Pinus unknownacus cuttings

I spotted some nice Pinus unknownacus way back on my neighbor's property. I pointed out his trees in the distance and asked if I could have a few pieces from his whatever they are. He said no problem Now should be an ideal time of year to take a cutting. What kind of a cutting should I take? Straight, mallet, or heel? I read the grafting instructions written by Dax but they don't necessarily address cuttings. What type of a rooting hormone should I use? What type of a medium should I start them in? Should I remove needles? How far into the medium should I put them? Do I need heat or is a nice southern window fine?

Read up on grafting, and graft them!

Or better yet, collect some cones, and plant the seeds from them.

Sorry, but pines are nearly impossible to root from cuttings - realistically, the only material suitable for cuttings is juvenile foliage on young seedlings up to 2-3 years old.

Resin

I sent my kid to go run back into the woods to collect some pine cones for me so I can try some from seed. The cones to my Pinus unknownacus look to be P. strobus.

It's ok Resin, I had already read that they were nearly impossible to root from cuttings but I'd still like to try. I tried rooting cuttings of oaks and hickories and fell flat on my face too so I can live with failing.

Has any one ever used one of these EZ-Clones-
http://www.ezclone.com/#
This is a weird site but rather informative. You have to enter and there is no back button. Watch the demo of the product. Pretty cool.

Here's another type, the RainForest (Aeroponic Propagator)-
http://www.genhydro.com/genhydro_US/rainforest.html

The RainForest is allegedly a replica of the original Ein Gedi System developed in Israel.

I think I want one of these systems for my birthday. I was a good girl this year, a very good girl.

If they're Pinus strobus, the seeds will have fallen from the cones a while ago, as that is an early-ripening species (Sept/Oct). Guess that'll mean a wait till next year!

Resin

I picked through every pine cone he brought back to me. My finger tips are black from the resin. The cones, as you can see from the photo below, were in varying stages of decomposition. I found one pine cone that had some seed in it that hadn't discharged and wasn't rotted. I am going to try those seeds just for the heck of it. I'll stick them in a damp paper towel and toss them in the frig for 60 days and see what happens.

I am going to go back myself with a razor blade to take a few cuttings when it isn't so sloppy outside.

You know, I've never taken apart the cone of an Eastern White Pine. Do these seeds look like that's what they are?

Looks like you had more that one helper.

Ha, Ken! You are right. I hardly notice any longer. I had taken two shots. One was with cat head and in focus and the other was without cat head and out of focus so I posted the best photo of the pinecones which had Tyson's head in it.

What's actually sort of funnier is that I have an older cat who is sort of senile and she balanced herself in that sterilite container of cones and went pee. I had finished picking through the cones for seed and had photographed the few I was able to salvage and had pushed them aside to go try to clean my hands and that was when she did her thing. My husband just shook his head. This is exactly why we have no potted plants on the floor in this house. Everything hangs from the ceilings, is in a bathroom where we can shut the door, or is on grow shelves.

All in all, this evening was successful because I did get a few seeds set aside from those cones.

I meant to post a few links to articles that I found that mentioned pine seed cuttings- wow up to today we had snow on the ground and now it is thundering and lightening outside and the bolts are lighting the entire inside of my house. It's 10:30pm here and it's as if it was the middle of the day. There goes our snow! What a lightening show!

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8702.html

http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/sfnmc/class/fy614/cutting.html

I'm still wondering what, if any, rooting hormone I should use on my pine cuttings.

Those Pine trees were way back from the road. I was sort of hoping they were but no way could I see that far for sure. When they brought the pine cones to me, they sure did look like P. strobus yet I had never pulled one apart to look at the seed. Thanks Resin.