Propagation from Cuttings?

[Kent88]

An update on how mine are doing:

The tip wilted off the far one, so I thought it was dying, but another is growing to take it's place.

The near one is looking ok, but still frail. I just put up the netting and trained it a bit.

They've been cut from the main root system for a month and they're still alive, so I guess I'm doing something right.

 

[Bigdaddyale]

An update on how mine are doing:

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The tip wilted off the far one, so I thought it was dying, but another is growing to take it's place.

The near one is looking ok, but still frail. I just put up the netting and trained it a bit.

They've been cut from the main root system for a month and they're still alive, so I guess I'm doing something right.

keep them in the shade- no full sun until they establish roots and you start to see new growth

 

[Kent88]

They're in a south facing window in a room shaded all morning. They aren't getting a lot of sun.

 

[Kent88]

Another update on my cuttings:

 

[Bigdaddyale]

I cut off a couple of sprouts and planted them in March. Not concerned with the leaves and stem at this point just trying to establish a good strong root system

 

[Kent88]

Neat. When I planted my cuttings I had the bottom of them all the way to the base of the pots I placed them in. I figured that it would be best to convert as much stem into root as I could, short of pruning off all the leaves and the buds where it keeps growing from.

 

[Kent88]

My cuttings have broken dormancy.

 

[Kent88]

Here is one of my cuttings from this post.


Doesn't look fantastic, but she's still going.

The other one is going to go live at my parent's house.

I can't find a post where I talked about it, but I also took a cutting by putting a tall, cut-off water bottle upright over a shoot and filling it with soil as the shoot grew taller. When it poked out the top by 6" or so, I cut it off at ground level and carefully transplanted it to a pot like the one above. That pop-bottle trick gave me a plant that this spring is noticably better than the other two, even though I started them first. I plan on doing that again this year, so I'll have to take pictures.

 

[NitrogenWidget]

I have a few cuttings which were actually small bines I pulled out because they were growing where they shouldn't and had a lot of root.
so i planted them.
2 are still green and appear to be growing now.
1 went limp. oh well.

 

[Kent88]

Today I was preparing to take some cuttings.

Pardon the mess, I had just mowed.

I took the top and bottom off tall water bottles. I also found a few shoots that were just breaking ground. I put the water bottles over the shoots, put a bunch of dirt around the base and hope that it'll stay in place, and add dirt over the emerging hop shoots. I keep adding dirt every few days, with my goal being to keep leaves from forming, and encourage the shoots to convert to roots ASAP. Everytime I see the shoot emerging, I just barely cover it with dirt.

I did this last year and I think I got a really healthy cutting from it. After severing it from the "mother" plant it didn't miss a beat and kept right on growing, even though the season was basically over.

This year I'm also trying to convert some shoots that broke ground a while ago into cuttings. I'm really curious how this will work. I stripped off all the leaves except right around the node and I put the water bottle around it, and filled it with dirt, like this:

As you can see, it's almost as tall as the bottle already. I have no idea how well this will work. I won't be able to delay severing this for too long, as it's under my trained shoots, but it should have a long segment of stem becoming root before I sever and transplant it.

 

[Apimyces]

It can certainly work, but shoots that are still attached to their rhizomes are less eager to form roots than severed shoots, so it might require additional patience. The upside is lower mortality, though.

 

[NitrogenWidget]

It can certainly work, but shoots that are still attached to their rhizomes are less eager to form roots than severed shoots, so it might require additional patience. The upside is lower mortality, though.

i've never had a shoot cutting survive.
but a shoot with a section of root?
got two of them that have started to show growth after a few weeks of not doing anything.

 

[Apimyces]

i've never had a shoot cutting survive.
but a shoot with a section of root?
got two of them that have started to show growth after a few weeks of not doing anything.

With the proper protocol the success rate should be pretty high. Might require spending a bit for better control of light, humidity, and heat, though. I found that it's harder to have high failure rates in water compared to soil, but then transplanting tends to have a significant failure rate, which it's possible to have very good success rates directly in potting soil.

 

[Kent88]

Today I thought I would sever the latest cutting from the main rootball. It's another Hallertau.

 

[NitrogenWidget]

nice.
i have a bit of a fuggle plant that did nothing for a few weeks just start growing from a new node.
same with my Arcadian hops.

will have to move buckets into basement for the winter but next yr they will go straight into the ground.

 

[Kent88]

I'm a little late with some of my cuttings. Here are some nugget that think they're going to set cones.

 

[Lacasse93]

So I recently got some cuttings and dipped some in rooting hormone and right into small containers with moist potting soil while others I just stuck in water in beer bottles. All of the cutting that were "planted" all had their leaves shrivel while all the cuttings in bottles mostly shriveled but still seem relatively green but it does not appear any roots are growing. Does anyone know if this is typical or should I write them off for dead. They have been in my possession for roughly 2 weeks. Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated. Oh most are cascade/cashmere cuttings

 

[Kent88]

I'm not a pro, but my advice is that you should keep watering them for as long as they look like they have a chance. Severing the plant is traumatic for them.

How much sunlight and water does it get?

 

[Lacasse93]

I'm not a pro, but my advice is that you should keep watering them for as long as they look like they have a chance. Severing the plant is traumatic for them.

How much sunlight and water does it get?

I have them getting non direct sunlight for most of the day. They’re inside in a sunny room. I was hoping to see some signs of rooting before I moved outside

 

[Kent88]

Sunlight seems fine, but what about water?

 

[Lacasse93]

Sunlight seems fine, but what about water?

I was doing very little water to keep the soil moist but it wasnt drying out very well being inside. I have recently started to split their time inside and out. Should I lop off the dead withered leaves to try and promote new growth?

 

[Kent88]

In my completely unprofessional opinion, I'd leave the withered stuff for a couple weeks. It'll probably just fall off by itself when it dries out.

 

[Kent88]

@Lacasse93 care to give an update?

 

[Lacasse93]

@Lacasse93 care to give an update?

So I moved everything into pint pots outside and most died within a week or two. I did have one plant start to spout new growth and one that stayed green but dont see anything new. I intend to cut them down once the weather gets cold and move them into a shed until the spring. Maybe the roots will take hold while they're dormant?

 

[Kent88]

Again, I'm not a professional, but I'd guess that they wont do much over dormancy. I'd suggest that if you get a really bad cold snap you keep them somewhere that will keep the entire pot, roots and all, from freezing. If you're lucky, next year you'll have a chance to get them to toughen up without dealing with the shock of cutting them. My first year cutting that I planted this spring didn't really do much, but as long as it established some roots it should do something next year.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

I like it! I've got two aloe plants and that seems like a totally viable solution. Never heard of that. Thanks!

Ditto !

 

[Kent88]

How are everyone's 2021 cuttings doing?

Mine from this post have broken dormancy and look pretty good. I have a hallertau cutting that might be dead, but the other three (I believe two were from '21 and the other from '20) have broken dormancy.