beautiful. And it's all because of you 😁😁😀😊😊🤣🙃🤗🤗
I have watched most of your videos and it just occurred to me that I could mass plant my cuttings, THEN pot them up. (duh). You have quite the gift for growing stuff. I sure hope you pass on this love to your children! Thank you.
Haha, isn't it fun when you make a new discovery and then want to go test it out! My girls are getting bombarded with all of this on a daily basis.
Love your videos, Ive really gotten into propagation techniques over the past year or so and I use your videos for advice constantly. Thanks for the content Buddy
Glad to hear the videos are helpful. Thanks for being here Phillip.
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I'm in trouble 😳🤣😂🤣🤗it's 2.53 am in Uk and I got caught binge watching. Best go bed .
This is such a fabulous channel and I'm excited to try on a small scale all the tips you've shared.
Will keep watching lol tomorrow
So glad you're enjoying the videos! Sorry to keep you up late, lol.
You are such a legend! Just watched your red Japanese maple germination series (mine have just germinated!) and you got me so excited for gardening now!!
Awesome! That's my goal.
I did too and mine have been growing since March and their already 10 inches tall. Ive been growing them indoors.
Nice how much light do they get?
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that was awesome..no if I can air layer my broken branches from over winter. left a like
Thank you for the information! peter from Belgium!
Really interesting and helpful video 👍🏻 Many thanks 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Propagation Jedi Master! Great video once again.
LOL, thanks!
Another awsome video Mike! Thanks for your knowledge!
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Mike Do you give anything else until the fringe appears like fertilizer
I'm always exited when I see a new video I always learn so much new techniques for gardening and propagating! Keep up the wonderful work!
Thanks, Samuel, glad you're learning something here!
Love your videos!
Yes, nice, thanks.
Great cutting and roots Mike. Mike Rhododendrons are just starting to flower here in the UK. The purple one is looking fantastic. Just waiting to see my red one which comes out later. Great info thanks buddy. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧🌲🌲
I love this time of year as everything comes to life.
WOW, I would love to have a hoop house like yours only smaller. Enjoying your videos keep them coming.
You can build one for not too much money.
@@MikeKincaid79 I will certainly check that out, thank you.
Great job!!!
One less thing you have to pot up!
Please, will you show where on the Thuja Green Giant Arborvitae you choose to cut to propagate new cuttings? Do you cut any ole branch? How far back on the chosen branch is it cut? Will the missing branch be noticeable? When cutting the branch into smaller pieces, are the cuts made below nodes? Are there nodes?
OK, I can see we need a part 4, lol.
What is the soil composition of the pile behind you in the video? On my potted Japanese maples, I've been getting the blight disease; could this be attributed to too much watering? What kind of soil should we use for potted Japanese maple, we live in a place that is zone 5. Would you recommend I change the soil of my potted Japanese maple during the spring time before new buddings come out?
Watched 2 videos re: propagation of green giants. I am not clear on the time of year of the first cutting what month, to potting, in months, and then how long or what month before planting. Can you help with info re: in what months these thing happen? Thank you very much.
I usually take the cuttings in mid to late April, before the new growth starts. Leave them in the propagation frame for a whole year as they root and pot up the following spring. Then 1 more year in the pots, and then plant in the landscape.
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Hi Mike how are you I want to ask you something about sawdust and sheep manure Mike do you think if I mix sheep manure and sawdust
with the soil will it work to grow
herbs in it cuz I was searching for it in the TH-cam
and I couldn't get the answer some of them say it works and some of them say it not works I want the answer from you My best regards from Kurdistan region
Could you give an update on the green giant hedge you planted 2 years ago
This summer I plan on it.
Another great video Mike. But I'm going to keep badgering you about camille videos. Thanks man I've watched all your videos.
Are you talking about camelia?
@@MikeKincaid79 yes stupid auto correct.
Haha, I'll get to them eventually. Maybe this summer.
i enjoy your videos but am wondering what people do with their green giant cuttings over the winter that doesn't have a hoop house? Mine have rooted in a tote with holes in the bottom that I currently have in the ground. I'm concerned about winter care with the onset of frozen ground and snow. thank you
They will survive the cold. Just cover them to protect from rain that could waterlog your cuttings. My hoop house is open on both ends and the plants inside freeze hard as a rock every winter.
Hi Mike, the cuttings look great! How are the ones you planted in front of the property doing?
Have a great week! Enjoy the family, the new chicks🐥🐤🐣so cute! Hugs🤗🤗🤗🤗❤
I'll get an update going this summer during the growing season. Those chicks are getting big really fast!
Oh, can't wait to see the green giants!.
🐥 do grow fast but they are cute now while small. I am thinking of getting some chickens too, I have to find out how many we can get or if I can get any at all. I hate people telling me what I can or can't do on my property. Ugh!!!
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good job!
Thanks!
I can’t remember, do you have an older video where you talk about your pitting mix you use or advice on making or buying it. Great video as usual
Yes, I've got a video that goes into great detail about it.
