Elderberry are notorious early starters. Especially on good soil they wake up before most others.
It's been my experience that they still do fine if harvested after the buds start to wake up. How long after they wake up is hard to say. I bet you'll be fine.
Ok. Greenhorn question. Will I have success just planting them in damp ground, or do I need to root them with rooting powder in a starter soil mixture? Or in water? I have an unlimited supply of cuttings so I can afford a moderate success rate.
Ok. Greenhorn question. Will I have success just planting them in damp ground, or do I need to root them with rooting powder in a starter soil mixture? Or in water? I have an unlimited supply of cuttings so I can afford a moderate success rate.
I use rooting hormone on everything except willows and poplars. I can't say it wouldn't work but rooting hormone has always been recommended to me on everything else.
I did some cuttings a couple of weeks ago. As you can see in the first pic they had already leaved out and those leaved died right away.
I just checked on them and cut them back, several have fresh growth. I've never used hormone on elderberry and have success before. I have no idea if these will make it but it looks promising right now.
Thanks for all the replies. That's what's really great about this forum- you can get informed answers pretty quickly. I planted some cuttings yesterday. Not a lot, as everything here has to be protected. I'll let you know how they do.
I'm going to start another thread about creating thickets with larger exclosures.