Taking Hardwood Cuttings

The process to take hardwood cuttings begins in the fall right after the leaves drop.

Taking hardwood cuttings.

Look for well ripened pencil thick shoots and remove them horizontally below a node leaf joint or bud. Cutting your dormant plant 1. Branches that grew poorly over the past growing. 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.

Cut straight across at the base below a bud or. Removing a pencil thick stem. Cut each branch below the bud so. While you can plant hardwood cuttings in the.

Removing the shoot tip. If it is a tree or shrub that produces suckers from the stems or roots use the suckers for your cuttings. 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. Hardwood cuttings are typically taken in early spring or early winter when the plant is not actively growing.

Select healthy lengths of branches that grew well the past season. To increase the chances of rooting cuttings. Cut off any unripened green growth at the tips. Take hardwood cuttings at the end of the growing season from autumn through to spring when the stems are fully ripened.

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. How to take 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. But in a pinch hardwood cuttings can be taken anytime of the year.

Take your hardwood cuttings in mid autumn after the leaves fall.