Juniper procumbens nana cuttings : Best Time and method

Camay123

Hi,

After a search on google and contradictive information , ill ask here

Whats is the best time to take cuttings ofd juniper nana ? Any special care ?

thanks,
Patrick

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TreeBay

I think the spring and summer would be great times, especially if you have bottom heat and mist at your disposal they should root readily.

But I think you'd be so much better off propagating Shimpaku that this whole discussion reminds me of the guy on Click & Clack that was hell bent on restoring a Ford Pinto.

Regards,

Matt

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Camay123

Hi Matt, thanks for the reply.

If I understand your metaphore: Dont try propagating nana cuttings. But why, is nana a poor subject ? Why is it so available ? Please explain.

TreeBay

It isn't poor; it is, as you say, readily available, so there is no pressing reason to propagate it. It doesn't readily develop a mature scale foliage, so you are pretty much stuck with that prickly juvenile foliage for the foreseeable future, or at best, a mix of needle and scale foliage, but if you like it, by all means, propagate it.

Ford sold a lot of Pintos and some people Really like them, or so I've heard!

Regards,

Matt

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Camay123

I understand thanks.

Really, I would propagate just for the fun of it. But I didnt know they were develloping so slowly.

Hmm pinto. I dont see myself in one of them. Funny that website. The Pinto Red rocket wich does quarter mile racing.

Darren

I propagate procumbens nana mainly because I just like to grow cuttings, and I like them for garden plants. I take cuttings in December, dip in hormone and plant in peat moss. Stick them in a mini greenhouse or a plastic bag and wait until you see lots of new growth on top before you transplant. It takes up to a year sometimes. I get about 90% to root this way.

Ralph

Darren, what zone, area of the country are you in? Do you get hard freezes?

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Camay123

Ditto

Darren

I live in zone 7, in VA. Yes we get freezing temps most of the winter. All of the cuttings I have taken in the past were kept in an unheated room that stays around 35 degrees F. Im going to try some outdoors this winter and see how it works.