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21-01-2003, 05:43 PM

in article , Rodger Whitlock at
wrote on 21/1/03 5:08 pm:

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:33:36 +0000, Ian Snowdon
wrote:

In the back garden of my late mothers house there is a bay tree. It was
a small tree in a pot when my wife gave it to her, it is now about 20
feet high! It would be nice to take a cutting from the tree before the
house is sold or whatever happens to it.

We are told that you can't just take a cutting and get it to grow, it's
more difficult than that. OK, so how should it be done?

Any ideas?

I've seen it recommended that bay cuttings be taken in October,
but as Christopher Lloyd has said, the right time to take any
cutting is when you can.

Or as Percy Thrower said "when the owner's not looking." ;-))
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Sacha
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