Absolutely LOVE how you show 'how to,' 'what happened,' and the final result! AND you show the failures... that is what we learn the most from!!! THANK YOU!
Sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost my login password. I would appreciate any help you can give me
@Maddox Ulises Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and Im trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
it is 100 percent essential to see these mistakes. i really don't like when people act like they are perfect because the end product becomes useless to anyone who duplicates the process. i love this because it will help me avoid the same mistakes and prevent months of wasted oppertunity.
This is the same thing I did with my rose cuttings. I did 160 cuttings at the beginning of this year. I pulled them out too soon like you did. I still have 25. Next year I'm hoping to do even more cuttings and have a lot more success, and hopefully start selling them! I'm hoping to get my own greenhouse business started before I'm out of highschool! I'm definitely going to be doing dogwood cuttings mostly off of wild trees but I'm going to do some pink ones too. I'm going to do a ton of rose cuttings, off about 6-7 varieties, and I've been working in cross pollinating roses to make some hopefully cool hybrids! I'm going to do lots of confederate rose cuttings since I have a huge one and it has been the easiest plant to propogate in my experience. I'm hoping to order a bunch of varieties of fig cuttings to root. I'm working on getting enough day lillies that I can start selling those. A friend has also going to show me how to breed lillies! Then I can breed my own varieties! I just recently did a few hydrangea cuttings. We've got hemp planted and are planning to harvest this fall. We're going to get a bigger greenhouse to get started doing that ourselves so we do not have to rely on an outside source for our plants (even though that source is owned by a family member) And I know I'm gonna get all kinds of things too to landscape around our new house! I have so many different plants I'm propogating! It's hard to keep up! I've got all kinds of things going on! I'm excited 😁 Looking forward to the next few years. I'm just now going into 9th grade. I'm really hoping to get this rolling in by 2022! If not 2021!!! Dang I'm writing a book here😂 I'm so excited thinking about it now! Maybe I'll be able to go to sleep😂
Dang Jacob, you're a busy guy. Had no idea you were so young. It's so cool to hear how ambitious you are at your age. You keep it up and you'll succeed. There's a huge business in my town called Jason's greenhouse. I went to highschool with Jason and he always loved propagating and selling plants as a kid. He kept doing it and is now a millionaire. You'll get there, just don't ever give up!
I've been trying to propagate crepe myrtle cuttings from my late mother's tree with no success. I finally got some cuttings growing thanks to following your tips and tricks and no watering! Thank you so much for sharing what you know with all of us!
I appreciate that you shared the entire process, even with the “mistakes”, which are a great opportunity for all of us to learn and do better. I’ve been air layering and have gotten impatient to see the results and have been unwrapping the branches too soon. The “cut” has barely developed calluses! It’s a good sign but I need to wait another month or so to, hopefully, see some roots.
Hey Mike, Love this video. There is a young Irishman who has been rooting red and yellow dogwoods for years. He started with two plants and now has made a walkway by a road with thousands of cuttings, along the side. He does this in batches of 60 at a time, several times each year. His secret is that he puts a bark scrape on the bottom 1 inch, on two sides of each stick. By exposing the cambia it jump starts the roots. He does say it takes him about a year to get a good set of roots on his plants. He looks to be getting 90% or better root set.
I love watching your videos! Especially that you take the time to show the process from beginning to end result in the same video. I know it takes time and lots of planning ahead. I also like your scientific experimental process videos like the one with the 3 different fertilizer on the petunias. Thanks all your effort to give us something both informative and entertaining at the same time.
It was actually a success. Because you not only taught us what to do but what not to do. What not to do is just as important if not more important than what to do.. Always great videos thank you! Also thank you for taking the time to make the complete video instead of posting it out here step by step throughout the months and expecting me to be able to remember to check in on it lol. I know that takes a lot of forethought and patience on your part. It is greatly appreciated.
I am SOOO thankfull for this video! That's a mistake I would probably had made with my cuttings, being new, inexperienced and not always patient. You saved me from painful mistake, thanks!
Ohhhhhhhh the winter interest in my garden is gonna be nuts...once again YOU THE MAN! And also thanks for documenting the boo-boos as well. The advise goes a long way #FirstComment
I hate to say this mike but I’m glad to see you go through the same problems I do. I feel like I’ve gone wrong all year. But your awesome man. Enjoy watching and I’m not giving up.
You're welcome. As you know, life is full of both, and so I think it's good to be realistic here. Maybe it will help someone else out. Thanks for your support.
