Cypress187
Masterpiece
Can i make root cuttings of every plant? What if a plant is dieying, can i chop the roots in a few pieces and plant them? (if they didn't die of something horrible (like burnt with corrosive chemicals))
Elm Root Cuttings
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Not all plants grow from roots. Elms do, cotoneaster, quince, privit, olive, pomagranite, willows.
Maples don't, hackberry nor hornbeam.
Maples don't, hackberry nor hornbeam.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Al,
humble apologies, but hackberrys do grow from root cuttings. That how we have increased from 3 originals to a good deal more.
Good Day
Anthony
* Images coming, just busy with roof repairs, it's dry season time for endless repairs.
Will however do as new topics so as to not clogg your topic.
humble apologies, but hackberrys do grow from root cuttings. That how we have increased from 3 originals to a good deal more.
Good Day
Anthony
* Images coming, just busy with roof repairs, it's dry season time for endless repairs.
Will however do as new topics so as to not clogg your topic.
evmibo
Shohin
Al,
Do you plan on wiring them once they slow down a bit?
Do you plan on wiring them once they slow down a bit?
Eric Group
Masterpiece
Crepe Myrtle too... Quite easily and profusely to a fault even. They will sucker from roots UNDER the ground even when you don't want them to sometimes.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Maybe the celtis sinensis being more semi tropical has a problem with my no humidity desert like climate. I've never had good luck. In fact hackberries do poorly thru our winters here also. I don't keep them for that reason. Love them, just don't thrive here. Has to thrive or I don't play with them. A tip for about 60 percent of this forum.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
True that....
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Wire is such an ugly word. I am into coaxing branches to where I want them on elms thru drectional pruning and keeping wire to a minimum. I do like guy wires on elms with training and since they hold their shape quickly they are not on the plant very long. I am not opposed to wire on elms, its just I am going for a look and I like the the more jagged look directional pruning gives.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I will let these grow all year unhindered just to get some girth in the chosen leader to help erase the cut end. Choosing leaders happens after lignification of the emerging shoots. Probably next month. I'll shoot a pic as it hardens off. There is one in there that is going to be an "exposed root literati semi cascade". How's that for a form?
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Al,
sorry to hear that. Perhaps you can try the ones from Louisiana. They should easily be able to handle 100 deg weather, but then they also handle 100 % humidity, for x weeks at night, in Lafayette.
The ones I will be showing will be from Lafayette.
Good Day
Anthony
sorry to hear that. Perhaps you can try the ones from Louisiana. They should easily be able to handle 100 deg weather, but then they also handle 100 % humidity, for x weeks at night, in Lafayette.
The ones I will be showing will be from Lafayette.
Good Day
Anthony
clevetromba
Shohin
Can't wait to see that one!
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
This may sound kinda weird, but I am not enamored of the native species of anything the USA has to offer. The exception being some pines and junipers, like the California and RMJ. Ponderosa's look cool and the cedars and spruces are pretty nice also. Most diciduous have large leaves and long internodes.
Smoke
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Eric Group
Masterpiece
I completed a pretty intense repot on a Chinese Elm today and came out with some nice root cuttings... Thinking of this thread, I thought I could post some pics here... Prolly do my own thread on the repot as it was a pretty drastic cut back and I am kind of concerned about the tree!
Regardless of what happens with the parent tree though, I feel about 100% confident I have created a bunch of interesting root cuttings that will make nice trees one day!
For some reason it is only letting me attach three images?? It says I can only add up to SIX but stops me at three... Regardless... You can see in the first pic where I am removing the largest of the root cuttings (pictured potted in the bottom image), the middle pic is a medium sized one- about the size of my finger...
Regardless of what happens with the parent tree though, I feel about 100% confident I have created a bunch of interesting root cuttings that will make nice trees one day!
For some reason it is only letting me attach three images?? It says I can only add up to SIX but stops me at three... Regardless... You can see in the first pic where I am removing the largest of the root cuttings (pictured potted in the bottom image), the middle pic is a medium sized one- about the size of my finger...
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Eric Group
Masterpiece
A couple more pics of all the cuttings in their pots:
JFTR- the camera is not out of focus on the tops of them.. after sitting in the bucket of water for a little while, the cuttings develop a layer of slimey film over them and that is what you see on the tops...
JFTR- the camera is not out of focus on the tops of them.. after sitting in the bucket of water for a little while, the cuttings develop a layer of slimey film over them and that is what you see on the tops...
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
That slimy film is what makes them root, just like the slimy film that comes out of willow cuttings.
Eric Group
Masterpiece
I kept thinking about willow cuttings as I worked with these, and "willow water" which is used as a home made "rooting hormone" by many. You think the water used to soak these Elm cuttings could be used similarly? I bet that slime would probably be a good rooting hormone if it was rubbed on a cutting...
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Pure salacyllic acid, go for it. Same thing they make aspirin from. Hoodies aspirin powder is great for cuttings.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
It also gums up a saw when cutting large roots.
clevetromba
Shohin
So, is there any trick to getting the root cuttings to grow, or do you just place them in some potting soil with the top exposed and water?
