rootings

[angmf2233]

Is there a trick to rooting plants? How do you know what you can cut off and root in water? Help maybe I can get starts going. Thanks everyone!

[bali]

Trick or treat?

Well some will and some won't.
First you cut right below the node.. (Where the last leaves were) and put them in water......So grow right in the dirt.. Africian violets grow right in the dirt....So do snake plants. Tell us what your trying to root, maybe we know.

Right now I am trying to root willows....
about 2 months now and they are just starting.. if you wish I can send a photo of the roots to show you how to act like a Pro..LOL

[bhscarlett]

Im trying to root a magnolia limb , fresh new growth this season, any tips? blessings,, beth

[dsanthony]

I love trying to root new things!!! I've already rooted 3 weeping willow trees, a dappled japanese willow shrub, and firethorn. I heard that plants root better in brown bottles, so I just saved a few beer bottles and have them lined up on my kitchen window. Currently, I'm trying to root a hydranga and pussy willow shrub. If you want to use chemicals, they do make root starters, I've tried them, as well, but really didn't notice much difference between just throwing them in water. Water just takes a bit longer.

[dsanthony]

I've heard that taking a small new shoot works better than trying to root a big limb.

[bhscarlett]

like the end of a new green shoot or a very small brown one,,? thanks,, new to cuttings and rooting,, im not big on the hormone rooters either, but i have heard some about willow water, any one know of it? blessings,, beth

[bali]

santhony ;

Correct, the smaller young pieces work faster ......
To root.

Keep trying .

[angmf2233]

I did buy that rooting hormone and cut a couple of lilacs pieces, but did not seem to have any luck so I thought I would just cut pieces and try in vases? I guess it is all different, being a beginner guess trial and error. I do love trying to grow all that I can, sometimes just don't have enough hrs in a day.All help appreciated thanks. Newbie Angie.

[bali]

I have rooting hormones also.. I dont think it helped me?

I try all ways.. its free in water..LOL

Keep trying..

[angmf2233]

What is willow water never heard of this? Is there a plant sight that would list what may be rooted by water? I will get started by just using new growth and see what happens, gonna cut some butterfly bush, and rose? gonna work?

[zuzu's petals]

What is willow water never heard of this?

I call it "Willow Tea".
Any kind of Willow works for this, my friend has a Weeping Willow
and she brings me cuttings when she visits.
I prefer to use small-ish branches, about as big around as a pencil.
Just cut a nice bunch of Willow twigs into 2 inch pieces and soak them
in a gallon of water out in the sun for a day or two (if you've ever made Sun Tea, do this about the same way).

I use the tea to soak my fresh cuttings for a day or so before potting
them into soil, and then I water the pots with the Willow Tea
for the first couple of times.

I also use the tea to water in my fresh transplants, and I pour the extra
around any plant that I think could use a bit of root stimulant.
I use it all up within the day or two after I make it or it starts to
smell pretty funky. So I just keep making up fresh batches.

Sometimes I just put a stem or two of the Willow right into my rooting jar
along with the cuttings that I wish to root, that works pretty well for me, too
and the Willow twigs almost always root right along with all the other cuttings.

[bhscarlett]

I think its a natural way to save bundles on that rooting hormone stuff, now to find a tree or a person or a woods that has the tree , so to utilize healthy ways of starting sprouts, plants, propogations without bundles of money gone,, Blessings,, Beth