Vegetative propagation of Monkey Puzzles

[Gary Prentice]

Thanks for that Jules, I'll follow up the links later.

 

I'd spoken to a few people about the probability of the stump actually coppicing with a thought to utilise any new orthotropic shoots, as I,ve never experienced that. No-one else had locally.

 

We ground out the stump a few days later , so I'll never know!

 

I did find one adventitious/epicormic shoot on the stem, before felling, that I considered harvesting for propagation, but it was in pretty poor condition so I decided against it. With a bit more time, it may have been worthwhile, or at least interesting to have attempted to encourage activation of dormant buds as the article mentions. 

[Gary Prentice]

So these have now been potted up for around four weeks. I didn't make any attempt to prevent/reduce fungal spores in the propagator or whilst preparing the cuttings.

 

Something is developing on the cut surfaces of the 'leaves' and shoots - I'm not sure exactly what it is (bacterial or fungal) or whether it's colonizing the resins and/or carbohydrates resulting from the cutting.

 

Any suggestions on an anti-fungicidal treatment?

 

On the up side, the apical cutting is still looking good. The tips of the leaves progressively died back after a few weeks, but this now seems to have stopped.

[tree-fancier123]

any of the cuttings take?

[Gary Prentice]

6 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

any of the cuttings take?

Bit of a stalemate  They're sat in the propagator beside my desk, keep watering them and they're not dying back (yet).

 

I think that MP stay green for ages, even when dead, so I don't know.  The temptation to take them out of their pots is almost overwhelming, but I think I'll wait awhile yet.

[tree-fancier123]

6 hours ago, Gary Prentice said:

but I think I'll wait awhile yet

if they've been in there since Feb it will be a shock if and when they finally meet the outside world, can see you don't want to damage any roots by hooking them out too soon

 

Not had much luck growing things myself lately- tried a horse chestnut cutting straight into the ground for something to do - died off quite easily, then was ready with a conker I picked up that had sprouted - sank it in the ground in a garden that could do with a replacement hc and the squirrels had it away. I wont jinx your propagation project by wishing you luck with it