Taxus baccata cuttings

[Dean Lofthouse]

I need about 2000 for a hedge so thought I'd make a start

 

Haven't got a clue so we'll see what happens.

 

Some I cut from new green shoots with a tiny bit of brown bark, others from hard brown stem.

 

The hard brown stem cuttings I made a few score marks in the bark, cut the bottom off at an acute angle and dipped in rooting powder after soaking in water.

 

I also have experimented by potting a load with no rooting powder and putting them straight into 4 year old composted chip to see what happens

 

If some of these take I'll see which ones then do the rest of the cuttings I need next year

 

Any tips or critisism welcome

[Mozza]

Good effort Dean, This is the sort of thing i always think id have a bash at but then never do it, Be interesting to see how they turn out pal

[tommer9]

Nice one mate. Good luck with them. I reckon youlll be pretty successful given how many you have planted.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Just got to wait ten years now for a decent size hedge

[Ben90]

Are you going to patent the Hedge-In-a-Bag design? Pre-grown hedges that can be moved around at will?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Are you going to patent the Hedge-In-a-Bag design? Pre-grown hedges that can be moved around at will?

 

 

haha good idea Ben

[Marko]

Dean,

 

They seem to take 2 years to sprout roots and then they are off - they just sit there doing nothing at all for the first season so don't chuck them out!

 

Only pest seems to be vine weavil which loves their roots and can quickly decimate 1,000's of plants especially if they are in pots.

 

Good Luck!

[armchairarborist]

stop being cheap Dean, nobodys gunna buy your old hedgetrimmings..

[Dean Lofthouse]

stop being cheap Dean, nobodys gunna buy your old hedgetrimmings..

 

You wont be saying that when I'm a zillionaire

[armchairarborist]

by the time they are big enough you will have to buy a stairlift with the money.. or use the mewp n get french doors upstairs:thumbup: