What Is Hardwood Cuttings

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What is hardwood cuttings.

Softwood semi hardwood and hardwood depending on the growth stage of the plant. Cuttings can be taken from the soft wood the semi hardwood or the hardwood parts of the plant. Hardwood cuttings are even simpler to prepare than softwood or herbaceous cuttings as we use cuttings from dormant deciduous trees and woody plants and this technique is very useful for propagating fruit trees such as figs pomegranates mulberries and quince. Hardwood cuttings provide an easy and reliable method of propagating a range of deciduous climbers trees and shrubs and as bonus they are taken from mid autumn until late winter when more time is usually available to the gardener.

Some evergreen plants hollies for example can also be taken at the same time of year as other hardwood cuttings. Herbaceous a non woody plant. Wood is called semi hardwood when it is not soft and new but is not quite old enough to be hard and woody. Exactly what is a semi hardwood cutting.

First always clean your pruners or knife with rubbing alcohol or 1 part bleach and 9 parts water to prevent the spread of disease. Take hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs and vines see the suggested plant list in the fall after leaf drop and before the ground is frozen. Winter is the time for taking hardwood cuttings. But in a pinch hardwood cuttings can be taken anytime of the year.

Hardwood cutting a mature woody piece of a woody plant that is removed to asexually propagate a new individual plant. Examples of plants propagated at the hardwood stage include forsythia privet fig grape and spirea. Hardwood cuttings are used most often for deciduous shrubs but can be used for many evergreens. Take hardwood cuttings at the end.

Hardwood cuttings are typically taken in early spring or early winter when the plant is not actively growing. The point of taking hardwood cuttings in non growth periods is more to do with doing as little harm to the parent plant as possible. Taking hardwood cuttings is easy and often the only way to propagate many trees and shrubs. Click on the following article to learn the basics of semi hardwood propagation.

For home gardeners there are three primary types of cuttings. However semi hardwood cuttings take longer to form roots. A similar method to that used to take softwood cuttings is used for semi hardwood cuttings. The plant material is between the softwood and woody stage.

Follow our guide to turning a hardwood stem into a vigorous new plant.