Taking cuttings

**nickdub** · 28-07-2019, 12:49 PM

no harm in taking cuttings at different times - for one thing plants don't grow by the calendar, so what may be the right date one year can be the wrong one the next.

BTW you can (and I have) grow plum trees from cuttings, but the chances are the final tree, if you get one, will be a lot bigger than the one you started from, because plum varieties are normally grafted to a more dwarfing root-stock

**veggiechicken** · 28-07-2019, 01:00 PM

SP, there's a Cuttings swap that didn't really take off - apart from our herbs.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...9-a_97122.html

If you want cuttings of anything that I have, let me know and I'll start cutting.

**Small pumpkin** · 28-07-2019, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post

SP, there's a Cuttings swap that didn't really take off - apart from our herbs.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...9-a_97122.html

If you want cuttings of anything that I have, let me know and I'll start cutting.

I�d remembered that one

, if any of these cutting take I was going to attempt to revive the swap

I�d love some cuttings from you VC, but I�ll have to wait see if any of these take & see if I have anything you want in return.

One thing I�m very surprised at is I snapped a bit of lupin off so stuffed it in with other cuttings and it�s taken!

**veggiechicken** · 28-07-2019, 05:35 PM

If you don't mind what I send you, I don't need a swap. Consider it my "donation" to your new garden.

I have lots of plants grown from cuttings and seed given me by friends and family, some no longer with us.

Their memory lives on in my garden - Ethne's fuchsia, Muriel's shrub she used in flower arranging - and SP's Mints

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I like the thought of a bit of VC's garden growing in Mull.

**Small pumpkin** · 28-07-2019, 05:52 PM

Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post

If you don't mind what I send you, I don't need a swap. Consider it my "donation" to your new garden.

Thank you VC

. I like the idea of a bit of VC�s garden growing on Mull as well

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I don�t mind at all what you send me. Any cuttings will be very much appreciated.

**Small pumpkin** · 28-07-2019, 06:19 PM

It�s stopped raining for a few minutes, but the lights not great so photos are a bit naff.
Here�s the purple thing I�ve taken cuttings from. Anyone know what it is?

I�ve got a few of the successful cuttings, all I know is it�s a cranesbill but don�t know which one.

**Scarlet** · 28-07-2019, 10:14 PM

I'll happily take cuttings for you.

I think your red shrub is physocarpus

**Small pumpkin** · 29-07-2019, 06:56 AM

Thank you Scarlet

, that�s lovely of you. I�m going to have the best looking garden on Mull at this rate

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The Rose campion & perennial cornflower you sent me are doing very well

. I�ve saved some seeds from the cornflower

All I need now is a creative mind to design the garden! I�m really struggling with a completely blank canvas!

**veggiechicken** · 29-07-2019, 07:30 AM

Don't worry, you have the cream of creative minds on tap, on the Vine.

Do you have a rough idea of the layout of the garden and the character you want? IIRC it was cottage garden at the front?

**Small pumpkin** · 29-07-2019, 09:03 AM

Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post

Don't worry, you have the cream of creative minds on tap, on the Vine.

Do you have a rough idea of the layout of the garden and the character you want? IIRC it was cottage garden at the front?

Front garden is going to be left to nature ! It�s not going to be fenced so sheep & deer will be doing the gardening at the front

. The back garden will be deer fenced from the front corners of the house and it�ll have a little shanty town of sheds, a little wooded area, a fenced (protection from dogs) veggie garden with my tunnels. A cottage style garden bit And an open area for dog to play.

Back garden starts going up not far behind the back of the house, not a lot of flat ground.

**Small pumpkin** · 29-07-2019, 09:36 AM

Back to cuttings.
How do you take bay cuttings? I’ve tried everything I can think of, without success.
I’ve tried left cuttings, hard & soft wood cuttings with rooting compound, cuttings in a bucket of water.
What else can I try?

**Scarlet** · 29-07-2019, 10:07 AM

It may be timing? Take some semi ripe cuttings next month and September. Try some direct in the ground as well as in pots.
When I take cuttings I usually have more failures...but you only need a couple to live.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=404

**Small pumpkin** · 29-07-2019, 11:30 AM

Thanks Scarlet that’s very helpful.

**DannyK** · 29-07-2019, 02:17 PM

Is flowering now? Bought one at Hampton Court called Diablo D'or.

Bit miffed as per net it says avoid chalky soil, so got to find a container. Or if I can find right spot dig planting hole and fill it with ericaceous as chalk doesn't rise. It's worked with three magnolias.

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