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Thank You for all the content. I'm over 40 and just learning about propagation by cutting. I've got some 10 year old white Hydrangeas that the roots have become a problem and I think my only option is to completely dig up the area and replant. So stumbling upon your channel has given me hope that I can still keep these beautiful plants while getting rid of the unsightly bits. Every year I chop them back to at least one node showing and every summer they grow back to at least 6 feet tall with basketball sized blooms.
I love your videos and your inspiring enthusiasm. Thanks to you there are around 20 new roses I am taking from my old garden to our new home. Of course, there’s no stopping now: I walk my dogs with scissors in the bag, taking cuttings and propagating half of the neighbourhood and sharing baby plants with my friends. Thank you!
I just saw this video. WOW!!!😁 I am 56 and just started looking into gardening with my wife. Your video have me child when I saw the roots from this cuttings. I want to start asap on smoothing. Thank you very much for the information. I have now subscribed. 😲 WOW😳. SO COOL.
Mike here in North West England , following your instructions of rooting Hydrangea cuttings in Plastic Tote Boxes I have refined it to just throwing wet soil into the box, sticking in many cuttings, closing the box and and very soon they have all rooted. I pot them up, and give them away I have so many ! Thank You !
You're amazing at this those critics that are verging idiocy. just don't read them, 🙄 😒 rule no 1 if it raises your temperature scroll on .. I love these videos and have success 🙌 💕 and I thank u all the way from New Zealand Mary from Motueka 😍
Well, you did it again, now I can't wait till my hydrangeas start getting green so I can try to get more bushes. I love my babies, and I have 3 different kinds. I stay busy because of you, and I thank you for that.
Hi Mike, very nice video - I've been doing cuttings for 30+ years, and you hit everything on the head of the nail "so to speak" the only comment I have is that I use sharp sand in 3 x 8 rooting beds, when I re pot I have to dig the cuttings out of the sand and they are always uncovered roots, and usually quite long. What I have always done is prune the roots before re potting in soil, it's good for the plant and strengthens the root ball. I also do the same thing when re potting my indoor lemon and orange trees (I'm in zone 4) so I have to re pot my citrus every 3 or 4 years and I prune the roots. All that being said, I just want to say "please don't give up on the hydrangea you "sacrificed"" It will grow just fine, it's what plants do, they want to live and they want to grow. All the best to you, God bless and never loose your enthusiasm I really like your videos - Wayne
Thanks Wayne, I appreciate your support! I started with sand over a decade ago and you're right, it makes a great rooting medium. I switched to the bark for the rhododendrons but sand is still hard to beat for most plants.
@@MikeKincaid79 so I'm in your same zone (we are basically neighbors) and I'm curious if I were to take any cuttings now 10/30...using your methods, would they be able to grow roots or is that impossible if the mother plant is becoming dormant? And when do you cut back your hydrangeas? Last question...should I be repotting my cuttings that I started in late March? Thanks for all you do!
@@natalieaaby7002 For hydrangea, it's best to root them in the spring/early summer. They will root much more quickly for you and have plenty of time to grow. Having said that, I've seen people root them this time of year but it's more difficult and takes much longer. The cuttings you started in March should be just fine in the containers they're in if you live close to my area. I'll be posting a video today that shows the hydrangea cuttings I took in late summer and what I'm going to do with them.
Thank you so much for making these videos! My sister in law sold her home. She had a beautiful blue plant and gave me some cuttings. I tried your instructions, and started 13 cuttings. Four are behind the others. I see little roots, and little leaves coming. We live in Vermont, and the plant is a hardy for this area. I enjoy seeing your little girls; so cute. Grandma Shirley
Great job, Grandma Shirley! Love hearing of your success. I had a Grandma Shirley and she was such a sweet and wonderful grandma. I'm sure you're no different.
@@MikeKincaid79 I am going to try this with some roses. Maybe, I need to wait until Spring. It will be easier than digging up the rose bush. P.S. Thank you so much for the compliment.
