I have many members asking for cuttings and I want to know-------
Since I have little woody growth above the Y on many of my brugs this year, most of my cuttings are going to be below the Y.
My question is: how big is too big, in diameter, for a cutting? How big-i- diameter a cutting have you succesfully rooted and grown? We are talking about the "around the cutting", not the length of the cutting.
1" diameter?
1.5" diameter?
2" diameter?
Or more- 3" diameter?
How big is too big?
Why? I mean, besides taking up more room in a bubbler or pail.
Thanks for any info or experiences anyone can share.
Brenda B
how big is too big?
I have never measured, but have rooted some fat ones. 2" diameter is not that big around.
Hi Brenda,
I kind of wondered about that when making cuttings for trades this year... I had some BIG trunks. I have one about 4" X 7' in a bucket right now... we'll see if it roots. I try to keep them around an inch or so across when cutting them short for trading. As long as they are at least semi woody....I had some 3'' er's that looked funny for a cutting and they weighed more, too if that's an issue when sending in the mail.... But I think they would work any size... I have a question about the leaf nodes.... do they have to have leaf nodes to start rooting? I had a Pink Beauty and the leave nodes were over 9 inches apart, doesn't leave may chances of rooting on a 9 or 10 inch cutting, if the nodes are a rooting issue...
Hello AuntB,
I think I have seen them root anyways the roots seem to come out of no where......
James
What we have found out is, if you have large ( 2" in diameter or larger ) you will need to have some length to go with that. We have taken 1" diameter cutting and logged them, thus comming up with lots of new plants. When they start to get really large, they do not do as well using the log method. That said, if you only want to take a few cuttings the bigger the better. Large diameter cutting root very easy and will give you a large plant fast. We have an Adeline that is 4" diameter and we plan to take a couple of large cuttings so that next year we will have enough Adeline to go around. People do love those double Pinks.
kenboy
www.vonrussellfarm.com
I received some monster white cuttings and I laid them flat on the soil and put the soil about 1/2 way up on the cutting like she suggested and they did wonderful. Suddenly out of nothing a brug popped up, I did not visually see any nodes because when I got them I wondered if there was one side better than another to put next to the soil but I couldnt' see any difference in the sides. I received 1 thin cutting and a couple of fatter cuttings. The fatter cuttings did better, maybe because their was more area to put below the soil and more area above the soil. They suggested this way of starting the brug so you wouldn't be able to see the start when the brug grew up. I started them in a clear plastic thing you put under pots to catch water. That way I could raise it up and see if there were roots, plus I could tell exactly when to water.
Can you see in the photo. Now that I think about it I only got one stem per cutting.....strange.
Now let me qualify all of this, the monster whites were my first and then AuntB shared with me so I am by no means an expert! I am a really new newbie...LOL
Thanks, everyone, for your help.
I used the log method this spring on anAdeline cutting I received from this forum, because she kept rotting in water when I tried to root her- I was desparate not to lose her, so cut off latest mushiness from the water,and laid her down in a pot. I got two plants out of doing this, three nodes sprouted.
Since the "logs" can be huge around, I would think you can use short sections of logs to root laid down in pots.
And it's great to know the biggie cuttings root well in water, too. Since I'm sending flat-rate Priority boxes of cuttings out to some folks this year, poundage is not an issue! space on their end may be, tho!
Brenda B