My method is crude indeed. I use what some propagators call "granny greenhouses" ...Small plastic containers that my salad mixture comes in...I drill holes in the bottom and they seal to create the moisture...I said crude and I meant it...I wish I was more methodical and thorough but I'm lazy and unorganized...my percentages are good for some things and minimal for others,,,,,but it is fun indeed.
🌷Hello from southeast Michigan USA. I enjoy watching you and getting a glimpse of your beautiful country. This propagating technique was fascinating and I hope to try it, if only I could be as successful as you! Thank you so much - look forward to seeing you next time 🌸🌼🌱🪴
Perfect timing with this video, thanks. I'm in California (USDA zone 9b) & just started getting serious about propagating cuttings a couple weeks ago. I've done simple water propagation in the past but that won't work for most of the things I want to propagate now. Seeing how you cut the pieces for propagating was much more helpful than anything I have read. I started with a large cutting from a rose of sharon that I made several smaller cuttings from. Most are showing new growth which is exciting. Next up, propagating some cuttings off an old climbing rose because I want to have it in a different location but I can't transplant the existing one. Now my mind is churning with ideas of how to build a very small scale humidity crib for propagations & where I could place it on our small suburban lot.
Hello from Louisiana, USA. Thank you for all the wonderful information! I’ve propagated a few things before but now I feel empowered to do more! Thanks!
Love this -- thanks! What would happen if you grew your cuttings in a clear plastic container? Do they need dark around the roots? In clear plastic I'd be able to see roots growing. Or not.
You can buy special pots with wholes vertically all the way around so roots can travel through them, excellent for rooting cuttings/plants and orchids which you can place in water and in an easterly position so just morning sun. I have had so much success I don’t know what to do with all the plants ready to plant. I am having so much success with elderberry cuttings even a 4 plus foot piece leaves growing all along the stems from under water to the tip? I grow new dahlia tree using the 1 foot long bales cut from the plant horizontally in a very low furrow and replace some soil then I placed eucalyptus mulch on top of them that has sat for over 12 months in a mound and I removed from the mound’s base and it was lovely and wet and full of worms 🪱 very thick ones. Just today I found three out of four bales have greenery growing beautifully in two or three spots. Awesome result. Just thought I would give it a go. I will have to cut them apart as it will be too crowded. More sharing.
I am home gardener - def not professional and am drooling over your mister setup Steven! I've had some cuttings inside over winter and I didnt want them in zip bags for aesthetic reasons ;) So I got some very large cookie type glass jars from Kmart, removed the rubber seal and they seem to be working well, and aren't too ugly :)
Best way to strike Wisteria in the home garden is to layer it into the ground or a pot. Score the stem and cover it with soil or potting mix and keep it moist through summer. It should be a new plant ready to sever from the parent the following winter. Regards Stephen
If the cuttings are in a zip lock bag and moist to start with then they probably won’t need water. Cuttings with no cover water well twice a day and syringe leaves with water as often as you can
If you are in Australia I stock the stainless steel dibbers at my nursery and you could ring and order from me on 0354263075 between 10 and 5 closed Wednesday and Thursday.
I am a new subscriber and loving your channel. I'd like to know if I can propagate Juniperus conferta? I have some cuttings and would like to know which section of the stems to use. Any guidance is much appreciated.
