Cobnut suckers

[spandit]

I wanted to propagate a Kentish cobnut by layering but haven't had much success. Was under it today, seeing if there were any nuts that the bloody squirrels had missed, and saw 2 suckers - can I just dig these up and replant them? They're blatantly not growing from the same stool (suppose they could have grown from seed)

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

Why dont you layer the original cobnut ,then when its rooted take it off that? You should have more chance and the parent plant aswell rather than a sucker that might not produce ?

[spandit]

18 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Why dont you layer the original cobnut ,then when its rooted take it off that? You should have more chance and the parent plant aswell rather than a sucker that might not produce ?

Did you read my post? I've tried layering but it's not working

[openspaceman]

18 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Why dont you layer the original cobnut ,then when its rooted take it off that? You should have more chance and the parent plant aswell rather than a sucker that might not produce ?

 

Yes you could stamp on the bottom of one of the smaller shoots and lay it down and peg it to an area of bare soil six foot from the main stool for a couple of years.

[openspaceman]

6 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

 

Yes you could stamp on the bottom of one of the smaller shoots and lay it down and peg it to an area of bare soil six foot from the main stool for a couple of years.

Sorry I missed the layering bit, what failed with it. It was the normal method for propagating hazel coppice which was sparse.

[spandit]

6 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Sorry I missed the layering bit, what failed with it. It was the normal method for propagating hazel coppice which was sparse.

It is very slow and makes it difficult to mow around. 

[openspaceman]

9 minutes ago, spandit said:

It is very slow and makes it difficult to mow around. 

Well you may as well try to carefully dig up one of the suckers and replant it next month then.

[Tree monkey 1682]

1 hour ago, spandit said:

Did you read my post? I've tried layering but it's not working

No i didnt notice that , but Hazel is one of the most easiest things to proper gate ,try not to mow around it then!

What about a cutting ?