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autumn tip cuttings - quince
Hi all,
I want to strike a few quince trees from a couple of good trees I have. Could anyone give me some nice and slow directions about how to go about it please? or Point me in the direction of some information? I would appreciate some tips and advice from folk who may have experience thanks SyrianPrince |
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autumn tip cuttings - quince
"SyrianPrince" wrote in message
... Hi all, I want to strike a few quince trees from a couple of good trees I have. Could anyone give me some nice and slow directions about how to go about it please? or Point me in the direction of some information? I would appreciate some tips and advice from folk who may have experience thanks SyrianPrince not "experience" exactly as i've been successful so far with soft & medium cuttings from smaller plants, but i'm right in the middle of a propagation course (which i am doing for a reason, g) & we did cuttings the other week, so take from this what you will g (and my own hard-wood cuttings will be much more successful next time, i'm sure, hehe): use seed mix, or make your own (3 parts coarse sand, 1 part coir or similar water-holding medium). make sure it is well-packed in the pot & use shallow pots ("squat pots") or seedling trays so that you have good drainage (from the sand element) but the cuttings can stay moist without there being a great deal of cold media under the cuttings as it's not necessary & you won't be able to look for little roots. make your holes first - (you don't want to shove or force the cuttings in & dislodge the rooting goo). use rooting powder or gel, to the right proportion for what you are doing, according to the packet (i'm assuming you're doing medium-hardwood? just the tips?) pack the mix firmly around the cuttings after putting them in. be sure to include at least one "node" below the soil surface, and that your cuttings were taken with a node at the bottom and perhaps 0.5 cm or so of wood beneath that node but no more, (and 2 pairs of leaves is about right; cut off neatly, rather than pull, excess leaves from the bottom of the cutting before you put it in). water in well afterwards, without dislodging the cuttings, they must be in firmly. and the cuttings mustn't be too long - max 10cm or they are less likely to survive, it's too hard for them. be gentle with the stems of cuttings when holding & manipulating, to avoid further stress on them. keep the cuttings moist, in shade or in indirect light (no full sun!), and not too hot and not too cold. don't allow them to dry out or become loose in the seed mix. you may want to rig up little "greenhouses" around them depending on your area, such as a p.e.t. bottle top (you can take the lid off when it's warm & put it back on when cooler.) and that's all there is to the basic procedure for cuttings & as i say works a treat for soft to medium and medium-hardwood in autumn. i'm certain the experts would have more specifics to add :-) we have in our course been encouraged to operate by "feel" & i back that - you can use your own good sense & observations to work out how the plants are going, if that makes sense. (although i concur it's completely obvious when your cuttings _haven't_ survived ;-) kylie |
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autumn tip cuttings - quince
Thanks Otterbot,
I will give your instructions a whirl after I pick the quince crop in a week or two - and after my elbow joints recover from all the stirring of quince into quince paste Love and peace SyrianPrince "0tterbot" wrote in message ... "SyrianPrince" wrote in message ... Hi all, I want to strike a few quince trees from a couple of good trees I have. Could anyone give me some nice and slow directions about how to go about it please? or Point me in the direction of some information? I would appreciate some tips and advice from folk who may have experience thanks SyrianPrince not "experience" exactly as i've been successful so far with soft & medium cuttings from smaller plants, but i'm right in the middle of a propagation course (which i am doing for a reason, g) & we did cuttings the other week, so take from this what you will g (and my own hard-wood cuttings will be much more successful next time, i'm sure, hehe): use seed mix, or make your own (3 parts coarse sand, 1 part coir or similar water-holding medium). make sure it is well-packed in the pot & use shallow pots ("squat pots") or seedling trays so that you have good drainage (from the sand element) but the cuttings can stay moist without there being a great deal of cold media under the cuttings as it's not necessary & you won't be able to look for little roots. make your holes first - (you don't want to shove or force the cuttings in & dislodge the rooting goo). use rooting powder or gel, to the right proportion for what you are doing, according to the packet (i'm assuming you're doing medium-hardwood? just the tips?) pack the mix firmly around the cuttings after putting them in. be sure to include at least one "node" below the soil surface, and that your cuttings were taken with a node at the bottom and perhaps 0.5 cm or so of wood beneath that node but no more, (and 2 pairs of leaves is about right; cut off neatly, rather than pull, excess leaves from the bottom of the cutting before you put it in). water in well afterwards, without dislodging the cuttings, they must be in firmly. and the cuttings mustn't be too long - max 10cm or they are less likely to survive, it's too hard for them. be gentle with the stems of cuttings when holding & manipulating, to avoid further stress on them. keep the cuttings moist, in shade or in indirect light (no full sun!), and not too hot and not too cold. don't allow them to dry out or become loose in the seed mix. you may want to rig up little "greenhouses" around them depending on your area, such as a p.e.t. bottle top (you can take the lid off when it's warm & put it back on when cooler.) and that's all there is to the basic procedure for cuttings & as i say works a treat for soft to medium and medium-hardwood in autumn. i'm certain the experts would have more specifics to add :-) we have in our course been encouraged to operate by "feel" & i back that - you can use your own good sense & observations to work out how the plants are going, if that makes sense. (although i concur it's completely obvious when your cuttings _haven't_ survived ;-) kylie |
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