What cuttings have you took this year and what method are you using?

[4390evans]

Earlier this year I took some cuttings from:
Camelias x10 one died the rest is looking okish
Lavender x12 only one is surviving
Blueberries x12 all is dead
Vina Major x12 all look ok so far

I uses just sharp sand for the lavender as suggested by the hansom monty, but only one is still alive and kicking, I ordered plugs from t&m so kinda relived most didn't survive... What would I do with all that lavender haha

I would like to try hydrangea, rhododendrons and a weigela (the bridal one) but I failed terribly last year with these although many other people say they are easy to take cuttings from?

[Thelma Sanders]

I start a lot of my cuttings in water. This year Oleanders, fuchsias, weigela -about 75% success rate.

In gritty soil, under a plastic bag, I've done rosemary - without the plastic I've done boysenberry, gooseberry with about the same success rate.

Jury is still out on whether the solanum jasminoides is rooting or not, it's under plastic. Some of the cuttings went mouldy, but some still look quite happy, so fingers crossed.

Hydrangea cuttings I have taken in the past, more have been successful in compost under a placcy bag, than rooting in water.

Make sure not to try rooting old, dark wood- it doesn't usually work.

[4390evans]

I never thought to take gooseberry cuttings :/ do you think it would be to lat to take cutt8ngs now?

[vixylix]

I have done this with mint this year - I put some in water and some in soil and all took with no problem.
Although mint is somewhat vociferous so might not count towards helping you!

I agree with thelma though - make sure you're not taking old wood and do some googling to check you're cutting each in the right place for it to be able to root

[Martin H]

I've taken some cuttings of Osteospermum and Penstemon this autumn. They are currently sitting in a closed propagator in a shady corner of the greenhouse. I did a 50-50 mixture of coarse sand and MPC. I don't think they've rooted yet, although the Osteospermums are now forming flower buds that I should take off.

[skeggijon]

I did 6 Gooseberry cuttings and 6 Tayberry cuttings this year - just stuck them straight into the fruit beds. 5 Gooseberry took ok and all of the Tayberry

[sparrow100]

10 blackcurrants, 1 redcurrant so far, 9 figs, 6 vranja quince.

All the currants took started in water, figs started in gritty compost - 1 of 9 figs took (see photo in best container category of vvs) but that;s because I took the cover off too late, quince also started in water - 3 now in compost and might try again with quince straight into gritty compost and covered.

Still have gooseberries and more redcurrants to do when I do the winter pruning. And I'd like to have a couple more tayberries.

[4390evans]

Still have gooseberries and more redcurrants to do when I do the winter pruning. And I'd like to have a couple more tayberries.

So its not to late to take goose berry cuttings?

[sparrow100]

I don't think so - I will just be sticking the prunings in a prepped trench next week.

[dilettante]

You have all been far more industrious than me. I took 4 each of rosemary and lavender cuttings back in August (I think), which all seem to have done fine. Just stuck them in a bit of regular compost, after a little dip in liquid rooting hormone. A couple weeks ago I took 8 more cuttings of each, just to see if I could, and put them straight in compost, no hormone. Seem to be surviving so far. At this point I nipped the tops off all my cuttings.

I later took some oregano cuttings and stuck them in water, but I think I cut them wrong, because I hadn't really looked up how to do it properly. They're a bit woody, and I'm not sure there are any nodules which have been consistently under water. They've survived at least, and finished flowering. At the same time I put some in compost, can't mind if I put rooting hormone on or not, but they must have rooted, because I went to pull one up (can't remember why) and there was resistance. It later died, but the others in the pot lived on.

I've rooted several bits of sage in water, took a while, but they are finally rooting well.

I like this cuttings lark. There's a temptation to fill every single pot I have with a cutting of something or other.

I've been planning to take a cheeky cutting from a broom I walk past quite often, as it used to be covered in ladybird larvae when I grew it in my front garden, but I've not got round to it, and I may have missed the boat now.

[mothhawk]

I took 6 cuttings of a very old white lavender that had gone very leggy and woody and was on its way out, they are all healthy little plants now. What else? Three honeysuckles - all well - and 3 Japanese honeysuckles, two died but one is growing. I increased my winter flowering honeysuckle last year with cuttings - kept one and gave away 3.

Last week I pinched a bit of ceanothus from a hedge, and cotoneaster, they still look good.

All my cuttings are just pushed into John Innes and are kept outside.

I'd do more, but really have no space to grow more plants. I do love plants for free, especially when it's so easy

[veggiechicken]

I keep a bucket of water outside and a jamjar on the windowsill and bung all the cuttings/prunings/bits that fall off into these. You never know what will root but everything is worth a try.
I seem to have lots of mints

[4390evans]

Oh I love ceanothus I forgot to get cuttings from work earlier this year, I took some cuttings of periwinkle from work as I refuse to pay £8 for a plant. I put them in plastic bags till I go home. There is loads of stuff I could get but I forget to just take a cutting and end up paying for the whole plant. The amount of pruning we do and all the plants wee could make....

Do any of you know if I could take a cutting of ivy? The neighbors ivy is rooting to my fence and I wouldnt mind some for mynhanging baskets next year, what method would I use?

[Thelma Sanders]

Often you can grab a bit of ivy complete with the roots beginning to grow

If not a growing tip (about 8 ins long) roots fairly quickly - just remove all the leaves apart form the top
3 or 4 and pot up to that level.
Good luck!

[4390evans]

Will do, thanks thelma