Propagating Petunia Cuttings in August and Overwintering Them (Part 1) Rooting Cuttings with Blooms 

I don't know why I never did this before. I knew petunias can root any time. I have always done the seed method. Save the seeds and start again next year. Problem with that is a lot of these special petunias are hybrids, and the seeds are not true to the original colour. So I must try this method. Thanks, Mike.

You're smarter about roots to growing over million of plants and flowers every year, good job, Mike !😉👍🪴🥀🏞🦋

Last year I overwintered mine in the garage (zone 5) until February and then brought them in and say them on the heat vent. Success!

😄 Lol ! "Wait wait wait wait there's more" you're full of surprises!

I love this! I’m just hardening off a whole batch of stuff I’ve over wintered (Southern Hemisphere) that I can put out now it’s spring. We’ve had a few false starts but next week I can finally start to clear out the 14 trays I have stashed around the house. I can’t go anywhere now without taking cuttings and thanks to your tips and tricks, I’ve been quite successful with most of them.

I just love the music you play on this intro. Already pulled and discarded my petunias...but no where to over winter anyway.

I am experimenting with rooting them in water with the flowers on. Been a week so far and still growing blooms. So far i have noticed tiny roots emerging

MIKE time lapse vide of the roots to flowers please

Hi Mike, got mine growing nicely, took the cuttings 2 weeks ago and they are doing great. Going to try and get them though our winter here in the UK. I’m all for experimenting!!. See you on the next one! Take care, Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧

Last year I did this with a black petunia. By spring I had more petunias than I knew what to do with. Trying again with other petunias. Fingers crossed.

Mike...because of you I was able to root and have my favorite petunias...aka (super) Next year, I wont be shelling out lots of $$$ on these petunias.Thanks for the video. I will be taking cuttings today.

keck and chin beard are coming in good mike. it just cracked me up when you said you are magic. not expecting that gave me a fine fit of laughter. with all the knowledge that you've hunkered down on, you should be magical. i guess a green thumb starts in the brain!!! have a good one, carmine p.

Oh my goodness, you got so much energy! You make watching your videos much fun. Take care.

"It's not magic guys..I am!" Ah ah ah my husband thinks I'm going mad laughing out loud like this 🤣🤣

I'll have to save this little nugget of information till next year, since we have already had our first snow in Colorado.

Magic Mike has taught me some magic tricks via youtube!!!I give him that status. Thanks Mike.

Ah!! I see now why mine are failing. I had them in direct sunlight at 9000’. Lesson learned.

Thanx to you videos I'm learning how to propagate many things. Some a hust experimental but you can't learn without trying... happy planting

I always get inspired when I watch your videos. I am going to have to get some cuttings going now.

I’ve taken cuttings from calibrachoa and they survived the winter in a south window. I just didn’t let them flower until I knew they had a good root system first.

Petunia cuttings, coleus, morning glory, etc. will grow in cuttings. Nothing is impossible. And you don't need to buy again. But yes, potting soil only is what you need.

Too late!!! not this time, I am in zone 3 so no matter what you do, your videos will always be late for me, BUT not so much, I always go to your videos from last year plus 3 months earlier than that, so I am able to keep good track because by today Nov. 16, 2020 we already have 1 month past our first freeze and we have snow in the grown for a month now. I cannot do all you do, but I only track your videos of the plants that I can work here in zone 3. I love you always keep track and there is always a follow up video, you are an awesome youtuber!!! thank you.

Thanks Mike. I was successful with probably 80% of my cuttings so I trust I can do this. HOWEVER , I have a new kitten and she's not kenneled 😐 I work nights and apparently, so does she. I came home one morning to little plant carcasses all over the place. Petunias, calibrachoa and coleus. I have a few survivors left to work with, including two chunks of the original petunia plants, in case my dormant ones don't survive, that's producing new growth and 7 calibrachoa cuttings looking strong. Three variety of coleus is down to one so that sucks. She jumped roughly 4 feet to get to them. I did not see that coming 😕 I chose these particular petunias because they're not only beautiful rich colors, (deep royal purple and black cherry), they also had an amazing scent the rest didn't have. I harvested seeds from everything but you know that's a crap shoot there. Keep in mind this was just a drill that I didn't expect to work so well. My thumb is more lime then green 😁 Anyways, I'm carrying on. They're now ontop of the fridge when I'm not around. If she makes that jump, I'm in trouble, she just turned 5 months. 😬

I took cuttings from Hydrangeas in Nov 2018. Just before a frost. Next spring. They will be ready to set out.

