BalconyBonsai
Yamadori
Hi, when pruning my japanese maple, standard and a deshojo, I decided that instead of throwing the waste away I would plant them and see what happened. I hadn't done alot of reading on cuttings so did not follow any direct instructions but had seen some things about it so I did remove some of the leaves on each cutting(but maybe not enough), used a quite granular soil etc. However I did not use any rooting hormone. I took the cuttings maybe a month ago and and unfortunately I did not know about the misting that I should be doing. Instead I have been keeping the soil watered which might have been a bad idea after reading some more.
Anyway, this was about a month ago and of the deshojo cuttings only 1 or 2 look somewhat alive still. When it comes to the standard variety there are quite a number of cuttings that look healthy. Not sure if they have put any new growth out or not but I dont think so.
My question now is, how can I tell if they have in fact rooted or are just retaining moisture somehow and are just seemingly alive? I dont want to start pulling out the cuttings to look for roots since I assume they will break if I do. So at what stage do I risk it and take them out? Is this after they have started producing new growth for some time?
Thanks
Anyway, this was about a month ago and of the deshojo cuttings only 1 or 2 look somewhat alive still. When it comes to the standard variety there are quite a number of cuttings that look healthy. Not sure if they have put any new growth out or not but I dont think so.
My question now is, how can I tell if they have in fact rooted or are just retaining moisture somehow and are just seemingly alive? I dont want to start pulling out the cuttings to look for roots since I assume they will break if I do. So at what stage do I risk it and take them out? Is this after they have started producing new growth for some time?
Thanks