I made or repurposed a plastic storage box to get my shrub cuttings to root and keep them in a moist and humid environment
I took the lid off a week since planting the Hydrangea cuttings in sand. They are still moist and don't need watering.
The box cost me nothing and it's now a cuttings greenhouse.
It holds ten small plant pots of cuttings.
August is a good month for taking shrub cuttings like Hydrangeas.
It's been a wonderful year for flowers in particular. Why not take some cuttings of your favourite shrubs?
I have taken some cuttings from our cape daisy as one section of it had got flattened by one of the local cats. I selected three healthy looking tips and just stuck them into a small pot of our home made garden compost. They seem to be surviving well so I hope to plant them out in the Spring. This afternoon I cut back the lavender as it was getting very leggy but I haven't bothered to keep the cuttings - they are currently making our compost bin smell gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHi JayCee. I have Cape Daisies sprouting roots in glasses of water and I planted twenty of them in sand today. Lavender is a meditation plant and hates our wet winters. It's always worth getting a few sprigs to root and keep them indoors in case of them rotting or freezing like the winter of 2010. Hydrangeas cuttings can be taken now.
ReplyDeleteI may cut some more lavender sprigs tomorrow then and see if I can get them to root for next year.
DeleteDo you use organic hormone rooting powder? I have used my home made willow water and some people dip their cuttings in honey. Usually ai don't use anything and still strike roots.
DeleteMy favourite shrubs are all looking dry and tired. We need more rain. Maybe in October. By then I'll have more compost too. I'm starting a second pile. So many watermelon skins and rotten lemons. As things dry up completely they're added to the pile.
ReplyDeleteYes you are probably waiting until it gets wetter Linda. That's rarely a problem for us Linda. I also grow cuttings in sand and sometimes mix sand with garden soul or homemade compost. I must get some John Innes number 3 potting compost to pot them on.
ReplyDeleteNo can do, Dave. That tote is currently being used for chicks!
ReplyDeleteExcellent Debby. Pics please!
DeleteThat tub is a b****y great idea. I planted out my hazel sticks a couple of days ago. I'm told they are like apples - you can't grow them from cuttings. You need to tear rooted suckers off round the base - so that is what we did and I've planted 6. There are so many left over the neighbour is going tobplant a hedge of it.
ReplyDeleteI also make hedging plants TM. Your Griselina does very well here next to the sea. I have about 100 hundred plants in pots.
DeleteWhy not take some cuttings of your favourite shrubs?
ReplyDeleteBecause I am an idle bugger.
Fair enough YP. I make new plants every week.
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