privets the best trees to propagate

[IS2SXC]

this was done last year when i was trimming my other privet and took a branch and just shoved it in the ground with no hormone gel or powder nothing just STAB and there u go

after a few weeks i realised its not going brown or wilting so this year while i was cleaning out the growing bed i dug it up and what do u know strong little bugger grew a nice set of roots

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[hugh grant]

They can almost be like figs in the propogatong department, they just grow so strongly. I plan on digging up a privit this holidays that is a natural raft style bit it only has 2 trees on it so I'm going to take cuttings from the tree and let them grow on and then later in the year drill a few holes through the laying down trunk and feed the cutting through and let them fuse. This will give me a few more trees hopefully.

Hugh

[MelaQuin]

They are amazing trees. I once dug up a clump and removed an awkward trunk at the back with very few roots, literally severed it from the main trunk. Today it is one of the top trees in my collection and never looked back. The thing about privets, once in a pot they don't thicken much so let them grow in the ground until you are happy with the trunk thickness - then pot.

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[IS2SXC]

yeah after i realised how nice the roots were i cleared another plant and planted it back in its rapid root growth is a problem thats why

beautiful tree Mel

post some photos of ur collected privet hugh i really wanna see it

cheers minh

[kcpoole]

Nice new tree Minh
Looks like a real nice mini in there i a very short time:-)
Ken

[Mitchell]

All my privets are shooting wildly at the moment. Even noticed one the other day I dug and thought was dead shooting, wasn't even watering it. My little privet forest is churning out brachlets after being chopped back 2 weeks ago.

The new growth on all my privets, is growing at about 1cm a day. Crazy little things.

[hugh grant]

post some photos of ur collected privet hugh i really wanna see it

i will when i collect it, just have to get round to doing it. ill try and get it this month some time
ill post it up on another thread when i get it.

hugh

[hugh grant]

heres another privit i collected aswell a few years back
check out the thread

viewtopic.php?f=104&t=3362

ive planted it up into a bonsai pot yesterday, put up pics on that thread soon.

hugh

[IS2SXC]

heres another privit i collected aswell a few years back
check out the thread

viewtopic.php?f=104&t=3362

ive planted it up into a bonsai pot yesterday, put up pics on that thread soon.

hugh

very nice find

[hugh grant]

Went out and collected 2 privits yesterday, one an upright trunk with a great base and the other being a falln trunk like style of tree. Hey should survive I left enough feeder roots I think. Still have to get that raft privit I found, funny thing is I found another one yesterday while diggging he others out, chopped it back and will have to go get it aswell when I get the other one.

Hugh

[IS2SXC]

how come everyones going collecting hard out hahha a need a collecting partner

[hugh grant]

Went out and collected 2 privits yesterday, one an upright trunk with a great base and the other being a falln trunk like style of tree. Hey should survive I left
enough feeder roots I think. Still have to get that raft privit I found, funny thing is I found another one yesterday while diggging he others out, chopped it back and will have to go get it aswell when I get the other one.

Hugh

well heres the pics of the 2, both have shot back very well

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i also got this one back in january and its only just starting to bud now

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and heres one i got last week

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and hopefully still more to come in the future


Hugh

[Amanda]

I really like the January Privet, Hugh

[hugh grant]

Thanks anja, it's a really interesing peice of material. The front is dead wood with lots of character, I plan on styling it into a twin trunk, mother & daughter style.

Hugh