July 2020

I removed the cuttings from the plastic bags after about 4 days. My reading on the subject made it sound like the leaves needed to be retained on the cuttings. One method even talked about splitting the leaves in half so they wouldn’t use plant resources. Maybe in a different environment where plastic sheeting instead of plastic bags are used, that method might allow the leaves to survive. The leaves on my cuttings shriveled in the plastic bags even if they were not touching the plastic bag sides. Was worried that the experiment was over. I took the planters out...

Wanted to see if I can get a few White Dogwood cuttings to grow. Did some reading on the world wide web and there seemed to be a few themes in most of what I read. Cuttings were to be taken at different times according to different sources but I came to the conclusion that the best time is in late June or early July. It is an experiment so we shall see. Sources said that success of propagation was not particularly high even when rooting hormone is used. Followed instructions to attempt to get 10 Dogwood cuttings to root....