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Post by benmnwi on Jan 20, 2018 19:49:06 GMT -6
I use old 3 or 4 gallon pots that came from potted Apple trees. I used dirt from my yard and covered the top with leaves to conserve moisture. They still need water Frequently, but if you have a foot of rod under dirt and only an inch or two above ground they do well. I usually plant the cuttings immediately after cutting them as soon as the ground is thawed around April. It seems that 2/3 of the cuttings die no matter what, but those that like can grow 18" by the time I've transplanted them in fall.
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Post by sd51555 on Jan 20, 2018 20:02:42 GMT -6
I use old 3 or 4 gallon pots that came from potted Apple trees. I used dirt from my yard and covered the top with leaves to conserve moisture. They still need water Frequently, but if you have a foot of rod under dirt and only an inch or two above ground they do well. I usually plant the cuttings immediately after cutting them as soon as the ground is thawed around April. It seems that 2/3 of the cuttings die no matter what, but those that like can grow 18" by the time I've transplanted them in fall. That's what I'm shooting for. I want mine to get developed enough that I can get the whole pot to come out in a solid clump without breaking up the root ball. Then I'd get them planted out and out of my hair. If it works, I'd like to do about 8 of these each year and keep planting and caging them strategically around my cover/sunlight improvement areas, and let the birds take it from there.
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 20, 2018 20:19:49 GMT -6
I've found that deep pots seem to make a big difference, especially if you don't have time to water every day. If you throw enough cuttings in each pot, you can have a big mass of roots by early fall. Bigger diameter cuttings also seem to do better for me.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 9, 2018 18:38:53 GMT -6
SD,
Like Ben said get some larger deeper pots or 5 gallon buckets. Do you guys have recycling centers out there? Here in NH, lots of people drop off nursery pots at the recycling centers when they do their spring cleaning. We also can get free compost mulch there too.
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Post by sd51555 on Feb 9, 2018 20:41:45 GMT -6
I'm waffling on whether or not I want to take on this project one more time. I have already decided i'm not planting any trees this year, and I want to stick to that after I get the ones I ordered planted.
I'm still going to look at planting a bunch inside a few larger diameter cages to see how they do as a tight cluster. I'd rather have a few really tight bunches that are protected from browsing vs a bunch of singles that all get hit, or worse, pulled outta the ground.
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