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16-Feb-2005
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Join Date: Nov-2004
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Taking a ficus retusa cutting
I am planning on removing a branch that is about the size of a pencil and trying to get it to root. Do I just dip the cut end in root hormone and sitck in the dirt?
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16-Feb-2005
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I don't use rooting hormone but it won't hurt. Put the cutting in a container of bonsai soil and enclose in a baggie. Keep out of sun. Moisten the soil as needed and it should root if the plant is healthy.
Jerry
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how long does it usually take to root? I want to try this with a japanese maple i have in front of my house. I would also like to know what season would be best for doing this? thanks
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16-Feb-2005
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Ficus would be best in early to mid-summer. With the maple, early summer, after the leaves have been given time to harden off.
Good luck. Jerry
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17-Feb-2005
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Secret Agent
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What about taking the ficus cutting now? Its still quite cold here, but the tree is indoors under artificial lights and pushing a LOT of new growth.
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17-Feb-2005
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Usually if the tree is pushing a LOT of growth it should still root with not problems. Although your best chances of getting it to root would be in early/mid summer as Jerry has said. All depends on how important it is to you weather or not the cutting takes. With that in mind, I have taken cuttings in winter from my retusa's and it may take a month or so for it to strike. In the summer I have had them strike in as little as a week.
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17-Feb-2005
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I think I'll give it a shot . . . .
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