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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

Most Actinidia are difficult at best to root from dormant cuttings. The success rate can vary a lot for different genotypes, but in general it is poor. The trick is to use a strong rooting hormone and keep the tops cool, while the bottoms are kept warm. It takes a long time for roots to develop, so preventing bud break as long as possible is very important.

 

I never bother trying to root them, as they are very easy to graft. As long as you have any other Actinidia vine established, you can graft dormant scions to the new green growth in mid to late spring, with close to 100% success. You then just bend the new growth over and bury it or run it into a container with soil, and it will root very quickly.

 

Hal

 

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From: Bassem Samaan

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:20 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Rooting Hardy kiwi dormant cuttings

I haven't been able to propagate a hardy kiwi (A. Arguta) from dormant cuttings. I have 80% success rooting them from softwood cuttings.

I had the dormant cuttings in a mixture of 1 part miracle grow potting mix and 1 part perlite. I placed them on a heating mat in a warm greenhouse. The dormant cuttings all made leaves and I thought I succeeded, however 2 weeks later they wilted and died, no roots were developed.

I heard from a friend who have rooted them in bonsai mix, which is coarse mix with no peat moss. 

Have anyone have luck rooting hardwood cuttings? what mix did you use. 

 

Bass zone 6

Bethlehem, pa

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