Hey! I bought few cultivars of Hinoki Cypress. I am at zone 6b and now it is late fall here. In one or two weeks it could be first frost here. I want to ask, what is your best time to propagete Hinoki through cuttings? I tried it in late summer, but no success. Is it good time to try it now or better in early spring? Should I leave cuttings outside, or bring them inside (temperature in room is about 21C). I had big success with thuja cutting taken in winter and placed them inside. They are very easy to root (50 cuttings almost with 100% success). Should I try similar approach with Hinoki?
Hinoki Cypress Cuttings
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This is a helpful video about Sekka Hinoki cuttings Sekka Hinoki cuttings.
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Kanorin
Omono
I had good success with “Wells select” in late May -early June. I have another cultivar ‘Maureen’ that I’m about 0/12 on.
Yamabudoudanshi
Shohin
I've had super high success rates in spring maybe a good 6-8 weeks before any really hot weather with a few varieties of hinoki. Sekka hinoki success rates on the other hand have been dismal. Going to try again next year.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Time of year will depend on what resources and conditions you have to work with.
Winter cuttings are reliable but very slow. Bottom heat will definitely help. Cuttings may not make it in very cold conditions through winter.
Spring and summer cuttings will require humidity management but rooting is usually much faster.
Winter cuttings are reliable but very slow. Bottom heat will definitely help. Cuttings may not make it in very cold conditions through winter.
Spring and summer cuttings will require humidity management but rooting is usually much faster.
I will wait till early spring and try to make few cuttings and place them inside as last year thujas cuttings and I will place few of them outside. Hopefully i will have some success. I fall in love with hinoki and sekka hinoki bonsai trees I saw on youtube. Here are my parent plants for cuttings. On some branches I already applied wire to twist them and straitghten them. I want to go for formal upright style with these.
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Here are few photos of my successfull thuja occidentalis cuttings taken last year. I tried to wire most of them to give them some movement. And there is one bigger thuja which is from seed about 10 years old. It started to grow in a pot with another bonsai - wind brought seed and I let it grow. Now it is very nice and very quick growing.
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jaycraig
Yamadori
would now be a good time to get cuttings? i have a decent sized greenhouse with a heating mat. not sure what variety this is
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Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
With bottom heat any time will be good.
Not familiar with Ms weather patterns but I would make some cuttings now and some more in spring (if you have enough material) to see how they react.
Not familiar with Ms weather patterns but I would make some cuttings now and some more in spring (if you have enough material) to see how they react.
Lutonian
Chumono
Hi have had good rate of success with Sekka & gracilis nana by just sticking cutting in potting compost under my bench in Autumn, with no rooting hormone and i just ignore them until they grow.
MaciekA
Shohin
I’ve succeeded with three separate attempts (one batch in pumice/lava, another in akadama, one in sphagnum) on chamaecyparis lawsoniana and my sense is that timing doesn’t matter as long as it’s not during the main spring push of growth. Summer, fall, winter are fine. Heat may help but didn’t make a huge difference for me (in initial rooting — likely helps once some roots are established). I’ve come to suspect that chamaecyparis cuttings don’t want to be wet, don’t like disturbances, and take quite a while to grow enough roots to resume growth. I rooted mine fully outdoors with some initial time spent in a polycarb cold frame to keep them warm and humid (but never wet).
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