Cuttings Tips?

[ryanguevara1983]

Does anybody have any ingenious methods for propagating cuttings?

I find polythene bags, propped up with bamboo canes, held together by elastic bands so fiddly!!

Have also tried clear plastic pint glasses placed over a 9inch pot - but it always seems to totally dry out!

I was just wondering if anybody has any tried and tested ways that they might like to share.

Many thanks.


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[veggiechicken]

I start my cuttings in a glass of water. Once the roots appear I pot them up.
Doesn't work for everything but worth a try.

[snakeshack]

Cuttings Tips?

When space is tight put mpc into the corner of a ziplock food bag and insert cutting then partially inflate the bag and seal it, these can then be pegged up to a string stretched across the window by the corner opposite the soil . They take up no space on the window sill , require no watering and as they are sealed and you can see the roots when they have rooted , through the clear plastic...........simple


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[Two_Sheds]

always seems to totally dry out!

ensure the cuttings are kept in a shady spot until the roots have formed

[andy_j]

Fill a pot with soil but leave 1/2" at the top....do not firm.

Top the 1/2" up with sharp sand.

When putting a cutting in the pot, make a hole with a dibber first....the sand then gets mixed up a bit which stops the cutting getting too wet. Lightly firm.

I find removing most of the foliage to stop water loss is good and if you can, bottom heat works a treat.

If you don't put them in a sealed bag, spray over with tepid water as many times a day as poss.

[Martin H]

Fill a pot with sand but leave 1/2" at the top....do not firm.

Top the 1/2" up with sharp sand.

Did you mean this or did you mean fill pot with compost and top with sand?

[andy_j]

Thanks Martin....meant compost. Post now edited.

[ryanguevara1983]

Thanks everybody, loads of useful tips as always. Made a shady spot out of a ladder, 2 buckets and a few rubble sacks!! Also bought about 100 zip lock bags!!!


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