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Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 18:46
| I had some dogwood cuttings picked off from my new tree. They are about 1-1 1/12 week old. The leaves are yellowing now, only two at the top though. Is this a sign of roots starting? I keep it at a steady 70-77 degrees everyday, maybe a few degrees cooler in the morning. I've used a container to keep it humid. Am I expecting roots to soon? And are dogwood's easy to root? I'm not using root hormone because I want to do this on my first try with no stimulators. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 19:33
| what kind of dogwood?? ken |
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- Posted by gardenapprentice none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 20:23
| a basic white cornus florida, it had minor anthacnose but its recoverd from it and is healthy. |
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| gardenapprectice, do you really want to be a gardenapprentice? I'll give you the best advice anyone on this forum could give you, you're in Tennessee right? In July/August, spend a couple of weeks in Winchester, there are a couple of good nurseries who practice the technique of budding. Assuming you are talking about Cornus florida the flowering dogwood tree, the selections are propagated by budding, see link. -forget about making your own rooting hormone -forget about rooting Cornus florida from cuttings I know of a nursery in Winchester which has been budding flowering dogwood cultivars for over 100 years. Go down there and offer to work for free (you're young) in return to learn the technique. BTW if all you want to do is grow the standard white Flowering Dogwood tree, they are easily grown from seed. If you respond tell us exactly which dogwood you want to propagate. Forget about reinventing the wheel. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Budding Fact Sheet
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- Posted by gardenapprentice none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 20:59
| just a regualr white one. I seedes lots of things i wanted to proagate from cuttings. |
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- Posted by gardenapprentice none (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 18:18
| here is how the parent plant looks |
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- Posted by donnaroyston z7a VA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 12, 12 at 13:35
| I have propagated Cornus florida from cuttings taken in June. I used Hormex 3 or 8, I forget which. You might not have much success without hormone. The first winter, you should keep them in a sheltered spot (somewhere just above freezing, such as an unheated garage). Otherwise, you will lose some of them. Plant them out in the spring. I followed the technique that was well documented in my plant propagation textbook for semihardwood cuttings of dogwood. You do not have to learn how to bud, or go work at a nursery for free. Good grief. Unless you really want to, of course. |
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