Hey Mike - tried all this a few years' back after watching one of your videos - Had a very high sucess rate with nearly all the plant species I tried, except for the Rhodies - only a small handfull of them took (and they were all of the same species of Rhody - all other Rhody species' cuttings failed). I'm guessing that it was probably the intense cold and snow that may have been responsible for them failing. . Two years on, I'm looking at a ton of 'free' plants all round the garden, thanks to you - many thanks for all your great videos, hard work and dedication. Your passion really shows and we are all very grateful for it - a true inspiration!
Mike, you're a good teacher....and I'm a good student. I watched all your videos on hydrangea propagation.. So I said, what the heck, just for fun, let me try it. I did everything they way you did it, to the T. I used Hormodin 3. I don't have a prop tote, so I put baggies over the pots and put a rubber band around the bottom (3 cuttings in each, bigger pot). I put them under the patio umbrella table right between my chair and the side table - no sun, but lots of light. I checked them daily and didn't water them at all since they had plenty moisture. It's been 6 weeks. They are still outside and temps here in the Northeast have gotten to the low 40's 30's at night. I just checked them....and guess what? They all rooted!!! all of them! and they look great! I have to pay closer attention to your teachings on how to acclimate them to hardiness. etc. I'll like to try to bring them inside....? Thanks for the teachings!
That's so awesome! Glad it all worked out for you. Yes, you can bring them indoors for the winter but you'll need good lighting. To acclimate them, just slowly remove the bags and introduce them to less and less humidity over about a week. Alternatively, you can cut holes in the bags and get more air in there. It shouldn't take much or long as long as you have a good root system. Great job, Maria!!!
Just took some cuttings from my Mom's Asian plum. It fell over cause of the snow and we had to cut a lot of it. We call it her un-killable tree so it will be back next year but I figured it would be the perfect starter plant to learn to do cuttings. Thank you for all the info your channel gives
I have had success with hydrangea cuttings each fall by sticking them in a Tidy Cats bucket. I have a few of these laying around at all times it seems, I hate to throw them away so I fill them about 4/5ths of the way up with nice dirt from the backyard. I drill about a 1/2' hole near the bottom of the bucket so it can drain. I trim the cuttings to all sorts of lengths, dip em and jam em them into the bucket. Not too scientific about it. I stick about 25 in a bucket then leave them out on the basement patio protected from sun. I have brought the buckets into the basement of the days of below freezing weather in GA. Come spring time I cut open the sides of the bucket and carefully separate the root clusters. Some cuttings roots are entangled so I leave just leave them as one. I then put them into 6" pots or into larger decorative pots where I can fit 4 or 5 in. It's been lots of fun.
Thanks Mike, I have learned a lot just by watching this video. Very informative and you are a great teacher. Take it from this retired school teacher. Thanks
Hey Mike, I share ur passion about propagating, awesome healthy looking roots and starting new plants and new life from ur own sweat and God's help of course. You gotta get rough with us sometimes so we get it and can make our efforts successful...thanks mate for ur knowledge and patience...look forward to seeing what u got going on with the indoors propagating 🤜🤛
I watched your video on how to propagate hydrangeas and followed your instructions to a T! I have flower cuttings from someone’s garden and put them in the water for display. I cut the bottom and put them in the dirt like you said. And now they have buds coming out! I’m so excited! Thanks Mike
WHAT A GREAT VIDEO!! I learned so much! Mike, You are a great teacher! Can't wait to see your other videos! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us all. HAPPY PLANTING!!
I've got a sure fire way to propagate hydrangeas... Bend a stem onto the ground on a live plant...push it down into a pile of soil. Place a brick or stone on the stem. water it regularly. In a year dig up your new hydrangea!
Don’t forget to scratch the stem before covering it with soil. I got 3 new stems the last 2 months alone with this method. But this works well for certain varieties like macrophylla.