This video is released right in time for me, I’ve just got my hands on some Antarctic Beech cuttings I want to propagate. I’m gonna try this method out and see how they go!
Mike Kincaid yep, sure am. I’m super excited as Nothofagus Moorei is impossible to get from any nursery and hasn’t been in production for ages. I’ve been on several waiting lists for years and I’m excited to try out your method. Who knows, maybe I can sell some back to the nurseries? 😜
it gets very exciting to see how quickly things develop mike. it's only our synapses firing up that cause the rush. no, disillusion, we all know what you are capable of. cp.
I am hoping my success in rooting cuttings improves this year with bottom heat, I did not have that before to help. I want to start a bunch of blueberries, pineapple guava and bay laurel. Possibly more roses too.
@@MikeKincaid79 I hope so! I tried to propigate 16 blueberry bushes a few years ago and only ended up with four successful, no bottom heat or knowledge of what I was doing. I did three bay laurel that year too.
@@JacobSimpson I have started some this year from seed and they are about three inches tall now. I also have about six plants I bought at nurseries one would be about 12' tall now but I keep it trimmed. I have not had fruit because it takes two blooming plants and it takes about five years before they bloom and only the large one is blooming. The flowers are edible and I have heard they taste like the fruit, they are very good! The fruit is ripe when it falls to the ground and I look forward to experiencing that one day. I understand it will ripen in southwest Washington State but it ripens very late so they do not all ripen. I want to use it as a hedge because it is evergreen with silver under the leaves, very pretty.
@@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848 yes they are very pretty plants and have some unique blooms. I have heard that the petals are good in a salad and taste like fruit then I've heard that they taste terrible from other people. But I am mainly interested in them because of their unique flowers, them being an evergreen for a hedge, and the fruit. I hope to get my hands on a plant someday. Good luck with the cuttings! If you don't have any luck with the cuttings, grafting to the seedlings might work. I can't remember but that might work to have more than one plant to have fruit. but if I remember correctly you have to have two different varieties??
I may have learned more from your "mistake" than if everything went well. Thank you for being so honest. That's what wins people over. Thanks from Brisbane Australia.
Now that I've watched the whole thing, gripes about music aside, this is a GREAT video. Thank you for showing the intermediate stages. Where do youget such beautiful mulch?
Thanks Bonnie! I get mixed comments about the music but have toned it down over the last year, lol. The mulch is finely ground fir tree bark that I get at a local landscape supply business (sold as mulch). Here's a video about it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RSPLOLNXTD4.html
If only this were as simple as you make it seem! I use Rootone a lot, but I can't tell any difference between when I use it and when I don't. I haven't tried the bottom heat method before, and I can't wait to give this a try.
I will be rooting some red twig dogwood. First I'll have to wait til Spring of '25 as there are none available for purchase right now (June 29, '24). 1) Can I take cuttings from the new plant as soon as I get it? 2) As I'm in zone 5, in MI, they will have to come in the house, as I do not have a garage to put them in. If I get cuttings as soon as I get the parent plant, hopefully late April/early May, my second question is, will they still need to be in the pot for a second winter? I have been so excited to try this! I've been wanting red twig dogwood for a long time, but the cost has been prohibitive. One last question. 3) If I can find someone who we let me take cuttings from their plant, what is the best time to take the cuttings? Blessings to you and thanks for the great video!!!
Thank you for sharing the fails and the mistakes and the reasons why. I have been learning a lot. I like to say I have some success. Blueberry bushes, hydrangeas and roses this year. Have had the best luck with the hydrangeas after a good hard Frost in late fall. Your tips on not over-watering will help me this year.
My comment really centers around soil. My gardening is real small and I've learned about the propagation techniques from you. My petunia's came out very well and they were all over the place. The soil for those types of plants is pretty simple. But I didn't know what fine fur bark was. I know now it's soil conditioner. I just need to know what to get or buy when I can't get a farmer's leftovers. I'm going to try some of the hardwoods in my yard and the neighbors yard. I save seeds for the next year and do well with those. I compost and have some large plants. I do like your videos, even like the screw ups because I learn from that. It is difficult for me, I had a TBI while in the Army, so I've watched the same video two or three times over. I make notes but believe me my results are not always what you get. I am in Ohio...so I contend with winter and I can do some in the house until spring. I want to try the Hydrangeas but mine have never bloomed so I may just forget that. Anyway thank you for the videos.
