Recently my husband was in the woods and found a holly tree so he took a cuting from it. My question is how do we go about rooting it ? We live in Ohio where the temp is in the 20's.
2006-12-04 13:33:34 · 3 answers · asked by Hippy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Holly cuttings are normally taken in the late fall. In order to root them, you will need to dip in rooting hormone and stick them in a mix of Canadian Peat and perlite. You can create a minature greenhouse by putting a clear plastic bag over the container. Keep inside moist and bottom heat at about 75 deg.
Good luck.
2006-12-04 13:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by old hort agent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a flouresent light in your laundry room, put the cutting in a pot of soil using root tone and put it on top of your drier. And be sure and scratch the bark off on the lowest 1/2 inch of the branch, which will go into the root tone. The heat from the drier will help it root faster. I never use fancy soil.
2006-12-04 21:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chances of geeting it to root outside and living are not good indoors in a bottle of water to cover the cut could work
2006-12-04 21:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Fergie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