Has anyone had luck with cuttings?

Question

The concept is simple - but not predictable.

Neither me nor my friend has ever had luck with rooting a cutting or 6 or 8 or???? Cut, hormone, medium, mist, cover and that is supposed to work.

Can anyone give instructions and why? I need to better understand this method after surfing thousands of sites and info saying the same thing and still no luck........How do you do it? and can I get roots on cuttings in water? if it's a shrub? or plant?

Answer 1

Rooting plants can be easy and fun. Just how easy and how fun it can be depends on the plant you are trying to root.

I find some decorative plants much easier to root than others. Some will root in water others in good soil. My rule of thumb is the softer cuttings ( Impatiens, hydrangeas, coleus, geraniums,etc.) will root in water. Harder wood cuttings (azaleas, camellias, forsythia, boxwoods, etc) root in soil.

The method for rooting each type varies, and is well described in the following article:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Follow these instructions and you will have results, I'm sure.

Answer 2

It depends on the plant. Some plants grow from cuttings, some don't. I've grown bougainvillea and colis from cuttings with great success. The bougainvillea cuttings like to be put in soil, the coli cuttings prefer just water. It is a 50/50 chance some won't make it so three or four cuttings from the parent plant should get you at least one survivor.  

Answer 3

I have had more problems with cutting in soil. I try every method I just cant get cutting to grow at all.

So I have been trying water, I have had more success with water so far.

I have done house plants and cuttings from vines,

If you do cuttings from water when you plant them in soil, be very careful with the roots they are more tender.

Here is a good site for information, being informed is half way there.

http://plantpropagation.com/

This site gives a list of plants by types of propagation.

Good information.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/houseplants...