This is what I'm learning right now, I started a bunch in water and shortly after the leafs started opening I moved them to pots. 7 out of 10 are dying but 3 are still going strong. I also stuck 5 directly into potted soil and all 5 are doing great.Are you planning on planting them in the ground this year? Or are you going to pot them? I have always read it is best to plant them before they start to leaf out, or they spend all their stored energy making leafs, rather then roots. But I am a rookie at it.
This is a total experiment. I have no idea what I'm doing either. I was going to wait until I could see some roots coming out but I haven't seen any yet. I have about 40 cuttings in soil that I put rooting hormone on too and about 20-30 more that I just pushed into the ground. Just trying to find out what works the best. Maybe I'll pot half the jar now and see how that works out. They just started leafing out in the last 2-3 days.Are you planning on planting them in the ground this year? Or are you going to pot them? I have always read it is best to plant them before they start to leaf out, or they spend all their stored energy making leafs, rather then roots. But I am a rookie at it.
Will doLet me know how it works out.
I think this will be the ticket for you. Almost all my successful cuttings have been with only 1 or 2 buds above ground, about 80 - 90 percent of cuttings under the ground.Mine didn't work out for the most part. I have found a bunch more and am going with a deeper pot so I can get 2 sets of buds below the dirt. I also plan to plant a bunch in my RCG swamps by just sticking 2 buds below the ground and 2 sets above.
Mine are in the same situation. Part of the mother tree that I planted is underwater. I was hoping that wasn't too much water for it. It's only a piece that came off the main plant so if it dies, it's not that big of a deal, but I'd prefer it didn't. We've had a very wet spring so far.So I planted a quite a few ROD cuttings this week around a swampy area. I tried to plant them on the edges of the water. Now with the rain we got, and the snow pack melting, a lot of the cuttings are completely under water. These areas dont normally have water year around, but they stay muddy, and when it rains, they will puddly over for a while.
I am just wondering if them being under water will hurt, or help them? I have no clue how long they will be under water, that depends on ol Mother Nature.
Do you still nip the buds on the bottom when you stick them in the ground ?I think this will be the ticket for you. Almost all my successful cuttings have been with only 1 or 2 buds above ground, about 80 - 90 percent of cuttings under the ground.
I don't but I think I will try it this year on some. I saw some videos where they slice one side of the bottom buds off. They had really good results this way.Do you still nip the buds on the bottom when you stick them in the ground ?
Saw the same thing with crabapple tree whips. Trying on toringo crabapple and red dogwood. A few apple too. Making a small raised bed for the science experiment this weekend.I don't but I think I will try it this year on some. I saw some videos where they slice one side of the bottom buds off. They had really good results this way.