AusBonsai

Can anyone give me a few pointers on the preferred method and timing for Syzigium cuttings?

I want to grow a few dozen, (quite a few)

Cheers.

What is the comon name for Syzigium?
for the life I cannot remeber

kcpoole wrote:What is the comon name for Syzigium?
for the life I cannot remeber

Lilly Pilly

Damian Bee wrote:Can anyone give me a few pointers on the preferred method and timing for Syzigium cuttings?

I have read the best time to do soft tip cuttings (8-10cm) is in December to May, although I think you could do these much earlier maybe around mid to late August with bottom heating, perhaps using an enclosed propagation tray... even the "No Fuss propagator"
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Another common name for them is 'Christmas Bush" and recently people in Vic will often ask for as the 'Neighours be gone trees', thanks to some dodgy marketing
The Acmena smithii has also been refereed to as Lilly Pilly or Neighbours be gone....

Liam Taylor wrote:

kcpoole wrote:What is the comon name for Syzigium?
for the life I cannot remeber

Lilly Pilly

Ahh Shoot !! Should remember that

From what I ahve heard they are very easy to strike.
A good rooting hormone, put them into a sharp Mix and keep moist. Wait till spring, unless you have a warm spot to keep them

Ken

I would imagine that they are. I have had the top of one I cut of in a trunk chop and just stuck it in a bucket of water. It was very bushy with new growing tips it has not grown any roots yet but it is still growing almost a couple of months later.

G'day Damian,

I have had excellent success striking Syzygium australe. When styling one I purchased from a nursery, a mate and I popped about 100 cuttings into trays. They were various sizes from 3mm think and 40mm high to 8mm thick and 60mm high. Each was dipped into a liquid hormone and stuck into an open mix. This was done in late January of this year and over 80% have survived.

Lilly pillies used to be classed as eugenias. Now they are classed in several genera, Acmena, Syzygium and Waterhousea. Confusing

Regards,
Steven

Thanks guys, I eagerly await temps above 20 degrees.

KC, remember I am in Melbourne so thee are no warm spots at the present
Reclassification of genus is always confusing but it is for the better so we can understand the plant world.

damo, next time i see you i will bring you a dozen seedlings, almost 1 yr old.

They will go straight into the ground, I will have prepared a nice little patch for them. Thanks Tony