Layering hazel

[spandit]

I have a very productive Kentish cobnut tree (that was "power coppiced" a few years ago but which has recovered). Being greedy, I'd like more trees but I'm a tight git so thought propagation would be the way forward.

 

I've pegged 3 stems down onto pots of soil - haven't split them or used any rooting compound (as per this link:

Laying Hazel to grow new hazel coppice stools – Woodlands.co.uk

WWW.WOODLANDS.CO.UK

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) - what do you reckon my chances are of having 3 new trees in the spring? I've fenced it off to stop the dogs wrecking the pots (which were quite expensive)

 

[gary112]

23 minutes ago, spandit said:

I have a very productive Kentish cobnut tree (that was "power coppiced" a few years ago but which has recovered). Being greedy, I'd like more trees but I'm a tight git so thought propagation would be the way forward.

 

I've pegged 3 stems down onto pots of soil - haven't split them or used any rooting compound (as per this link:

Laying Hazel to grow new hazel coppice stools – Woodlands.co.uk

WWW.WOODLANDS.CO.UK

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Woodland for sale throughout the UK, including woods for sale in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

) - what do you reckon my chances are of having 3 new trees in the spring? I've fenced it off to stop the dogs wrecking the pots (which were quite expensive)

 

You probably got a good chance of getting your 3 plants from it but they would only be a £1 to buy anyway

[spandit]

1 minute ago, gary112 said:

You probably got a good chance of getting your 3 plants from it but they would only be a £1 to buy anyway

Can buy bog standard hazel for that but cobnut seems to be more expensive

[gary112]

9 minutes ago, spandit said:

Can buy bog standard hazel for that but cobnut seems to be more expensive

Maybe a bit more not much though

[spandit]

2 hours ago, gary112 said:

Maybe a bit more not much though

More than happy to be corrected if you have a link

[gary112]

17 minutes ago, spandit said:

More than happy to be corrected if you have a link

Yep your right quite a bit more about £12,50 for small ones at a little nursery near me

Edited November 13, 2019 by gary112

[headgroundsman]

I have had some success by threading some shoots of hazel through the holes in a plastic plant pot and filling with soil. A year later I cut off below the pots. Good roots!

[spandit]

12 hours ago, headgroundsman said:

I have had some success by threading some shoots of hazel through the holes in a plastic plant pot and filling with soil. A year later I cut off below the pots. Good roots!

Good idea

[spandit]

A couple of them have sprung clear of the pots so I've weighed them down with bricks. The pegs I made weren't doing the job - don't know how long it's going to take before they're ready to be separated from the parent plant