side benefit of using hybrid willows and poplars in screen

[willy]

One wants one year old wood. New branches basically. I've used one that were between and 1/8 and quarter inch and they turned into trees but bigger ones are better. They have more stored energy to shoot roots and stay alive. Keep the ground wet they are in for the first couple three weeks, not saturated and they'll grow.

If you can find where a branch broke off there will be some good shoots to use, check near the base of the truck and withing the first few feet of the ground

 

[Bill]

When you're cutting your own off and established tree, where are you cutting them from and about what diameter?

Im going to stop at a neighbors and ask if I can prune the hybrids in their shelterbelt, I just want to know exactly what to take??

Thanks

John did a good write up on it here. http://habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/harvest-your-own-cuttings.4986/

HW and HP you can use older wood. Willy is correct Other types of cuttings should be year old “new growth”. Although, I once tried old growth elderberry and it worked.

I’ve planted HW and HP with 3/4 inch diameters. The longer the better, at least a six inch cutting for outdoor planting. I’ve planted 24” long cuttings. Try to only leave two buds above the ground and plant the cutting in the direction it was growing. In other words the portion that was growing up should be the portion left out of the ground.

 

[willy]

Update

I went out to cut off the willows I hinged a couple years ago for deer food and to clean up areas around the tree where the dead branches lay. There were 2 or 3 deer beds in amongst each of the living hinged portions of the trees as well as the pockets at the base of the hinged trees that had at least a 16" diameter. I don't go into this area until this time of year and the short time I spray sericia and thistles so I don't know how much it is bedded in year round but it seems to be popular at the moment. I'm sure it's doe family groups based on numbers of beds in each cluster. The hinged trees are off the edge of standing beans and clover and amongst switch and forbs with cedars.

I cut a bunch of white mullberry, am going to treat. Hope they eat the younger branches. It is an invasive that doesn't seem to have much wildlife value or what it does have is over taken by its ability to populate quickly.

 

[cavey]

John did a good write up on it here. http://habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/harvest-your-own-cuttings.4986/

HW and HP you can use older wood. Willy is correct Other types of cuttings should be year old “new growth”. Although, I once tried old growth elderberry and it worked.

I’ve planted HW and HP with 3/4 inch diameters. The longer the better, at least a six inch cutting for outdoor planting. I’ve planted 24” long cuttings. Try to only leave two buds above the ground and plant the cutting in the direction it was growing. In other words the portion that was growing up should be the portion left out of the ground.

Seen a video where they had 5-6 foot cuttings big enough dia. for a fence post driver to pound in and where slamming them into the ground with the driver.