Japanese Maple Hardwood Cuttings: NEW method WITH RESULTS!!! Propagating clones and free trees!
Who doesn't love Japanese Maple trees!? I think they make such amazing bonsai trees - definitely my favorites! Who doesn't love FREE Japanese Maple trees!? I know you do!! The first video I posted was about propagating Japanese maples from hardwood cuttings. Turns out it was a total disaster and all the cuttings died. So since then I've tried to do better, learn more and approach this project with better materials and methods. And it worked!! Hardwood cuttings were taken in November 2021 after all the leaves had fallen off. I prepared a tote - yes i drilled drainage holes - with an inert, inorganic mix of perlite, vermiculite, and some succulent soil. This time I used a rooting gel which I really liked, and stuck about 100 cuttings. I ignored them all winter for the most part, and left them outside under the deck. In the spring i started to leave the lid off during the day, and once summer came around, they were open all day long with daily watering. Most cuttings died still, but of the ones that rooted, they were very vibrant, healthy, with a secondary flush of leaves, and well rooted. I have some fine-tuning ideas for this coming season, including wax or paste on the top of cuttings to keep them from drying out, and using cuttings slightly larger thickness than that of a pencil, since those were the ones that did the best for me this year. This set up worked for me, and here's the proof. Im going to keep using this propagation tub for cuttings, and hope to grow many many more FREE Japanese Maples in the coming years, and I hope you do too! #bonsai #tree #garden #gardening #art #nature #zen #horticulture #plants #design #bonsaitree #japanesemaple #chinesejuniper #blackpine #whitepine #cultivation #heronsbonsai #bonsailovers #bonsaiart #bonsaiworld #bonsaigarden #bonsaistyle #maplebonsai #acerpalmatum #acers #plantaddict #shimpaku #greenhouse #azalea #hobby #blackpinebonsai #japaneseblackpine #bonsaiartist #houseplants #flowers #deciduous #conifer #bonsaipot #bonsailove #moss #travel #gardener #landscape #gardendesign #jardin #gardeninspiration