I layer plants in the soil also. I just put a weight of some sort (brick or rock)on it, insert a label reminding me and just walk away. I haven't had anything NOT root. My old fashioned rambling Roses. Euphorbia.. you name it. And if the plant is already doing well, 99.99% success. 💛🖤💛
MIKE, your excitement is VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS! these videos should come with a warning stateing that! just when i think i`m cured of being a plant hoarder your video POPs RIGHT UP ! great video once again
Such fun! I love these videos but am a simple gal. I trim everything one foot from the ground once a year in August. Prepare cuttings as Mike teaches ....no hormone tho....and dibble into ground at water line of my macro Hydrangea. Done. 80% root and survive winter. After watching this video I may set up a windbreaker. Thanks Mike for taking us on this journey!
I agree that a lot of people need to be yelled at! I did some rose rooting years ago. I’m glad that I found this channel, because you’ve inspired to start propagating again. Especially with these ridiculous prices at the nursery’s now! Every thing at least double the price this year as what they were last year.
Having followed your vid on how to propagate hydrangea cuttings I have to say, you are now my new best friend! Hero worship is now prompting me to share your genius! Thank you for turning my fingers green!!!!
I had good success (9 of 12 rooted) when I used a tote this summer. The cuttings were more woody to start as well.. The soft wood ones I tried in early Spring without the tote all died. So I'm learning what's best for my area (central PA.)
Hey Mike, can you do a video about choosing a rose variety, where to buy them and how to multiply them by propagating cuttings? Btw I don't think your videos are to long, all the information you give is valuable!
@@MikeKincaid79 Margie - I have a Nikki blue hydrangea but for the last 3 years it has only had one or two blooms. It is on the southeast corner of our house. It gets beautiful big leaves but l am becoming impatient. Should it be moved to more shade. I live in zone 6a. Thanks!
Lol I started some hydrangea cuttings a couple days ago (the white variety that like sun). I know we're going into fall but I was like what the heck Alabama's fall is pretty mild, and I have nothing to lose in trying this late. I also followed the first video at the beginning of June and have 5 new hydrangea plants, and 4 new rose plants....and a lot of different types of mint and basil, among other things...got a bit carried away to the point I've run out of room on my balcony.
Great info👍🏻New to hydrangeas planting🙌🏼 I live on the Northern California coast, on the California Oregon border and hydrangeas are everywhere 🥰Thank You very much for your videos 🙏🏼😉
You're so welcome, Irma! Glad you found the videos. I love the northern California coast. The Mendocino part of the coast is known for growing huge beautiful rhododendrons!
Mike you are awesome !! It was amazing seeing all the roots ! I like that you yelled at everyone, your right we need it and we will learn. Also Henry sounds like a cool rooster lol !
This was great Mike, I have a much better idea of what is meant by indirect light. Partial shade is not necessarily indirect light, will certainly stick with the north side of the house! Thanks for all the advice.
I just discovered your channel. I stayed up way to late last night watching videos. Love the content and your style. Also joined the Facebook group. Thank you!
Interesting video about hydrangea propagation. I have been eyeing my neighbour’s blue hydrangea for years now I can ask her if I can have few cuttings coming early summer next year! Thank you Mike you’re a gem ! Happy New Year from your big fan in UK .
Glad you learned from and enjoyed the video. Sounds like you've got a great idea there, by asking your neighbor for cuttings. You can have your own hydrangeas for free!
Hi Mike I did 6 cuttings only 2 survived. They are now in the garden growing. I keep checking them each day. Thank you for your guidance. Ann from the UK 👍🌱🤗
Angela I had the same thing! Did six cuttings and only two are surviving and I don't know what I did wrong, but I'm thinking it over right now just trying to pick out the problem areas. I'm not going to grow them in the ground, I guess I'm going to grow them in a pot for the time being because I just put three hydrangeas in a bed on the west side of my house that had been growing in pots for a few years. Anyway I just wanted to commiserate with you over losing four out of the six but on the good news of having the two still alive! 😊
Mike I don't have a greenhouse........ Lol don't yell at me I have to go find my safe place now thanks hahaha 😂 enjoyed the video enjoyed the babbling. You are a Jedi babler can't wait to see your indoor set up
So glad i found your channel! I love hydrangeas and ive been wanting to propagate the one i have. Im so afraid to do it and now that i have watched your video i will try to get my hands on it! Thanks for sharing and you are a cool plant teacher! Ive subscribed and cant wait to watch more videos and learn more! Thanks again Mike!
