The most convenient time to cut the cutting
The best time to cut cuttings is April and May or mid-July. At these times beeches are just sprouting so that the shoots are fully in the juice.
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Choose semi-lignified shoots. The mother plant shouldn't be too old be. The younger it is, the more successful the propagation will be.
Prepare the cutting
- Shorten the cutting
- cut diagonally
- Lace caps
- Remove the leaves at the bottom
- Interface with Rooting powder treat
The cutting is shortened to 10 to 20 centimeters. Cut it at a slight angle at the bottom and straight at the top.
Remove all leaves from the lower third. Brush the lower ends with rooting powder. If the cuttings are thicker, you should use artificial ones at the top Tree bark cover.
Put the cuttings in prepared pots or in the desired ones Location in the garden.
Prefer it in a pot or put it outdoors?
Beech cuttings can be grown in pots or outdoors. Both options have advantages and disadvantages.
Cuttings in the pot are protected from being bitten by game. But the pots must be over winter be overwintered in a frost-free place, for example in the garage. The cuttings will be right in place set, they should be protected from mice and birds.
Cuttings in the pot are planted in the following spring.
Not all cuttings take root
Propagating a beech tree using cuttings does not always work for a long time. It is actually only worthwhile if there are no manable beeches growing nearby, of which you are fruit can reap.
For growing from cuttings, you should cut at least three times as many shoots as you need. This increases the likelihood that at least some of the cuttings will take root.
Tips
Propagation is easier if you sow beech trees. To do this you need Beechnutsthat you can collect in beech forests. Beechnuts are easy poisonous and should therefore be kept out of the reach of children and animals.