The bark I use is just mulch that is sold at local landscape supply businesses. It's a byproduct of the logging industry in my area. You don't have to use bark though. You can use anything that drains well and is inert. Sand works well if you don't have another option.
dont feel bad it happens to all of us, glad ya learned from the mistakes and explained what went wrong and what ya should have done,, great videos ,, give HENRY extra grain
I love your shows as you take us from the beginning to the end and then show them later and sometimes even later yet!! That part is awesome!! I am understanding most of it!! Thank you very much for your videos!! Question?? The saplings from maple or fruit trees, what is the best way to start trees from them if the sapling is higher on the tree? I have a pear tree that is dyeing out, and a crap tree that needs to come down and I want starters from them. I also have a Maple tree that I didn't cut the saplings off, as I intended to try to root those, they are from a tree that had red leaves last fall and I want more of them!! Also birch trees, any good way to get starters from them, like air layering!! Can't find any more small ones on the property I can dig from! Lot of questions, but your the man to ask!! Like I said, my husband and I both love your shows!!
Sandy, I really appreciate the nice comment and I'm glad you and your husband enjoy the videos! The answer to your questions are complicated and simple all at the same time. A lot of this will have to do with what you are trying to replicate. If the saplings are coming from the rootstock, is that what you want to replicate, or is it the main tree you want to make a copy of? After that, consider the plant you want to propagate. They're all different. If I could give it to you simply, then air layering is your answer. For most trees, they will air layer well if given enough time. Just make sure you're working with the genetics you want to make a copy of, whether it's the rootstock or the main plant.
I plan to do red twig cuttings. Why did you bundle cuttings instead of sticking them individually in one pot? Thanks. Your videos are ever informative, I always learn something new from you.
Wow what was your procedure on doing 1,000? I have a row of red twig as a border by our house. I would love to get lots of cuttings this spring and put them directly in the ground.
@@Polkpacker52 you'll need to get the cuttings and root them like Mike does, then when they're developed enough, pot them up until they're ready to be planted in the ground. I used to put a bunch in a pot with rooting hormone and let them sit for 6-8 weeks out in whatever weather. I'm in zone 6a. They develop well over winter as long as they're rooted well by the fall before. By spring, you can pot them up. Most of mine are still in those 5" pots, and I desperately need to move them up to gallons for winter.
Cheers dude got some red dog wood growing locally that I want to take some cuttings off. This is exactly what I wanted to see 💚🤟🏻 going to use the dog wood a a boarder for my allotment ✌🏻
Super informative. Is this why one shouldn’t take a ‘peek’ at the cuttings every few days? So hard not to take a look after the first few weeks of planting cuttings. is it somewhat likely if you pull a cutting prematurely it will possibly die even you replant it right away?
Yes, I've killed more cuttings than I can count just pulling them out early. Some will root if put back in but a lot will die. It really sets them back.
Too bad on the cuttings but you never know until you know. TY for the info, can't wait to do some cuttings. Very good tips like bottom heat and the fir bark! 👍 This is an awesome channel. 🇺🇸
Thanks for the videos. I’m a 66yr old retired man and have gone through the MG program. Unfortunately they do not cover growing plants from cuttings. I wish I would have gotten into this at a much younger age. Do you ever get over to the eastern part of the state for teaching seminars? Just subscribed and again thanks for all the info.
Thanks for subscribing, Larry! Glad you enjoy the videos. I've never given a seminar and have only been to that side of the state a couple times but you never know what the future holds.
Hi Mike, Too late. I took a few cuttings from my mother's Fuchsia and Hydrangea last month, and yesterday, I did what you've just done by potting them on.
They should do fine as softwood cuttings. This problem applies to these hardwood cuttings. I took them from the heat to cold and disturbed the roots too soon. It's much easier to do this with softwood cuttings so just give them time and see what happens.
Is there a reason they need to be in bundles when rooting at first? Maybe we can avoid any issues from separating the roots by individually potting each.
I have Rose of Sharon cuttings in water which are beginning to leaf out but no roots should I put them in individual pots with a medium? Will they begin to root faster?
Yeah, that happens with some plants in water. I figure they don’t make roots cause they don’t have too, lol. Rose of Sharon root easily in rooting medium with a plastic cover for humidity. Hardwood cuttings don’t need the cover.
Hi Mike, I'm amazed by your potting media. How do you make it? Or does someone make it for you? Where I live, there is no composted bark (which I think it's what you use). Would you share some tips, please?