I read a nursery book that recommends mixing the granular slow release fertilizer in to the potting mix, but it looks like you have excellent results without even needing to do that. Have you ever tried and found that its just not worth the extra time?
I have 8month old northern pine bark breaking down, im trying it as a potting medium. Despite better drainage it has not out performed soil yet, i'm still struggling to get easy performant all purpose potting medium, but my fertilizer program was poor, changing that now. I have to assume thats my missing part.
The granular slow release fertilizer is meant to be placed on top of the soil. For me, it would be a waste of time to mix it in and I'd gain nothing.
Hi there Mike.
Great videos thanks for all your helpful tips.
I want to take some cuttings from my backyard privacy hedge and grow some more cedars to extend my hedge in a few locations.
I was wondering a few things and would really appreciate your input.
How large of a cutting can I take?
I have multiple branches close to 2ft long that I can cut from my hedge without an issue.
Can I root cuttings this large?
Can I plant them directly into the location I want them if I use some sand or fine chip mulch in the hole to help root the cuttings?
Have you ever done it this way with success?
I'm trying to get a jump start in size if I can by rooting larger cuttings. Wondering if this could work. If so my hedges would already be 2ft-3ft depending on the cuttings I take.
And my last question is when would be the ideal time to do this. Spring, Summer or Fall?
I live in Ontario, Canada, zone 5.
Any advice and tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks MIke for all your videos and info.
Happy Gardening.
Larger diameter cuttings will root but I'd cut down their height so the new roots don't struggle to support a huge plant in the beginning. You'll have a better outcome in the long run this way. I've never tried this with cedars but, yes, this works with many plants.
@@MikeKincaid79 THANKS!
What about planting time.
Would planting them now be a bad idea before winter.
Should I just wait until early spring?
Mike hows your green giant privacy screen looking? I just sprayed my 165 trees this year for bagworms. I spray twice, starting mid June. They are supposed to be resistant but unfortunately the bagworm moth likes em. I only use BT as a biological control. Works very well.
I'll do an update sometime this summer. I've got mixed results. The trees that are planted in full sun are over my head now but the trees in shadier areas are still just at my waist height so the sun really matter with these.
@@MikeKincaid79 yes they definitely prefer full 🌞. Mine are a windbreak if two rows. Have a few Norway spruce on the inside as well. We had a snap freeze one night that was tough on the giants. Had early warm weather before the freeze which pushed new growth. Had some foliage get burned. I even had full Belle of Georgia peach trees and plum trees. The one night freeze wiped em all out. Kentucky weather is hella fickle.
Thanks for that. I need to try to hardwood root a native CA shrub called ribes sanguinium or red current bush. The wild bush is so dry that there isn’t ever any thing that looks like it would work for a soft wood cutting.
It may be a plant that just does better as hardwood. Good luck and let us know what you find.
They are getting really big
Can you confirm you pot up in sawdust / fine woodchips?
Finely ground up fir tree bark. It's sold as mulch around here.
Just wondering is there a time of year to do this when you do not have to use bottom heat? Could one just take them inside near a window and do it like that without bottom heat? Thank you!
Different plants root better with different techniques. Generally, these type of plants root better as hardwood cuttings during the dormant season. They root more slowly and so you don't want to create a humid environment with warmth around the tops or they can mold and rot. You also don't want them breaking dormancy in a warm house before they've rooted. That's why I root these outdoors on bottom heat. Some plants will root very well during the growing season inside your home.
Would you use this same technique for holly trees? I’m assuming they would be hardwood cuttings as well? Love your channel and thanks for all the info!
You can take them as hardwood but I prefer to take them as semi-hardwood late in the summer. Bottom heat helps.
I will like to know if I could use the propagated box for sowing seed
Sure
Is that the laurels i see in the back ground in the hoop house?
yes they are
Mike Kincaid they look big.
Yeah, they're around 30 inches tall now. Those things grow fast and will probably put on another 2 feet this year.
Would this work on birch trees? About this time a month ago I took a birch tree cutting from a birch in my yard. I think it’s a river birch and the cutting was a hardwood cutting about 12 inches ling about the thickness of a pencil. Well I have it in a red solo cup with a plastic bag over it. It has a leaf on it with a couple more coming out but it doesn't have any roots yet. How long does it take for hardwood cuttings to start to form roots? Will this birch eventually grow roots or is it just living off the moisture in the bag? I have a plastic ziploc back on it to hold in moisture. Thanks.
Hardwood cuttings don't require humidity and it can be detrimental to them. I don't cover mine with anything and just let them leaf out naturally after they root and as the warm weather wakes them up. keeping hardwood cuttings humid promotes fungal growth and eventually rot.
Hi Mike...could you please propagate Callistemon Citrinus
I'll look into it.
I have about 100 rooted green giant arborvitae cuttings I started last year, only question and concern I have is I was delayed on potting up my cuttings and it's currently June and a heat wave coming up, my question is should I pot the cuttings up now or should I wait until the fall?
I'm in the same dilemma now with rhododendrons. I plan to pot them up over the next couple weeks. There's still plenty of summer left to get established well in pots.
