Best time to root cuttings?

[montavonm]

Hi everyone, I have some fruit trees - pear, peaches, and persimmion that need trimmed this year. I want to try to keep the trimmings and see if I can root them. I have been reaching up on the sand/soil mix, rooting hormone, etc and know the procedure fairly well. Lots of resources I've looked through say the best time to do this is late July - early fall, but I've also read that you want to wait until mid winter when the trees are dormant to trim them. If I trimmed them now to take some cuttings, would it hurt the tree? Should I wait longer? My trees are all within the 4-6 ft tall range. Thanks in advance

 

[Turkey Creek]

You can try it but fruit trees tend to be pretty difficult to root from cuttings.

 

[montavonm]

You can try it but fruit trees tend to be pretty difficult to root from cuttings.

Thanks for the input Turkey Creek. I might not bother cutting on my good trees until it's time to prune them in the winter and just try to root some cuttings from some old junk crabapples I have