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4 Responses to “Could Someone Please Explain Growing Trees From Cuttings?”Apple trees

1. Old Punk Dad
   January 21st, 2010 - 4:25 pm

   OK, here are instructions for different types of propagation,http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/propa…
   They can be grown from softwood cutting this time of year. Softwood is newer growth that is still green but will snap if bent not just bend over. Not in the instructions I gave you but here is a video of a guy showing how to do stem cuttings step by step. http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/mc…
   EDIT: Yeah the seeds need to come out of the pod and then are soaked. They’ll do fine indoors if given bright light. To plant them in the spring remove them from the pot but take care not to disturb the roots.
   They are super easy to grow from seed though. Simply soak them for 24 hrs. in warm water and then sow them in individual pots with well draining mix. You want to let them grow for a while without repotting so sow them in decent sized pots. They hate having their roots disturbed.

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   Could Someone Please Explain Growing Trees From Cuttings?
2. egan
   January 21st, 2010 - 10:43 pm

   There are a lot of trees that you can grow from cutting but there are some too that won’t. Mimosa, I have never tried yet but you can certainly try. It doesn’t hurt to experiment. It’s what I do all the time. Right now I am experimenting on a pine tree and a mountain ash. Some said that this trees are not possible to grow from cuttings but I want to try anyway.
   What you’ll do is get you a number of little stem. Put one in a bottle of water and one on growing soil. If you have a growth hormone it helps too. Just dip the tip of the cut then plant it on a pot. Keep it moist all the time. The one in water keep the level of the water up. If this tree grow from cuttings then you have two going. Good luck!

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   Could Someone Please Explain Growing Trees From Cuttings?
3. Anonymous
   January 21st, 2010 - 11:19 pm

   Mimosa trees are easy to grow. Our neighbor has one and I often get babies popping up in our yard. I used to sell them on eBay. They do not like to have their roots disturbed and will go into transplant shock. They do come back nice and grow rapidly. You’ll have to protect it in the winter while it is young or the snow and cold will kill it. Every winter here in Florida, they loose their leaves and resemble sticks in the ground. The are lovely when they bloom and have a slight fragrance. Hummingbirds love them.

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4. Anonymous
   January 22nd, 2010 - 3:53 am

   cuttings should be taken from soft growth. you dont cut of a branch … you need the softer material. when you take it make sure it is growing (there will be small tips in amongst the leaves … this is the part of the plante that does the growing). After youve taken a cutting (small … less than 5 inches long is normal) you put it in a special potting mixutr or cutting mixutre and hopefyully it will stick out roots for you. you can also duck it in a rooting formula to promote growth. but you should reallyt talk to your local nursery about how to do it. i have no experience with that type of tree and getting plants to grow will vary greatly from tree to tree.

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   Could Someone Please Explain Growing Trees From Cuttings?