My backyard is a former orchard with a dozen old well producing apple trees. All of them are bearing different sorts of apple, but I wanted modern red fleshed ones, so I planted a young fancy apple tree this spring.
During the last strong storm a little side branch broke. I preserved it in water, then I searched for a young apple tree in my garden, hoping to graft.
23.08.2014
After studying intensely grafting techniques online, I decided T budding was best suited to my unfortunate timing: end of summer.
At the very back of my yard, near a field, the former owner had neglected to cut bushes and that hopefully included some apple trees which had grown from fruits.
I selected 3 small trees and opened with a sharp kitchen knife the cambium to receive buds from my fancy apple.
There were a few buds on my broken branch so I could perform one T budding on each of these 3 trees, then I tied and protected them with pink tape, so I won't miss track of what I did.
It's only next spring I'll know whether it worked, or not.
25.08.2014 / 29.08.2014
Meanwhile I placed 2 apple cuttings dipped in root hormone into seeding soil. It's that same branch I cut in 2, in order not to lose any bit of my fancy tree!
Pots are placed on the patio, sheltered from wind and watered by rain: let's see next spring!
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Elderberry propagation
23/08/2014
Whilst walking back from the beach I spotted a nice elderberry tree in the woods. I took 2 cuttings and placed them in water for rooting.
I also plan to try growing bushes from seeds after berries are ripe, maybe next week, from another nice tree down the road.
If these endeavors succeed, I'll plant young elderberry bush in late spring in the backyard hedge. Meanwhile I will keep them in the shed, near a window, because if plant too early, I risk having them eaten by deers in spring when young leaves are scarce!
25/08/2014
Another elderberry cutting in water
=> September update: none of the cuttings got rooted in water, so I tried another technique.
26/08/2014
I made 2 cuttings from an elderberry tree in the forest, I dipped them in rooting hormone and planted in a pot with seeding soil.
29/08/2014
& 2 more elderberry cuttings
01/09/2014
While I was cutting some high branches near the garage so that more light can come in, I discovered and plucked some ripe elderberries. So I took a small cutting, dipped into rooting hormone and planted in a deep pot, outside.
11/09/2014
So far the smaller cuttings lost all leaves and seem dying, but the bigger branches with many green leaves seem ok. I'm leaving everything in pots outside on the patio, regularly watered by rain.
Whilst walking back from the beach I spotted a nice elderberry tree in the woods. I took 2 cuttings and placed them in water for rooting.
I also plan to try growing bushes from seeds after berries are ripe, maybe next week, from another nice tree down the road.
If these endeavors succeed, I'll plant young elderberry bush in late spring in the backyard hedge. Meanwhile I will keep them in the shed, near a window, because if plant too early, I risk having them eaten by deers in spring when young leaves are scarce!
25/08/2014
Another elderberry cutting in water
=> September update: none of the cuttings got rooted in water, so I tried another technique.
26/08/2014
I made 2 cuttings from an elderberry tree in the forest, I dipped them in rooting hormone and planted in a pot with seeding soil.
29/08/2014
& 2 more elderberry cuttings
01/09/2014
While I was cutting some high branches near the garage so that more light can come in, I discovered and plucked some ripe elderberries. So I took a small cutting, dipped into rooting hormone and planted in a deep pot, outside.
11/09/2014
So far the smaller cuttings lost all leaves and seem dying, but the bigger branches with many green leaves seem ok. I'm leaving everything in pots outside on the patio, regularly watered by rain.
Broken tomato plant?
During the strong storm in mid august some of my garden tomatoes suffered injuries.
I decided to care for a big broken branch by preparing a nice cutting out of it:
I cut the base with an angle, I nipped all the leaves on the lower half of the branch and then let it sit in water in a light (no direct sun) and warm (not hot!) space of my living room, for a week.
20.08.2014
I planted the rooted tomato branch, that had been cut by wind from an outdoor plant one week earlier. I planted it in the same pot as a basil branch rooted a week before.
11.09.2019
This tomato cutting is blooming!
In the same large pot, placed on a west large window sill, there is also one layered stevia and 2 additional basil cuttings.
I decided to care for a big broken branch by preparing a nice cutting out of it:
I cut the base with an angle, I nipped all the leaves on the lower half of the branch and then let it sit in water in a light (no direct sun) and warm (not hot!) space of my living room, for a week.
20.08.2014
I planted the rooted tomato branch, that had been cut by wind from an outdoor plant one week earlier. I planted it in the same pot as a basil branch rooted a week before.
11.09.2019
This tomato cutting is blooming!
In the same large pot, placed on a west large window sill, there is also one layered stevia and 2 additional basil cuttings.
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