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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jun 29, 2021 22:25:40 GMT -6
This is a good video demonstrating an easy way to start plants from cuttings. (Note, some plants are easier than others to root). Some plants will take root anywhere the stalk comes into contact with the soil, some are stubborn and will hardly root at all. So it kind of depends on what kind of plants you are working with.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2021 3:27:15 GMT -6
I'm pretty good at this. I recall starting maples once. I was a newb to gardening. Made the mistake of hitting up the tree forum over on Gardenweb where they got extremely jealous and i experienced some hate there. Seems Maples are hard to start. lol
The truth is, my front porch is a really good climate for rooting out cuttings. In a pot of peat with a plastic sack on top.
I started rooting out cuttings when I didn't have any money, not for stamps much less a bag of rooting hormone. I looked it up and found that rooting hormone was originally derived from willow. Well, I've a swamp out back but there's no willow.
Poplar tree has the same hormone but in less concentrations. Good enough for me! I stripped the bark off new poplar growth in spring, steeped it in hot water and there was my rooting hormone. Works very well. Keeps in the frig well, too.
Most trees and bushes that have an invasive root zone contain this hormone to one degree or another. Just FYI.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 4, 2021 19:37:13 GMT -6
Great information Bon. Thanks, for sharing that!
I have access to a swamp full of willows about half a mile from here. I sure wish you were close enough to share some of those green branches, we'd cook up a big mess of rooting hormone for you.
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Post by macmex on Jan 24, 2022 8:11:29 GMT -6
There's so much to learn in this area of endeavor. I'm working on it this year just as 2015 was the year I did a low key, long haul investigation into yogurt. 2022 is the year for me to do the same with cuttings and air layering.
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