have taken cuttings from my friends garden countless times, put in water no luck put in soil no luck, it dies everytime. What am i doing wrong?
2007-10-04 12:29:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Are you trying to take your cutting from the tips. If so you are not going to succeed. Cuttings from climbers need to be intermediate. Neither the tip nor the hard wood but the sections in between. Try taking these intermediate, semi-ripe cutting in mid summer you should have some success then. As with all cuttings plant more than you need. Are you trying to strike these cuttings in a pot. If so then try some in your flower beds as well. But probably the best way is by layering as already suggested.
Hope this helps and good luck.
2007-10-05 08:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't do well from cuttings, the easy way is to layer a piece from your friends garden. Just cover a thin already growing piece with some soil, leaving the tip out of the ground and keep it moist, by the end of next year you'll have a plant with roots on that will be far easier to transplant. Otherwise buy one, Pathenocissus quinquefolia is a fast growing vine with glorious autumn color, but needs planty of room, if you want something not so vigorous try Parthenocissus henryi. It is more purple than red in the fall, and more interesting in the growing season.
2007-10-04 21:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by David H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Virginia Creeper is seen as a weed by a lot of US citizens, but is considered a collectible plant overseas. It is a hardy vine and I love the look of it in the fall.
Part of the problem is that Virginia Creeper does not do well if you are attempting to grow it from a cutting. You should get one with roots. I would attempt to find a younger (read: smaller) growth, roots and all, to plant. Once it is situated, it will be easy to take care of.
Good luck!
2007-10-04 14:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by rec4lms 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have spent so much time trying to get rid of Virginia Creeper as a weed in gardens, that it is hard to imagine growing it on purpose :) . Try looking for a vine running along the ground in your friend's garden. These should already have roots at some point along the vine.
2007-10-04 12:57:08 · answer #4 · answered by Mark T 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You could try rooting hormone. It's a powder that you dip the cut end in before you plant in soil. It's sold in nurseries, Home Depot, etc.
Or try digging a shoot from the side of the vine with root and all. Good luck!!
2007-10-04 12:48:08 · answer #5 · answered by n8turfreek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i happen to like virginia creepers, I have tons around, they are growing on my fence posts, and my yew bush out front, I just love how they hang down off it, this year the japenese beetles wrecked havoc on some of them. makes me mad, they turn a beautiful red in fall.
what you could try is take a cutting, with a couple of leaves, and place in pot of dirt in sun in window and water once a day but dont drown it. or take some seeds and start indoors over winter and plant in spring. sometimes just putting in water won't work for alot of plants. I took a cutting of my scheflerra plant and put in dirt now I have a whole plant and all i did was place in dirt water once in a while and there you have it.
creepers should be pretty easy.
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2007-10-05 10:56:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the summer choese a stem near the ground, place a brick over it and leave untill it roots, this is the only way to do it.
After it has rooted cut off near the main plant and dig up the root ball.
2007-10-05 12:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a estabilished one
2007-10-06 09:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by suzanne w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