LOVE your video! So real, and very helpful. Trying to help my mom save her 20-year old lilac that was damaged by severe weather a couple months ago. At least I can root some cuttings for her, with your help!
Make sure to use fresh rooting medium and keep an eye out for mold! My last attempt failed due to mold. I'll be taking cuttings from both trees and bushes again this year so stay tuned for that -- but lilacs sucker extensively so maybe you will have some suckers to dig up as well. Good luck!
Thanks for saying what month you're in because hardly anyone on these gardening video's ever does. From what I've gathered so far is that the suckers are easier to establish. I've yet to try myself.
This is just awesome. I have been searching for something like this for a long time and I'm really happy to find your video. My mom LOVED her lilacs and I bought her a very expensive petite lilac bush that stays about 4' high. It blooms heavily and I would like to have a few more of the trees. My mom passed away a couple years ago and it reminds me of her to smell those beautiful lilac blooms. Thank you again for such a great teaching video! I'm a new subscriber and I'm going to be recommending this to my friends as well.
@@PlanetMojo I am so new at gardening and on limited budget with major plans for my yard and your videos are providing me with priceless information to get to my dreams without going broke Again, thank you
@@voetarene4879 Thanks again Voeta! If you plan to propagate lilacs, it is much easier to dig up the suckers (small plants growing around the base of the big plant). They almost always make it. Good luck! 😊
Thanks! I moved up to a ShelterLogic greenhouse this year, but the sawhorse greenhouse worked just fine, then I reused all of the wood when I took it down.
I am curious if your cutting actually rooted. Typical Syringa vulgaris propagation is done by way of mounding or root cuttings. I have not read or heard of softwood cuttings being a viable means of rooting Lilac. The usual outcome is that they may root, but the roots are not viable or substantial enough to produce a successful plant. Also, if you cut those leaves in half, the planting will transpire less and the need for water will be significantly less through your propagation attempts. Again please update us on your success or failure with softwood cuttings. Thanks
I too would like to see if it was successful even if it failed I would like to know. Thank you for sharing. Even an unsuccessful attempt is helpful in learning.
IN the next two days, I'm going to try burning bushes and lilacs, we have dozens of them growing , but all in the wrong places, we had one burning bush twenty yrs ago and now have them growing all thru the woods.
Both should work fine. I have never done burning bush, but know for a fact that softwood cuttings from them work just fine. The real key is to not let them dry out or drown. Also, keep your cuttings in full shade until they start rooting, then you can slowly acclimate them. There will be a brief progress report later today (tomorrow at the latest) -- but these cuttings are doing great so-far. Good luck!
Unfortunately the cuttings got blasted by the 100 degree heat we had a week ago and they are dying. I wanted to use them for a long hedge, but will try dormant cuttings this winter instead. Next time I will need to pay better attention and protect them better!
I would lay newspaper or paper towels on the bottom so sand doesn't leak out. So april would be too late to do this. But this video is june and you are doing now? ours has buds on it now.
