Cuttings - advice please

Good evening everyone,
Please could I have some advice on taking cuttings of Jasmine and Passion Flower, I'm not sure of the varieties.
Much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Lillieb

 

Lillie, don`t take cuttings. Do what is called laying. You take a stem and pin it to the ground and leave it for a twelve month. Make sure the leaf nodes are in contact with the ground as is this is where the roots will sprout from.

 

Cant help with the Jasmine but Passion flower cuttings are relatively simple.

Just take a shoot and cut it into sections, it needs to be this years growth.

Cut below a node and remove leaf, leave one leaf and node above.
Take as many as you can from a single stem.
Dont discard the tip cutting unless its very soft.

Put into a pot of 50:50 sharp sand and multipurpose. put in a shaded part of the greenhouse if possible.
Should root in about a month to six weeks.

Dont repot until next spring unless they are making lots of growth.

 

I would like to add that you can also grow passion flowers from seed. So if the cuttings do not work next year order some seeds and in early spring in a heated greenhouse or warm window sill pop a few seeds in a pot of good quality peat based compost and water cover with a plastic food bag and secure with a rubber band. Keep an eye on it and as soon as they start to show signs of growth remove the food bag and keep surface moist but not to wet.

 

daitheplant, pete and oniongrower many thanks for your helpful replies.

Both the plants are in a friend's garden who is shortly due to move, I will let you know how I get on.

Have a good day.
Lillieb

 

Hi Lillie, if the Passion Flower is established its most likely throwing suckers up around the base, if so scrape the soil back to find some root, cut it off, trying to keep some fine roots and pot up and keep watered but not soaking. If it's quite a tall sucker cut it back a bit and it'll soon develope a healthy root system :thumb:

As said you can also grow them from seed quite easily, although the fresher the seed the better. I have successfully grown some from seed from a supermarket Passion fruit, straight from the fruit I had 100% germination with 10 days to 2 weeks :thumb:

 

Hi Bilbo, thanks so much for this advice, I haven't seen the plants yet but hope to take a look soon. Feel a bit responsible with other people's plants, my friend has limited gardening knowledge but seems to think that I am an expert. :DOH::WINK1:

 

If time is limited Lillie, then follow Petes` advice for both plants. Takes LOTS of cuttings though to ensure success.