Anyone have success planting a tree this way?





I've never tried it

I do it all the time with willows. Works like a charm.

I was under the impression though that down here, there is only a handful of tree species that this method works well on.

never have

Don't know about spruce but it won't work on any of our southern yellow pines.

With the exception of willows and elderberries I can't think of many tree species that readily root from hardwood cuttings. Hazelnuts can be propagated by stooling and is the way they are produced in the nursery trade. Stooling is cutting back an established tree to encourage root suckers and then piling sawdust up around the stump so that the suckers root into the medium.

There are likely other trees that stooling would work with.

Air layering is basically the same process except instead of putting soil around the roots, you select branches off the mother tree peel bit a bit of bark and surround it with a ball of soil. After some time, roots develop and you cut the branch below the soil ball and plant the ball. Lot of fruit, nut and ornamental shrubs can be grown that way.

Have only done azalea, but have done a few hundred.

Air layering is a darn good way to propagate roses if you're so inclined.

In the nursery trade, the only way that I ever had any success rooting conifers, was to take the cuttings after at least two or three hard frosts in the fall. Wound the base of the cutting and then treat them with the strongest indobuteric acid that you can get. Plant them deep in a cold frame and don't disturb them for two years. This resulted in 10 to 20% success if you were lucky, and depending on the species that you were working with.

That's sounds incredibly complicated with dismal results

I might try it on aspen

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I take hundreds of elderberry cuttings annually. Have recently got into fig cuttings as well. I've had great success with air layering roses and blackberries. Tip layering is a good option too.

Osage Orange ie: Hedge Apple, were commonly used as fence post's due to their natural rot resistance, and many of those post's took root and grew leading to "Hedge Rows", and wind breaks.

My recent red osier dogwood cuttings have started sprouting in the 5 gallon pail of water, so at this point I'll wait until ~mid April to plant them.

My red osier dogwood cuttings from this winter are doing amazing in a 5 gallon pail in the house. I'm not sure when to plant them outside

Did they leaf out in the house?

I had good luck taking aspen cuttings from new growth and just sticking in the ground. That is, every place that the deer didn’t or couldn’t get to them to eat them.

I also did a bunch of willow that way as well. I just cut a bunch back the previous year so I had a ton of new shoots to clip and plant the following year.

Neighbor has commercially for two generations.
Some (cedars) are easier than others (rhododendrons).
His one partner has a fortune invested (Penn State U).
Any plant I show him, he IDs it.
Those guys hate rodents including deer.

Have seen cut willow wood sprout in rain, hint try willow water.

It is an everyday job of maintaining temp and moisture.
50 some degrees, boiler lines under beds.

Know another lady that did orchids.
Much hotter $$ environment, and tough.

I been trying ground layering Jap Maple with not much luck.
Trying for two trees that do not get large or make much mess.

Yes

The last couple weeks my red dogwood cuttings in the 5 gallon pail aren't doing so well. Maybe I need to get 'em in the ground before they die. They were looking fantastic a few weeks ago. I lack experience w/ cuttings.