@@MikeKincaid79 So my rooted green giant arborvitae cuttings won't dry up and turn brown from the heat? I don't have a greenhouse so mine are in the heat of the sun near my vinyl privacy fence. I'm also wondering if I should water them 3 to 4 times a week or even every day at first?
There is no need to punch holes in these totes to drain? Thanks.
Yes, it would be helpful to have holes in the bottom.
How many days roots will come out
What rooting hormone do you use and what is your starting soil mostly is?
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Do you use fine fir bark alone? Any additives? I’ve looked locally and can’t find it, I think my problem with propagation is the soil stays too wet and doesn’t drain. Update! You mentioned a fertilizer in this video.. thanks I’ll search your videos for more info. I love how excited you get over propagation
No additives, just fine fir bark. You can use sand if that's all you have access to.
Mike Kincaid do I ever, I live at the Oregon coast. Thanks Mike
I love the Oregon Coast! I'm sure you've been through Lincoln City. Have you ever visited the Connie Hansen Garden?
Mike Kincaid no I haven’t visited that garden or heard of it but I’ll have to take a nice drive, it’s hard to get away for any length of time I have a few aquariums and no one knows how to take care of them.
You should definitely check it out. It's a small garden right in the town and takes up about 4 or 6 lots but it's work the trip. I go there every time I get down that way. Everything is in bloom there right now. They have a rhododendron there called Sir Charles Lemon and I was able to get some cuttings of it so I think of them every time I see those rhodys at my place.
When is the best month to propagate through cutting??!
Depends on the plant and type of cutting you're taking, oh and also the hemisphere you live in. For green giants, I like to take them in April.
I live in southern minn. Do you think it's too late to do arborvitae cuttings in mid may?
Nope, you’d probably be just fine.
Mike...how long will it take for callous then roots to form on leyland cypress cuttings if you go straight into bark containers 'without' rooting hormone powder? mine have been in bark for a couple of months indoors and i have yet to even see any callous forming?
Usually I see roots in 4 to 6 weeks. Do you have them on bottom heat? I recommend rooting them outdoors on bottom heat.
@@MikeKincaid79 I dont have them on bottom heat, no. They will root though with a seed mat even if no rooting powder? if so I will break down and get a seed mat 48"...thanks for the reply
It is fascinating to see your success. Where did you buy the heating pad?
I found this one online years ago. I recently bought one on Amazon.
Mike Dan, I bought one in 2018 after watching one of Mike's propagation videos. He mentioned that it was heavy duty and wasn't specifically for plants. He also said it gets warmer than the ones typically sold for seed starting, that's why he sets his cutting tubs up on wood strips (so they don't overheat). Here's a link to the one I bought (on Amazon), I believe it's called a foot-warming pad. I hope this helps.
Cozy Products FWB Super Foot Warmer Heated Foot Warming Mat Rubber Design Extra Large
@@greenthumbelina7331 Thanks for the tip.
How’s the outdoor green giant hedge looking
They growing fast but not fast enough, lol. I'd like them 30 foot high by now. They're actually growing pretty quick considering I purchased them 4 years ago when they were 6 inches tall each and planted them 3 years ago. They are now between 5 and 7 feet tall! They seem to be growing quicker each year so I think in another 3 years they'll be up over 10 to 12 feet tall.
can I do the propagation in the winter?
Yes. I prefer the spring so that by the time they start rooting the weather is warming and they can just start putting on growth for the growing season.
What type of soil do you use in the gallon pots?
finely ground fir tree bark: th-cam.com/video/jQM9OE1G2Ug/w-d-xo.html
You guide how to grow very well. I also grow orchids. You will see it if you visit. Wish you happy.🤝
I failed my rododendron cuttings :( They were lush and green for 2 months and then they started to die. I used root it gel and normal plant soil. Maybe thats what i did wrong and watering too?
Regular soil is too compact and wet, plus it is full of fungi and bacteria. You want to root in something that drains well but holds some moisture and is inert.
What are you using for a medium in your pots?
bark
Can you use something like miracle grow on Green Giants ?
Yes, but that would take a lot of miracle grow to keep them fertilized all summer long. I highly recommend a slow release fertilizer that's formulated for landscape plants.
@@MikeKincaid79 I have a row of GGA that are about a ft tall and I was just wondering if I could safely use that for a boost. I do also use the powder type around the drip lines in spring and fall.
What are you using to repot them?
Finely ground fir tree bark and nursery pots
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what is that medium you use for planting in pots ?
finely ground up fir tree bark.
i want a similar plant but friend said i can't make copies of it because of copyright. how can i know for sure?
The label will say if it's registered or copyrighted/patented. If it doesn't say, you can look it up online. I don't like to mess around with copyrighted plants because you can't sell them without permission and usually a royalty to the owner. There are so many beautiful plants out there that aren't copyrighted.
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Will all varieties of thuja root from cutting?
I haven't tried rooting every variety but I assume that at least most of them will in this manner.
What is the potting mixture?
It's just finely ground fir tree bark that is typically used as mulch.
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