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4-May-2008
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Has anyone ever...
Hi, just curious - has anyone ever rooted conifer twigs in water alone?
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Cathie Have you tried I will be trying starting tomorrow. I am now curious. Pup
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I tried once, they just rotted. But I didn't have any of the indole hormone in the water. It was a long time ago. In a galaxy far far away.
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Michael Dirr of course says it's hard to even root them using all the right stuff, but I was just curious if anyone had done it... then again if I had a brain I'd just get rid of the clippings!
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Conifer is a broad term encompassing various species such as pines, spruces, fir, larch, gingko, juniper etc. What specific conifer are you considering trying?
Some pines root well from cuttings, and are some of my favorites in my collection. Many of my junipers are cutting grown. I have a nice little gingko that started life as a cutting. I have even gotten a JBP to root from a cutting myself but it took some hard to find hormone and a mist house. They sat there for months dying off one by one. I was just ready to give up and pitch them when I noticed one had roots! I doubt you will find a conifer that will root in plain water alone. They need bottom heat and mist on the needles on and off as well as a short drying out period in the soil you are trying to strike the cuttings in - my guess is that water would lead to rot if it made it that far. That being said give it a try. What do you have to lose? Water is cheap and you have the cuttings.
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It really does depend on what kind of 'pine' you talking about, i know that Boulevard Cypress cuttings root pretty easily from cuttings... dunno about other pines though
- oh and those were in soil... i dunno about just water, never really tried
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ive just had success in collanders sitting in drip trays against an east facing brick wall.i take the cuttings mid-late spring and they are ready following fall.
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bonsaiTALK Master
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Oh, I just pruned back my larix and stuck a couple of tiny twigs (just showing green pin points) in water and don't expect much, but wondered if in fact anyone had managed to root some... never mind.
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