Plant cuttings?

Question

What is the best way to make cuttings from passion flower root? also climbing roses?

Answer 1

I would answer for roses because I have 45 rose bushes that are mostly grown from cuttings. Choose not so old branch and cut it a foot length. Remove most of the leaves leaving only at least 2 on top. Dip it in hormone powder then plant in a medium pot with soil mixed with compost. Leave it untouched or moved for at least 6 months, then transfer to its permanent location when 2 or more new growths sprout from it.

Answer 2

I have worked for a commercial nursery and we took cuttings from the plant stems of passion flower. Find a nice strong stem with fully formed leaves that have no deformities. Cut just above the node (where the leaf comes out) and in between the next node (about two fingers long) trim big leaves and remove tendril and any flowers. Dip in rooting powder and place just the end in compost. keep at about 21 degrees Centigrade. Mist leaf daily and if compost dries out give it some water. After about 3-4 weeks you should have new roots. Check by gently pulling on the cutting (very gently) if it starts to come out it's not yet rooted so stop and leave it for longer. When rooted pot on and keep an eye on it. Do more than one cutting to be sure of getting one that takes.

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Answer 3

My Passion flower readily shoots up from its roots, and I find it better to use these as cuttings rather than taking some root away.

As they already have some root attached,  it's feasible to either leave them in the ground, but detach from the parent plant, or else detach it, remove and repot it.  If it has some root, it's still feasible to add some hormone rooting solution or powder to it, to encourage it to root even further.

I prefer to take cuttings from surface roots that are not central to the rooting system, but are more peripheral, that way you are removing a major component of the parent plant.  The cutting can be detached with some of the parent plant's root this way.

Depending on what type of Passion flower that you have, Passiflora caerulea is probably the hardiest,  you are likely to get different rates of success from cuttings-  sometimes they don;t seem to want to do anything other than rot, which is why root shoot cuttings are great, as some of the work is already done.  Some of the varieties will actually root in water, from fairly young stem shoots - so this is worth a try too!

Another option is to layer some of the longer shoots, and peg a little underneath the soil - dip into some hormone rooting solution or powder first, and it can be worth while making a little nick in the stem,  as this can encourage rooting.  Peg it down, into well draining soil, and allow it root, taking around a month or so to start - it can then be left until the following spring to be separated from the parent plant.

Hope this helps.  Good luck!  Rob