The cutting you took out of the pot and said it probably will not survive, repot it feed it with liquid seaweed and continue looking after it like all the others, the liquid seaweed will help recover from the shock you gave it and it will also encourage new roots. Greetings from Sydney Australia.
Thanks for the tips, Heather. Sydney, always wanted to visit but haven't made it there yet. I spent a few days in Perth and Hobart while in the Navy in 2001. Beautiful places.
Excellent as always. So good to learn something useful that also works. RU-vid is full of nut-cases. There are many teachers being useless, I think Mike is one of the best and I know as I worked with countless of them. Very few are what we call teachers by nature and Mike is a masterlass of its own. Well done, Mike, I love the Hydrainia videos and there is a story about my cuttings, I cannot tell anyone here on RU-vid where I got them from. ;) I have to keep my secrets.
This video is very helpful! Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge, it will definitely help many beginners. I'm also learning more on my channel
I just stumbled upon your video today and boy you answered all the questions I have. This video was very informative. I loved it so much that I liked and subscribed 😂 I can’t wait to check out the rest of your videos. Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for this video, Mike. I'm from Minnesota. After watching your last video I started a propagation tub in August. I brought my tub in the house two weeks ago when cool weather hit to keep it warm. After watching this video I checked inside, and it was way too moist. A few of the plants were moldy. I'm going to put the tub back outside to acclimate to our climate and later to the garage.
Hi Mike for me its work bought soft stem cuttings and hardwood stem cuttings . But i prefer to take in fall hardwood small pices and i plant them all together and in spiring whil start growing from soil two individual plants and i will separing them and i have two individula plantas from one stem if you whant to see i have photos in my instangram, i liked so much your video greetings from Serbia my friend !
Thank you for sharing all that good info. I propagated a few hydrangeas last summer, repotted them last September and left them outside to winter (protected area) and now they’re in the ground, blooming and doing great. I was grenching about your sacrificed baby because my looked just like that when I repotted them and they all lived.
Omg Mike, you're still so polite even when you give people a "tongue lashing" lol. Your videos are always super informative and even as someone with a good amount of experience with plants I still always learn something! :)
Watch out for those dibbler police! 🤣 thanks for yelling at me, Mike. It makes me feel cared for. Hahaha. kidding! More seriously, thanks for covering this topic so many times. I can't wait to try propagating again next season 😊
You're welcome, Patricia! I think it helps people to see it many different times, from different angles. As long as people keep asking questions about them, I'll keep posting hydrangea videos!!!
@@MikeKincaid79 That's great !!! As you know Mike I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Hydrangeas. This year I rooted lots of twist n Shout and Limelight. I was surprised that Limelight being a woody stem took as well as it did. Got into Begonias this year too. Thanks for the help you do for all of us
their roots got so full in water bottles my tomatoes and my mom coleus and my 4 little coleus already got roots in pot babies coleus are so strong much better now love David
Thank you Mike. I'm in Charlotte, NC zone 7b. I usually put my cuttings between my Holly foundation shrubs and my house on the south side. It works well, but I may also try some on the north side that you recommend. On the west I have 2 huge Crape Myrtles that give full shade, so I could also use that side of the house, or even under the trees(no direct sun).
I tried your method back in 2020 and got 6 new hydrangea bushes. Hoping to double my inventory again this year. Also trying to propagate a Star Magnolia. Because I live in Wisconsin, I used a large tote in front of my bedroom sliding glass doors. I think my husband thought I was crazy but is happy now with the reesults.
