Buddleia cuttings advice please

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  1. Tinkerbelle61

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    Back in October when cutting some overhanging branches from my neighbours old buddleia bush, I decided to use some to take cuttings. I have done this before and they just rotted. This time I put them in the heated propagator and today was able to pot up seven cuttings that all had produced long, thin roots.

    The greenhouse has a small heater which prevents any night frosts, but not knowing what to do I have put them back in the heated propagator. Do I leave these cuttings in the propagator or can they now go on a bench in the greenhouse?

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      Definitely start hardening them off. First by moving out of the propagator, give them a couple of weeks in the greenhouse and then if the weather's OK move them to a sheltered place outdoors.
       
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        To be honest with you, Tinkerbelle, Buddleia is the one plant that propagates easily just by sticking the cuttings in a pot and leaving it outside. Some Gardeners I know even joke that you can stick it in concrete and it will grow!!:heehee: You can even see it growing in the gutters of buildings and the rubble of old disused factories.
        I used to use the prunings of Buddleia for support sticks, that were pruned a couple of years before, in the borders but found that they would take root by the end of the season! So, they're probably better off being stuck in pots of compost and left outside to get on with it.:dunno:
         
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          I did the same as ARMANDII a couple of years ago when given some cuttings from a Buddleja. One didn't take but the other is in my garden:)
           
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            All that is true of hardwood cuttings, but Tinkerbelle's look to be softwood cuttings. They're more vulnerable to sudden changes in temperature and humidity, so gradual acclimatisation is the safest bet :)
             
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              Thank you for your advice all, I will take them out of the heated propagator pronto and leave out on the bench until all this rain passes, then put them out side (out of labradors reach) during the day until the spring arrives.
               
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