Propagation by Cuttings: Fall Field Notes

hedge cotoneaster, collected fruit today

I root these from softwood, but seed might be easier aside from the extended stratification needed, one month or more warm then 4 months cold. this plant is super interesting as a dwarfing pear rootstock, it has good...

white mulberry, morus alba tatarica

these are 2-3 years old from seed, most went in the toot cellar but a couple of patches like this will stress test the cold hardiness. it’s a zone 3/4 borderline shrub, yet I saw a large one locally this summer and...

rows of rooted softwood and empty beds ready for winter

sandbar willow are a small species that spreads and grow in clumps

this patch is at least 30 years old and the largest trees are 12-15 ft, it’s also spreading out. It’s great because everything I coppice will regrow. several truckloads of...

sandbar willow hardwood cuttings for a local riparian project with a landscaper, 48” poles

we have a large patch of these and it’s cool to coppice part of it, a...

collecting more sandbar willow, brush cutter blade on my 60v lithium ion weed whacker makes this go way faster

might be done now, if anyone asks you for a couple thousand four ft cuttings consider it’s like 5 heaping half tonne loads before you agree.. i was thinking it would be like two loads at the most. good news is i’m...

micro propagation with tissue culture is my winter project

Here I have some containers with MS basal medium about to get sterilized. Collected a fun selection for explants yesterday, not sure...

success rooting hippophae sinensis, the chinese sea buckthorn

Cuttings thanks to @craigboychuk from select trees in his...

softwood propagation first winter

the cuttings we take in June and July get some roots and grow a few leaves by august just in time to harden for the winter...

Virginia creeper seeds are like little grapes with hard seeds inside

I’ve been propagating them from softwood with good success, and also trying a seedbed this fall to see how quickly they’ll grow. We have extra...

more success rooting domestic plum cultivars at 6 weeks under mist, last two weeks on bottom heat

Pitsin #10 and Skiba are varieties hardy to zone 3. These will harden off and get transplanted into beds, and I’ll lift them and heel in for the winter. there’s a good chance these will get some frost damage this month...