Does it matter when you take the branch and try and clone? I found a beautiful dogwood in the woods and I am looking to clone it and bring it home. Thanks
They root fairly easily. I'm sure you could take some cuttings now and get them to root. If the hardwood cuttings aren't successful, then you can come back and take some softwood cuttings in a month or so.
Oh man, they would have been beautiful....don't touch them next time! Great info as always! Love dogwoods, especially the red twig. Hugs to you and your girls🤗🤗💜
Have you ever cut down hard wood branches , soaked them in water and proceeded with the cloning procedure when you find yourself with time 4 days later ?? I have macadamia branches iv cut down during a cleaning process and I want to clone them , I have soaked them in water like a flower arrangement and I wonder if I can still proceed with cloning procedure 4 days later now ? The branches still have beautiful green leaves on them
I'm moving across the country and want to take cuttings of trees & shrubs. Is there a way to save cuttings for a longer period of time? I'd like to propagate rhododendron, hydrangea, burning bush, verbena and maybe Japanese maples. Besides hardwood can I take next year's buds or other parts of these plants for propagation?
This time of year, the cuttings will be close to dormancy and will last for a good long trip across the country. Take the cuttings and place in a gallon zip lock bag and then keep them in a cooler.
Hi. I’m wondering if you could help me. I have a 6ft pink dogwood that was on the edge of my woods & growing for almost 2 yrs, but I think my lawn guy ran into it. I tried tamping it down but it looked like it was dying so I pulled it out of the ground and all the roots were gone. It looks like I saved it just in time but it’s been sitting in a bucket of water and surviving with green leaves, but without any roots. It has what I think you describe as the callous (size of a fist) which I keep cleaning bc green algae is forming on it. Do you think the hormone & planting it in some peat moss like you did here will generate the roots again? I live in up state South Carolina. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
If i trying rooting maple cuttings I must moist leafs or no? Or only whater soil without leafs moist. Becouse I think when i moist leafs thay daing. No?
I noticed you started this project in spring as the plant is finishing its winter dormancy. Would this also work if started in the fall and then allowed to root up through the winter (indoors) to be ready for transplant outside in the spring?
Yes, but you take the chance of the cutting breaking dormancy indoors. Rooting them in the spring allows them to them grow outdoors all summer with no need for grow lights or worries about indoor growing through the winter.
im in new york and just live staked a bunch. If theres no rain for a few days you think i should water them from drying out or you think they will be fine? thanks
The perfect temps for propagating are right around 78 to 82 degrees but really all you need to do is keep the bottoms about 10 degrees warmer than the tops.
Really interesting video! Thanks Mike! Would your idea of using a soda bottle on top of roses have worked on the twigs too - maybe with some distance between the twigs? Would it have speeded up leave growth or would the twigs have rotted? I mean would you maybe have gotten more success or would twigs in general rot (but just not rose twigs - are they speciel in this matter)?
Once they root, they don't need humidity and I think it would have hurt them. I really think the problem was that I disturbed them too soon and we had a really cool and wet spring. It took forever to warm up around here and a lot of plants were behind.
How do you propagate boxwood? I'm wanting to create a hedge. I took some cuttings ten weeks ago , rooting hormone, peat covered with sand, in plastic tote. They still look good, but so far, nothing!
@@MikeKincaid79 Fantastic! Thanks for solving my curiosity. I really respect that you try to respond to each question! I’m sure you get quite a few. Thanks for all you’re knowledge Mike, I’m always ecstatic when I see a new video.
Thanks Mike as always great instructions, very useful to hear the mistakes - perhaps even more useful! Have you ever tried Magnolia Denudata (or Yulan) cuttings? Suppose would be similar to the dogwood ones?
Thanks, David! I haven't tried those but I'm sure I'll get to it eventually. I really wanted to work on some southern magnolia soon. We'll see what happens.
Well my Rose cutting were doing great, some died so i had 4 left, my damn cat chewed all the little shoots off and pulled the cuttings out of the pots..grrr😡 now i have..........NONE 😢 anyone want a cat 😉
Have you tried Cloning with long shoots? Most advice goes with 8" scion. However if you can get a 3-4 foot shoot wouldn't that speed things up ? Is the reason they don't clone with longer scions because they fail more, or because you get more scions when you cut to around 8 inches ?
@@MikeKincaid79 I meant for hard wood cuttings? Or should you only do them in early spring and then heat is necessary? Wondering if I can do some dogwood cuttings now.
