About the Weeping Willow tree?
Question:Can I start a Weeping Willow tree from a cutting? If yes then when is the best time to do so? And do I need to take the cutting from a particular spot on the tree? Do I need to use a rooting agent?
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To answer your question, YES! Willows contain a plant hormone that promotes rooting so they are easy to propagate. A cut branch can actually be stuck directly into moist soil in the summer and roots will develop after only a few short weeks. To root other times during the year, you can start them in a vase of water and transplant them outside in the spring. Use cuttings that are about 1/2 to 1 inch thick in diameter and about 5 - 16 inches long. You can pound them into the ground with a rubber mallet until only a couple of leaf nodes (1-2 inches of the cutting) remain above the ground. You can also tie bundles of cuttings together (each about as thick as a pencil and about 3 feet in length) and lay them horizontally in shallow trenches. This will create a dense "fence" effect as the cuttings sprout. Remember that willows are invasive and grow massive roots. Keep new cuttings well away from driveways and sidewalks, foundations and septic systems.
You can also use a good Rooting Hormone to start your Willows if you prefer to do it that way. On the stem where the Willow has been cut dip the cutting in the rooting hormone before potting in a well balanced soil. Keep the potting soil moist but don't over water. If the cutting about a month and a half then slightly tug on the cutting to see if any roots have started. Don't tug hard and don't pull the cutting out of the soil. You should be able to tell if the rooting has begin with a slight tug.
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you can do it now.take about a 1 foot cutting from anywhere on the tree. plant a bunch of cuttings not just one,use a rooting agent on some keep moist and see which one grows best !
Now is good. Cut branches pencil size, or a little longer. Strip any leaves on the bottom 3-4" and dip the ends in rooting hormone. Stick them in 3-4" or wet perlite or vermiculite and put them in a cool shady area for about a month. When roots have formed, plant the trees in a protected area of the garden this summer and trans plant to there new home early next spring. With all this said , I have also rooted them in a vase of water or just stuck small branches in wet soggy soil sans hormone. Willows are a natural source of rooting hormones, just snip some twigs in water overnight and use this water to root any plant. Try all three methods, something is bound to work. RScott
I don't know about the cutting but be careful where you put it. A willow's roots will seek water. That means, water mains, sewer lines, all kinds of stuff that could cause bigger problems later,.
most cities have outlawed weeping willow trees because their roots are far reaching and damage and uplift concrete as in roads and homes. We used to have two large trees. They used to have bugs like moths or something in some of the leaves. There are some trees that I don't think you can start from cuttings, however I have seen weeping willows years ago, but rarely, in plant nurseries and they were small trees. I suggest if you still want one that you go buy it. Seems to me that from the roots there were runners that started plants but I never heard of anyone at home trying to make a new plant.
I have never heard of taking a cutting from a weeping willow tree and cultivation it...You should look under the tree to see if there are any little sprouts of new little trees and try to dig them up and plant them in shade for a bit to keep the young out of the sun until it adapts to its new environment...Good Luck
i planted some ***** willows 12 years ago from a couple of sticks . First i put them in water until roots appear then i put them in the soil.they work better early in spring time.
You could also plant gunnera or sun-tolerant caladiums (elephant ears). They're nice big perennials that love water. If it's really so hard to drain, you could design a bog garden.
Simple summary...everyone is right. Take a dozen of those cuttings, pencil sized, 12" long and bundle them together loosely. Forget the hormone, it's a placebo. Bury 1/3 the length in that moist shady soil beneath your tree and wait till they have lots of leaves. In fall, transplant the ones in the bundle that look best.
Good Luck.
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