Whoah! Easy propogation...

[NuclearRich]

I have a 2nd year Willamette that I almost killed last year, and had only 3 feet of growth. This year it looks fantastic, 3 bines ~10-12ft long with side shoots starting.

Check this out...

When I was pruning the low-laying leaves about a month ago (the bines were all only ~3-4ft), I stuck a little 2inch twig with 3 leaves on it into the ground nearby. That little sucker is still alive and is growing new leaves!

When I saw that it survived past a week, i took down one of the lesser bines and stuck that in the ground the same way. Today, it was looking kind of shabby, so i pulled it up. The top half was browned, but the bottom was still pretty green and had some wilty leaves. The really interesting part is that it had little white nubs poking out where it was underground. Just like when I first had my rhizome and it had those little nubs.

Now I'm sure the other litle guy is rooting. Piece of cake!

I tried some others ~2 weeks ago, with some rooting hormone. Those 2 died. Just stick some trimmed bines into the ground and you've got yourself a new plant!

 

[david_42]

You can even bury part of a bine while it is attached, and it will root.

 

[Stevo2569]

I used root hormone on some cuttings and they died as well. I also took cuttings and placed them in water cups till they rooted good then into soil. They are a month old now and growing, just very slow.

 

[rudds67]

Hav u tryed cloning new starts or small sections of the plant with rooting powder and humidity domes?

 

[strumke]

I snapped about a foot of bine on two plants by accident and stuck the broken end into the soil. I propped up the leaves on the old bine to keep it off the ground and they both have plenty of new growth. These things are hardy.

 

[Brian62]

This is the method I used for my muscadine vines. By the second year you will have fruit. Third year will be a full harvest. That's the way muscadine's went at least. When selecting a vine I was told to wait till the fruit is producing, select a section that is producing good fruit, split the bottom, remove two shoots from the bottom, and bury up to the first shoot. But if you cut off a bine and bury it I'm sure it'll grow.

 

[Brent_in_Aurora]

If you cut them at a leaf junction, the stem will seal there are roots will form immediately above. I have rooted many cuttings that way in a 5 gallon bucket with a few inches of water in the bottom.