Taking Hardwood Cuttings

Take cuttings that are close to pencil thickness from current season s growth it will be mature and woody not soft and green.

Taking hardwood cuttings.

While you can plant hardwood cuttings in the. Hardwood cuttings grown on outdoors select vigorous healthy shoots that have grown in the current year remove the soft tip growth cut into sections 15 30cm 6in 1ft long cutting cleanly above a bud at the top with a sloping cut to shed water and. Removing the shoot tip. To increase the chances of rooting cuttings.

But in a pinch hardwood cuttings can be taken anytime of the year. Take hardwood cuttings at the end of the growing season from autumn through to spring when the stems are fully ripened. Cut straight across at the base below a bud or. Cutting your dormant plant 1.

Branches that grew poorly over the past growing. If it is a tree or shrub that produces suckers from the stems or roots use the suckers for your cuttings. Removing a pencil thick stem. Select healthy lengths of branches that grew well the past season.

Look for well ripened pencil thick shoots and remove them horizontally below a node leaf joint or bud. The best time for taking hardwood cuttings is from early autumn when the leaves drop to late winter. The point of taking hardwood cuttings in non growth periods is more to do with doing as little harm to the parent plant as possible. How to take hardwood cuttings.

Hardwood cuttings are typically taken in early spring or early winter when the plant is not actively growing. Prepare each cutting by removing the shoot tip just above a bud and trimming the bottom. Cut off any unripened green growth at the tips. Select strong healthy straight woody shoots.

At that time use sharp clean pruners to take six inch long pencil diameter cuttings from vigorous shoots on the plants you want to propagate.