Taking Hardwood Cuttings

Cutting your dormant plant 1.

Taking hardwood cuttings.

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. Cut each branch below the bud so. Take your hardwood cuttings in mid autumn after the leaves fall. Take hardwood cuttings at the end of the growing season from autumn through to spring when the stems are fully ripened.

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. The process to take hardwood cuttings begins in the fall right after the leaves drop. The best time for taking hardwood cuttings is from early autumn when the leaves drop to late winter. How to take hardwood cuttings.

Branches that grew poorly over the past growing. Select healthy lengths of branches that grew well the past season. Cut straight across at the base below a bud or. Cut off any unripened green growth at the tips.

Removing a pencil thick stem. Look for well ripened pencil thick shoots and remove them horizontally below a node leaf joint or bud. If it is a tree or shrub that produces suckers from the stems or roots use the suckers for your cuttings. But in a pinch hardwood cuttings can be taken anytime of the year.

Hardwood cuttings are typically taken in early spring or early winter when the plant is not actively growing. Take cuttings that are close to pencil thickness from current season s growth it will be mature and woody not soft and green. Removing the shoot tip. Select strong healthy straight woody shoots.

Prepare each cutting by removing the shoot tip just above a bud and trimming the bottom.