To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] elderberry propagation
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:05:47 -0700
Bob,
I have done cuttings of American elderberries Adams and Johns and European
elderberry Guincho purple and another Sambucus nigra. I took pencil-thick
cuttings in late fall, buried them in sand until about March, dipped the
bottom
end in rooting hormone (which is probably pointless, since they don´t root
from
the ends, but from the leaf nodes) and potted them individually. Success was
about 80%. I´ve also had near 100% success in the past with semi-ripe
cuttings
in late July with bottom heat and high humidity.
For me thicker than pencil thick cuttings didn´t grow well.
Darren
Zone 6-7 (and climbing) in Sparks, NV at 4,500 ft.
Quoting Bob Sorenson <natvwine@cut.net>:
> Has anyone reproduced elderberry by cuttings?
>
> Bob in Z5 Utah at 6,000 ft.