I love your inspiration Mike don’t listen to negative comments they are jealous

So you're saying you're Magic Mike? :-D I've got some red wave petunias and I think I'm going to have to give this a try!

I like this project! Please do more on this really want to see how it works out I would like to try this. I did some begonia last winter and they did ok

Thanks Mike for a valuable video. We like and grow lots of flower at our place. I will give this a try and let you know how it turns out. OAG

Thanks for educating us.

"The rooting medium is not magic, guys, I am!" LOL Well, hello there 'Magic Mike'! Sorry, but that's one I couldn't resist. We've had some really hard killing frosts here already, 21 degrees Fahrenheit for overnight lows. However, I did order lots of different varieties of seeds today! This is the time of year that I check for clearance sales in the garden centers. I'm always on the look-out for potting mix in the large bags. I purchased 74 (that's all they had) of the compressed bricks of potting mix (they each rehydrate to 2.25 cubic ft.) and I only paid $1each. I'm getting ready for next spring.

You are a Plant Propagation Master. Thank you for the great videos.

I found Black petunias here in Kailua Kona Hawaii and I’m obsessed ! 🖤I want them everywhere 😍

.... “I am!” 🤣🤣🤣

Gotta love this Mike. Btw, RU-vid stopped adding your videos to my feed even though I watched regularly...grrrr. Hate when they mess with my feed like that. So it looks like a binge watch session is in order here. I need to see how the hand is doing.

I had no idea that you could do that. And Once again thank you for letting me in on that little secret, Now I will have to go get me some petunias and start doing that. I love it

Cool! "I am the magic" 😀😀 you sure are Mike! The petunia cuttings look great....they need so little roots to flower. I don't know where to stick some to propagate them. Not only i don't have space but my house doesn't have proper light either. O well next time. Hugs🤗🤗💙

Not sure when freezes start I your area, but in Phoenix AZ, zone 9b, I’ve grown beautiful petunias from september through May, outdoors in a pot by my front door in a sheltered area with afternoon shade starting around 1 or 1:30pm ... never covered them during freezes which we have maybe five or six (I think) times during winter, at night ... they looked great the whole time ... they were the purple veined Bordeaux but not the self cleaning, I had to dead head them ... at any rate, I can confirm that they will grow in winter with light and if you keep them from freezing ... I’m going to try different petunia seeds (not self cleaning) every month in Phoenix, outdoors, starting first part of March to see if I can start new petunias every month in my area, in my Arizona greenhouse... I expect some varieties will do better than others.

I've had petunias blooming in my barrels on my from porch in Nov. Looks like I may??? have a different situation this Fall. Good to know I can have petunias bloom throughout the winter indoors :)

Love it. Maybe this time I will try it .Thanks Mike.

I did exactly this a few weeks ago. First time trying. Now to figure out the lights.. 🤔

I love petunias thank you for sharing mine got moldy in my kitchen I didn’t tender than fast enough can I just put these in my garden I live in Florida Saint Pete’s words warm using hormonal and small egg styrofoam containers with potting soil

You're so cool and even very good looking!

Um, I like to see how you keep them through the winter months. I have to consider my electricity bill too.

petunias just awsome to look and buy but when handling them just like babies especially in a very warm areas like mine in malaysia...with usefull tips given I may get better luck next time..insyaaAllah..thanks

You’ve created a monster 😂 I’m trying to propagate everything!

Mike you are truly a joyous magical energy with many in your routing and in your rooting section beautifully deservingly always expanding 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❣

Looks like I need to buy a bigger house😅. I already repotted and took inside some blooming annuals (zone 4) and we just got hit with a snow storm (Manitoba). I thought about your petunia video and taking some inside, but I don't have the $ right now for all the grow lights, a shelf to store them all winter long. I'm limited to light from my windows. Snows is melting again, petunias are still alive, but not very nice anymore, so I think I'll save myself the trouble for now. I will however take cuttings from supertinuas that I'll buy as early as possible next spring and keep them in the window for a month or so... (This year we had frost till 1st week of june, so there's some time to grow indoors before it's warm enough.

