Propogating red dogwood

[cavey]

They look great. Do you have any pics on how much rooting they achieved? Just sand in the box?

I dont sorry, The sand box has too much sand I should have blended it more for better root growth, its pretty nutrient poor pit sand ( the miracle grow bag trick puts on way more root growth) - and I dont water it much as its out at the farm (the box) so that has an impact. I leave them in for two years then lift them - in the sand they separate out really easy.

 

[H20fwler]

I've started a bunch of ROD and yellow dogwood cuttings just pushing them down in the muddy dirt early spring leaving a few buds above ground and walking away from them. I normally cut and plant them same day, have used rooting hormone powder from Walmart before seems about the same with or without. I try and cut them a foot or better long and push them in pretty deep.

 

[Telemark]

I've started a bunch of ROD and yellow dogwood cuttings just pushing them down in the muddy dirt early spring leaving a few buds above ground and walking away from them. I normally cut and plant them same day, have used rooting hormone powder from Walmart before seems about the same with or without. I try and cut them a foot or better long and push them in pretty deep.

This has worked for me as well. I have much better success using a metal rod about the size of the cuttings to make the hole the right depth and then push the cutting down into the hole and moosh the dirt in with my boot heel.

 

[H20fwler]

This has worked for me as well. I have much better success using a metal rod about the size of the cuttings to make the hole the right depth and then push the cutting down into the hole and moosh the dirt in with my boot heel.

Yep, if I do many, I'll use an electric fence post.

 

[ruskbucks]

I had good growth out of the ROD cuttings i planted at home last spring. From last spring till now about 18 inches. I poked them thru a piece cardboard and it seemed to work pretty well to keep the weeds down. The other picture is cuttings i planted this spring.

 

[fingers]

I like the cardboard weed mat idea

 

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Crows are smart.

Did the cardboard weedmat on spruces a few years back. One day i looked in thr backyard and one crow would lift the cardboard with its beak while the other would get bugs. Every 3-4 trees they'd switch.

Siljy dogwood survived a -18 deg f winter in zone 3b NY adirondacks and flooding too. Red osier srill alive 3-4 years but not thriving. Might just need caging or fertilizer.

 

[SD51555]

I moved 400 ROD on my from own property up to my yard this spring. I tore them out by hand and replanted immediately into 4-8 stem clusters. It took me about 3 hours to do it and cost me zero. So far, I've got 100% survival per cluster, and I'd bet 90% survival of all stems. Some were really short on roots, but I threw them in the hole anyway.

 

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I moved 400 ROD on my from own property up to my yard this spring. I tore them out by hand and replanted immediately into 4-8 stem clusters. It took me about 3 hours to do it and cost me zero. So far, I've got 100% survival per cluster, and I'd bet 90% survival of all stems. Some were really short on roots, but I threw them in the hole anyway.

Wet the soil, then use a pitch fork. roots come out alot better shape n clay soil.

Anybody propogate grey dogwood? Also, looking for some good zone 3 mulberry seeds or some wood sticks to propogate for next year. Mulberry can be propgated like willows and dogwoods. I am growing a northrup mulberry at home for stick progation at camp. Howver, some mulberries need a male plant for pollen. Some do not, not sure if the "female" or better put fruit bearing northrup mulberry needs a male tree or not. Better safe than sorry. Want birds to eat the fruit and drop viable seed onto new places up there.

 

[homerj]

Female mulberries do not need males to produce fruit. Males are needed only if you want the fruit to have viable seeds.
No such thing as a zone 3 hardy mulberry that I'm aware of. Trader, Northrup, and maybe Kokuso are the most winter hardy varieties.

 

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so far have northrup only. Finally got a graft to take on a seedling mulberry. I am looking to produce viable seeds so it can populate in the area.

Was wondering it is too late to propogate dogwoods and other stick propgated trees / shrubs. I did it once when the apple trees were starting to wake up with silky dogwood. Worked pretty good.

 

[Pine Lake]

I've tried planting cuttings, but the success rate is under 50%, whereas my sliver leafed willow success rate is above 95%.

I've decided that layering is the most time effective, as all I need to do is bend down a branch and throw some mud over it. I come back later and snip the now rooted layer for replant. This is even less effort than digging up a plant with an existing root system.

 

[ruskbucks]

I've tried planting cuttings, but the success rate is under 50%, whereas my sliver leafed willow success rate is above 95%.

I've decided that layering is the most time effective, as all I need to do is bend down a branch and throw some mud over it. I come back later and snip the now rooted layer for replant. This is even less effort than digging up a plant with an existing root system.

I do layering also. I take those landscaping staples to pin them down, but I don't dig them up. I just let them grow there. I think it is the fastest best way to get them to spread. You just have to have some that are established first.

 

[bwoods11]

I've tried planting cuttings, but the success rate is under 50%, whereas my sliver leafed willow success rate is above 95%.

I've decided that layering is the most time effective, as all I need to do is bend down a branch and throw some mud over it. I come back later and snip the now rooted layer for replant. This is even less effort than digging up a plant with an existing root system.

50% of free is not bad ! That’s how I look at it !

 

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The bit more purple than red silky dogwood progates easier than red dogwood. Well nibbled at home here in NY zone 5/6.