Cuttings

Forest Fire

Has anyone any advice on growing cuttings - shrubs, hedge type plants?

anyoldwood

What sort of shrubs and cuttings are you wanting to plant or do cuttings from, Fushia, are the best cuttings now, just cut a clean cut where No flowers are, out the end into rooting powder and plant in a pot, put a plastic bag iver the top, make sure its not touching the cutting, and in a couple of months, you will have a new plant. do you want cuttings ? just let me know - anyoldwood.

M.Pellet

I take cuttings of rosemary,lavender and fuschia and pop them in a glass of water on the kitchen window.

I've discovered that if you use a glass with a green tinge instead of just clear glass,they root much faster.

Once a decent sysem of roots appear they can be transplanted into individual pots and just need to be watered from then on.

Forest Fire

anyoldwood wrote: »

What sort of shrubs and cuttings are you wanting to plant or do cuttings from, Fushia, are the best cuttings now, just cut a clean cut where No flowers are, out the end into rooting powder and plant in a pot, put a plastic bag iver the top, make sure its not touching the cutting, and in a couple of months, you will have a new plant. do you want cuttings ? just let me know - anyoldwood.

Thanks, I'm in Dun Laoghaire, where are you?

RKQ

Anyone got any tips on planting Holly, Laurel & beech cuttings?
I been successful with rooting some laurel & holly but most beech has died.

Is it abit early to move laurel cuttings outside? (Frost forecast this weekend)
All advice from personal experience welcome.