Root Cutting With Buds Emerging From Two Spots

[KayaMooney]

Anyone ever seen this before? I always thought buds could only emerge from the top on root cuttings but I guess not! This is Ficus Salicaria, there was another piece of root cut off from where the smaller site of buds are emerging.

 

[KennedyMarx]

Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any emerging buds?

 

[KayaMooney]

Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any emerging buds?

Well, they haven't completely emerged yet but this is what it looks like right before the leaves push out. I'll post back in a couple of weeks when you can clearly see leaves. The buds on root cuttings sort of look like a cut healing over right before they start pushing out leaves.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

I don't see the buds either?

 

[thams]

I see the green swells that happen right before leaves push. One of my root cuttings sprouted leaves where I thought wasn't possible too. I think it can happen, but it seems rare.

 

[jkd2572]

Cuttings and seeds are always fun. You feel like you created life.

 

[KayaMooney]

If you haven't ever propagated ficus by root cuttings It's kind of hard to tell but to help I outlined it in red with some new photos. What looks to be the cuts rolling over is actually the buds, in about a month these areas will be covered with leaves and I then pick the strongest shoots and rub away the rest. I made a red circle where you can actually see green and included a photo of what these area will look like when the leaves fully emerge.

 

[KayaMooney]

I see the green swells that happen right before leaves push. One of my root cuttings sprouted leaves where I thought wasn't possible too. I think it can happen, but it seems rare.

Glad someone in this thread can see and yeah, this was totally unintentional I was just giving some of my trees a closeup look and spotted this.

 

[KayaMooney]

Cuttings and seeds are always fun. You feel like you created life.

Indeed and root cuttings are relatively quick to develop, the leader catches up with the rest of the tree pretty quickly.

 

[thams]

I have two willow leaf cuttings that are producing buds from both the cut ends and mid-way up the trunks. Weird.

 

[davetree]

Root cuttings from elms can be planted upside down, and the cutting will sprout from the "wrong" end. This gives some taper from the start.

 

[thams]

Interesting, I've never heard of that before. I need to try this with a willow leaf to see if it works as well. They take so easily that it would be worth a shot.