Loved this video! I just started propagating all sorts of plants this summer(experimenting so I don't break the bank next season). Had a few successful rootings😊 but did them outdoors. I took some cuttings and plan to take a few more this week (I'm in New Jersey) so will have to root them indoors, due to our cold front. I have a small room, with a tiny window...should I put my grow light in the room? I dont think the tiny window allows enough light into the room. If yes, where should I place the light? I assume NOT overhead? (BTW, none of my cuttings are hydrangeas, but all "seem" to need the same lighting requirement as you described. Thanks! I've loved your videos that I have seen so far🌺🌱
So glad you enjoyed the video! I love making them for you. You may need some supplemental lighting through the winter. The problem is twofold with winter window lighting. One is not enough light coming through the window due to the sun being low on the horizon and two is that the amount of daylight is lower during the winter months so the plants think it's winter even though they are in a warm house. I think it confuses them.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you. I have a grow light that I will put on a timer (and not place it overhead) so the light DOESN'T hit the plastic coverings...understood that loud and clear😉
True facts. One thing that helped me start getting propagation down (other than watching your videos) was putting a cheap hygrometer/thermometer in the propagation chamber. Then you can know at a glance when your heatpad is malfunctioning and heating the medium up to 105 F, or that there is 99% humidity at 80 degrees and you overwatered them initially, etc.. Before I had some basic data, it was all a frustrating guessing game on what variables I was messing up. Thanks once again for sharing your knowledge
That's a really great idea, Brian! Sometimes I take it for granted because I've been doing this so long and I "just know" what the cuttings need. A hygrometer/thermometer would definitely give factual info that people could work with as they're learning, cutting down on the trial and error. Love the idea.
Yell at me all you want cuz I really do need it! (I’m getting my propagation’s to root this time)🤣🤣by the way if I can’t get a hold of fine fur bark, would coco coir work?
I'm glad I found you! I love hydrangeas so much! Just bought a little lime and oakleaf ruby slippers and trying to propagate many from those two. Would love to surround my house with these beauties.🥰
So happy to watch your technique and ideas for im longing to do it by myself now I got an idea. The secret in propagating. I love rises and I love Hindrendia plants
Glad you figured it out. You definitely don't want garden soil. You can use anything that is inert and drains well. You could probably even use small plastic beads if that's all you had available.
Mike Kincaid plastic beads, huh? That’s worth a try, but wouldn’t that dry out a little too fast? I would be filling my frame with perlite, but I’m not sure whether that’ll hold onto moisture well enough, so I’m using bark, because that’s what you use w/ so much success.
@@Braedenfish yeah, but it's pretty hard to get good sand where I live. I'm pretty sure you want lime-free sand for rooting cuttings, and pretty much all of the sand you can buy around here has a lot of lime in it. the only exception I can think of is pool filter sand, which is just silica sand, but that is probably too fine-grained for this purpose.
Great Saturday morning Mike. I enjoy your videos so much. I am trying your technique for rooting cuttings now. Still have a few more days to go. Your teaching way is so easy to follow and apparently works by your beautiful landscape. Blessings to you and your channel. 👍💕🌹💐
I propagated like you showed on an easy plant. Some got dried out and I watered. All is good. Plan to try hydrangeas and hibiscus next spring. Thank you!
I really needed this video for my hydrangeas and rose of Sharon (that I literally found in my backyard 😍😍😍)!!!!! I was so happy I found this gem! Rose of Sharon are GORGEOUS!!!
Hi Mike I started watching your video few hours ago and got busy... Good job budy, like always! 🐓and there was Henry..🤣 Have a good week! Hugs to the 4 of you!🤗💜
Thanks 👍 I know it was a long one and will hopefully be a template for people to follow next spring. Hope all is well with you considering all the recent hurricanes.
Yes that's a good template for plants propagation! Hey it doesn't bother me that you talk more, is fine! I enjoy it! Praise God, it was not as bad as expected! Have an amazing week Mike! Hugs
Hello from deep in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. I have gorgeous hydrangeas in my yard all colors even the darker pink reddish ones, purple and blue I am going to try this and will let you know how it goes. Usually pretty good with plants but never tried propagating bushes only flowers. So I believe it'll work great. Thanks for the upload & knowledge.
Ive just subscribed to your channel. I have no idea what a hydrangea is lol but you make me wanna get some. I'm in Barbados so I'm going to hunt around a bit and find out who has and hopefully get me a few cuttings. Yeah. Ty
Very great tips how to grow new plants from new cuttings and put the plant hormones never know about that it was very helpful thank you so much for your videos ,
