Hydrangea cuttings?
Question:i have 5 cutting that are about 1 yr old only 2 of then have flowers is there a reason for this that i dont no of
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Answers:
there is a very precise way of cutting hydrangeas: first of all, don't cut off the dry flowers now but wait till next end of winter.
then you cut in this way: the branches which have the dry flowers have to be cut right above the second new gem on that stem. all other branches without flowers: look at the new gems: round gems will give flowers, pointed gems only leaves, so you have to cut right above a round gem.
then you have to fertilize them in spring and in summer with special fertilizer for that kind of plants and their colour will depend on the ph value of the soil.
Quite common - Hydrangeas sometimes miss a whole year of flowering - they'll be fine.
I have several full Hydrengeas - all but one has flowered fully - last year I had no flowers on any of them.
We have a mature hydrangea in garden,every few years it has to be cut back due to size.the following year it never flowers.the year after though we get a great display of flowers.
My guess is your cuttings will be OK next year
Remember one thing hydrangeas love water so give them plenty if its dry,not a problem at the moment but its worth remembering.(do not water if its frosty of course)You should be able to take cuttings in a few years off the ones you have already taken.But you will not get 100% success rate but not far off it.
Hydrangeas need to be "treated mean". We have some which had been in for years and never flowered. The head gardener at our local castle told me to root prune them by digging a spade in the ground to one side of them. I did that, and they flowered.
If you buy a hydrangea in flower, in a pot, then plant it out in the garden, it spends all its time putting on loads of growth - if you want flowers restrict its root run.
they take a long time to establish.
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