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[Ed & Pat Fackler <rocmdw@aye.net>]

del stubbs wrote:

> >      Rooting many decideous plants (those that loose there leaves) from
> >hardwood cuttings is best started in the fall.  Reason.  Hormones which are
> >responsible for root initiation move from growing tip (terminal buds)
> >downward to roots as part of the dormancy process.
> >      When these hormones pass through younger wood to and through older
> >wood
> >the process slows a bit (perhaps 2-3 weeks, depending on species) and at
> >this
> >time (late Oct.-Early Nov. here) cuttings may be taken and stored for later
> >rooting, either outside in a cold frame or held until sticking in rooting
> >beds very early the following spring.
> >
>
>         Ed, very interesting. Could you elaborate a bit on indicators of 
> when this
> 2-3 week period is for different zones?  i.e. after hard frost, leaf fall,
> leaf coloring or some other indicator to time from.

     My response-----

     Sure, slight leaf discoloration, shortened day length.  Or, I'd sure take
cuttings prior to total leaf drop.
     Also, I'm fairly certain that this "peak" time period varys some within 
each
species

Ed

Ed

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