Softwood Cuttings...
Using a sharp clean knife, take a cutting 3 or 4 inches in length from the top growing tips or vigorous side shoots. The cut should be made at a slight angle, just below a node (The point on the stem where a leaf has developed). Trim off any ... [... more]
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Propagating Roses From Cuttings
It's easier and faster to propagate roses from softwood cuttings -- those taken from the current year's growth. Use soilless mix to pot your cuttings. Remove any leaves that would be below the level of the potting medium. Dip the bottom end of ... [... more]
DIYnet |
Propagating Vines
Tammy Algood of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service offers tips on propagating vining plants. The trick, she says, is to use softwood cuttings from the ends of the stems. Purchase or prepare a soilless mix suitable for ... [... more]
DIYnet |
Common Crapemyrtle
The most commonly used methods of propagation are hardwood and softwood cuttings. To propagate by hardwood cuttings, take 8 inch long and 1/2 inch diameter cuttings in early to mid-November. Stick several cuttings in ... [... more]
Alabama Cooperative Extension System |
Passion Flower
Best climate areas to grow are USDA zones 6 or 7 to 9. Start a plant from seeds or softwood cuttings in early spring. Seed germination can be difficult, and can sometimes take up to a year. Soak seeds in warm water for 12 hours before planting. ... [... more]
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Passion Flower...
Passiflora incarnata may be propagated by softwood cuttings of fully mature wood in early summer. Cuttings will take 3 months or longer to root. It can also be grown from seed. The seeds must be soaked in warm water for 12 hours, before sowing ... [... more]
The Garden Helper |
Rooting Cuttings
Taking hardwood cuttings from woody plants and vines is similar to taking softwood cuttings, although it's best done during the dormant season. Good candidates include boxwood, forsythia, cotoneaster, mock orange, ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
The Knack Of Cuttings
Softwood cuttings. What you're doing here is selecting the new growth on the plant. Take these at the time when such growth normally appears on the plant you want to reproduce--for woody shrubs, that's usually late ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Propagation
Host John Cretti and guest horticulturist George Brinkman demonstrate how to propagate softwood cuttings of favorite plants indoors. John and George show how to successfully remove and start cuttings, share suggestions on using rooting hormone, ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Propagating Trees And Shrubs
Depending on the plant involved, cuttings taken at this time of the year may be softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings. Softwood cuttings are taken from new growth that still is relatively soft and succulent and before ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
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