How to Root Hardwood Cuttings | Fall Propagation Tips

I'm Melissa from Empress of Dirt and today I am going to show you how you can take cuttings from many of your shrubs and vines in your garden and create lots of free, new plants. This method of taking hardwood cuttings works on many of the deciduous plants. These are the ones that drop their leaves usually in the fall and includes things like dogwood, forsythia, grape vines, and currants. You can find a complete list at the link below. Taking hardwood cuttings is a slow but reliable method so keep in mind that this will take probably about a year before the plants are ready to put in your garden. Before taking cuttings, always clean your pruners or knife with rubbing alcohol. I'm filming this video a little early in the season, so you can see that the cane I've clipped off still has its leaves on it, but the ideal time is to take your cuttings in the fall, after all the leaves have dropped from the shrubs but before the ground is frozen. Choose a new cane on a healthy plant. Make sure it's straight, and not crooked. It should be about a half inch thick and take your cutting in the early morning. We'll be making our cuts above and below the various leaf nodes on the stem. These are the parts of the plant where the leaves grow from. When removing a cane from the mother plant, make a straight cut near the base of the plant, right below a leaf node. After removing the cane from the plant, it's time to prepare the cuttings. Starting at the base of the cane, count four leaf nodes and make an angled cut above the top or fourth node. Next, remove any leaves or buds from the bottom three nodes and place your cutting in warm water. You can repeat this for any remaining hardwood portions on the cane. If you want to use rooting hormone, be sure to get the type that is made specifically for hardwood cuttings. I've seen gardeners use a lot of different things for the growing medium. Options include coarse builder's sand, grit, or combinations of peat, perlite, and compost. You can read more about this at the link below. Use a pencil or dibber to make a hole in the growing medium for your cuttings. You can usually fit about two or three in a small pot. Here, I'm drying off the base of the cane, dipping it in rooting hormone, knocking off any excess powder, and then inserting it the growing medium. Write tags for your plants so you can keep track of everything over the next year. You can also root these cuttings in larger plastic tubs with drainage holes or plant them directly in the ground in a garden bed. And finally, give everything a nice deep watering. Place the plastic container outside in your garden. By next spring you should see new leaves forming which is a sign that the roots are indeed growing. By next fall, the plants should be ready for proper planting in your garden. Thanks for watching, and if you need more details, come visit me at Empress of Dirt at the link below.

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Length: 3min 54sec (234 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 23 2016