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["ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN" <hartmansfruit@msn.com>]

Hi Pete,

 

The best time to do it is as soon as the leaves fall off in the fall.  You could try it now.  I put mine in a greenhouse with no heat except I have a large box with a heating cable to keep the bottom portion of the cutting you want to root warm with a thermostat.  The books say to leave them under those conditions for about 3 weeks and if your climate is not too severe you can plant them directly in a nursery area outside after the 3 weeks.  I use a rooting hormone such as Dip n' Grow and Hormodin 3.  Some years I have better success than others.  In the hotbed I use a light weight material that will keep them moist but not too wet.  If you want more detail find a copy of Bruce Macdonald's Practical Plant Propagation for Nursery Growers and read the section relating to propagating rootstock.  Be sure to wound the bottom end of the cutting such as taking a couple of vertical cuts with a hand pruner to get better rooting.  When you take to plant them outside some will have roots and others may only be calloused.  Plant the calloused ones out anyway.

 

I've never tried Methley but I have with others.

 

Bob

Western Washington

----- Original Message -----

From: kc5gxc

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 3:53 PM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Japanese Plums

Hi All
Can Japanese plums (like Methely) by propagated by cuttings? If so, when to
cut and try?
Thanks-Pete-MS-Z8

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