Propagation This Month

I have just taken Hawthorn cuttings this morning. I cut off some of the fresh growth, cut them below a node, wiped off thorns and lowest leaves, dipped them in Hormone Rooting Compound and stuck them in a pot of 50% seed compost and 50% vermiculite. Watered them, sprayed the leaves and stood...

I didn't use bottom heat...in fact, I don't with a lot of my softwood propagation now.

Chris its best not to cover Geraniums with a plastic bag . They do not need the extra humidity , and are prone to stem rot if too wet . They should germinate fine without covering . I leave them for about 10 weeks and then pot them on .

18 Days since taking cuttings and 50% have now rooted.I'll need to keep them growing until the end of September to get decent sized micro tubers, so might bin those that haven't taken yet.

here you go some of the photos are hard to judge but the holes in photo 1, 3 and 4 are all big enough to fit a medium sized dog through the other photos are areas which need a new hedge all together.

Seedlings tend not to worry too much about the exact potting compost, or even the exact watering. But I think the cold gets to everything.

Hold on, Val...........why not grow them as Sheal is. Sowing them as plugs could cure that impatience of yours!!

Ah, thanks for that. Perennial ones'd be cool.

On a more general note; looking back I realise I spent and wasted a lot of money buying all sorts of things when I started gardening. Its amazing how you can get the same results much cheaper by improvising.

Many thanks Silver Surfer and everyone else, I'm planning it out and sourcing the plants I'll post a piccy when it's done.

@Andre Murphy I try to root pretty much everything i deadhead or prune ...some i have success some not ...it's such a cheap way to propagate and bulk up your garden and when you see the result its a real feel good factor Im always rooting something.... i luv it Only today after visiting a...

I have four plants left after giving several plants to friends. One of the baby plants has a spike and I am looking forward to seeing what the flowers look like, as the flowers on the parent plant were huge. The difference in the size and appearance of the resulting plants is...

To give a proper answer though we need to know what they are, how advanced they are and what size pots are they in?Photos would be good too

Thanks for that

Turns out there was a nice new clump of fresh growth as well as an old stalky bit (still with some new shoots) so has turned out ok! Just hoping the three cuttings from last year do ok now theyre in the garden-they had a good root ball on them so fingers crossed

Possibly two popular plants are Pelargoniums and Fuchsias. They will tolerate some harsh treatmens at times, and perhaps for the average gardener, they are easy to propagate. Although cuttings can be taken at almost any time year, there are snags. The prosective plant material may be too new,...

My crocosmia sunrise and dwarf azalea came today. I'm going to pot up the crocosmia and put the azalea in the cold frame for a bit.Rusty

I've grown B.variegata from seed and they germinate easily. The problem that I've had is getting them beyond the seedling stage. I have just one left and that seems to have stalled. That said, I moved house when they were very young last spring so it may romp away this summer.

Oh, do come on, longk!!!,.........this me and gardening you're talking about

Its amazing how big those tubers can get first year from seed. I grew those big 4ft /5ft high ones a long time ago from seed and the tubers were massive.