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Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 13:30
| I have some 3 year old Evan cherry plugs that are about 2 feet tall. I have not done any pruning yet. One of them seems to have 2 leaders with 1-3 years of growth, and is almost the same height as the main leader. I of course have to prune this to encourage proper growth in the future and am wondering how well Evans grows from cuttings. The U of Sask seems to suggest they can be grown "relatively easily from cuttings". All I know right now is that I should try to strike them while dormant, but dont know how old the wood needs to be for my best chances. It is maybe a foot tall, and was thinking of just planting the while thing half way. I would just much rather try to propagate some of my prunings instead of just tossing them in the compost or fire. |
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| if on their own roots, root cuttings is the best way then. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 15:13
| I think the easiest to try is in spring before budding out by layering. Cuttings don't seem to sprout easily with dormant wood. As far as I know, cuttings are done in late summer with new shoots and grown in a warm bed covered with a mister,..have seen it. |
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| Ive seen layering brought up before and am interested. I did a google search and couldn't find much. Does this work with most bushes and trees? All there is to itis putting a branch under ground and letting the end come out then it will grow roots on the pkrtion under ground? After a year or so you can cut the new plant off? I would be interested in trying this with blueberry and cherry bushes, i must be missing something this sounds too easy... |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 19:08
| No, you're not missing anything. Bend down to a U ..on the bottom of the U / I usually brake it a little, [usually it brakes a little anyway] dirt on top and a rock. I've never done it with Evans cherry because U get tons of suckers later.
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