Thanks for the video, very informative and you crack me up!

So exciting!! Cant wait!!

Great video! Thanks for this! I’m definitely gonna give this a try.

Nice

nice man good work. love your videos. hope things going well with your finger.

It's always great to watch your videos so informative. Where can I buy that unit you have the cuttings in?

Will this also work with callibricoa (sp)?

I suck at taking cuttings. I've tried Salvia, Euphorbia (1 out of 15 struck out of pure luck) and I even failed willow O.o

"The rooting medium is not magic - I am!" LOL

Thanks mike I need this video good luck

Great video

I like that little propagation tote

Living in Florida I can ONLY grow them in the “winter” as they die as soon as the heat kills them in April

Mike I'm trying this out! I got a clear Tupperware containers to keep them in. How long do I leave the lid on?? I don't know if I should take it off or not!

I loved petunias. I thought they were beautiful. But, towards the end of the summer, I thought the stems were kind of gross -- just thick with gnats that got stuck there and couldn't get free.

I propagated supertunias last winter in my basement under LED shop lights. I took cuttings off of cuttings, and had a lot of flowers. I put a lot in the garden, and I had enough to give away. I just took cuttings from this year’s garden a few days ago for next spring. I hope I have the same amount of success I had last year.I got this idea from your other petunia video. Where did you get your propagation tote? Thanks, Mike.

Good morning from England, I was just wondering if you still have those petunias and how did they do over winter? Love your channel 😃 Susie 😃

Ok

Very very nice 👍

After I dip my petunias Dems in rooting hormone can I propagate them outside in my garden maybe with some presidency or lightly over them in a carton?🌸🌴🎄

so yeah no info about overwintering? bugs are a huge problem, please help

Doing the same thing now

I would love to see the end result after grow lights through the winter!?!?!??!

Mike, i have plant light fixture down in my basement, but the bsmt will be around 50 degrees during winter. ..would that be OK? BTW, who is your cameraman or woman...they do a great job.

I meant to tell you I live in Saint Pete Florida so it’s 75 to 79 here in December can I propagate my petunias in a cartons and take them outside in my garden with may be a light press and seal over then lightly

Thanks for the great video! I am definitely trying this. I do have a question though. Do I just keep repeating this process throughout the winter to have petunias in the Spring? I'm thinking the petunias you start rooting in September/October can't be the same ones you'd plant in the Spring/Summer correct?

Totally gonna try this today with my supertunias. Did you use rooting hormone?

Mike, wouldn't it be simpler and less time consuming, no wintering, if you would start petunias from seeds?

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QUESTION: New to your channel, so apologies if you've shared this multiple times! :-) Can you link and/or info for the vented plastic box you're using? Thanks!

His hands do a lot of talking,but it is very interesting

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Mike! Can I take cuttings at the beginning of the summer and get flowers off them in the same summer? I bought three or four fancy-schmancy expensive petunias from Spring Hill, etc, but only one or two of each variety. So I'm hoping to multiply them immediately.

What do sticky leaves mean ?

I wish you can Hybridize a new flower

Did you spray water these cuttings while they were in that propagation box?

I planted apple seeds in my kitchen window now it is about 5 inches tall I need to replant it in a night pot what do I need for this Process

Trying this for the first time.. have 30 different colors and sizes. Do i have to have a cover? Where should i put them inside? What type of lights? Natural or fake?

Hi Mike, does it really matter having the cover to protect the humidity? I have tried to propagate a bunch of petunia cuttings, the first batch, i put them under a tree shade and the second batch i put it indoor. Both of them were soaked well with plant starter solution, before planting and after planting into the soil, but all of them were dead and rotten in just a matter of a week. I am not sure whether it is because i do not put the cover, the soil was too wet, or the quality of the cuttings was not good?

Love your videos Are you in zone 5?

Is it worth the effort to start from seed. I spread seeds from my petunias this year. Maybe something will sprout come spring.

Hi, in my place summers is very hot, reaches upto 45⁰c, how do I save petunias at this temp? Thank u.

Mike, what happened to the fish with all those babies, did you Separate them or you were not able to

My petunias self seed

What petunia plants can graft ?

Did you use homidon 3 for a weaker level?

Genius!!!!

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Mike can I buy from you some cutting

What grow bin is that mike?

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I tried to propagate them from cuttings but they rot 😞

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