Non Bonsai Advice - Large Frangipani Cutting

[Ryan1979b]

Hi All,

I was seeking a bit of advice. I have had plenty of success in propagating frangipani cuttings but this time I have taken it a bit further. I have two hardwood cuttings about 1800 to 2100mm long. they are a very tall slender branch with a nice wine canopy. the trunk diameter is about 100-130mm thick. I have made a nice clean saw cut on both.

My question is has anyone had any success in striking a cutting this large before. My process of propagation is as follows:

1-Dry cuttings out for 2-3 weeks until wound is sealed
2 - Dig hole about 700mm deep and 400 dia
3- Fill bottom with 75mm course gravel then 150-200mm of 50% course river sand and 50% soil mix
4- I will provide 6 large 50mm hardwood stakes for each tree and tie back at both ground ant top of stake for maximum bracing
5 - Try not to water too much and keep reasonably dry.

They will be in Partial to full sun.

What are your thought on my success and does anyone have any more advice as I would love these to be a success as they will be beautiful instant-ish trees. Both have a nice trunk line. I will take photos when they are in the ground

I am building a new bonsai area and these two trees will be framing the entry

Cheers All

Ryan

[john tapner]

I have done the same thing and it works every time irrespective of size of cutting...............

John t

[kcpoole]

Yep that will work no worries
I have heaps

ken

[Graeme]

What they said again .................................................

[Ryan1979b]

Awesome..I Will Post A photo in a few weeks

[MattA]

Hey Ryan,

Great score, you can strike the largest pieces of Frangipani with ease, or move a large tree with almost no root at all. They are a great addition to a landscape and can be styled & shaped like any other tree with a very unique silhoutte out of leaf.

If you have any concerns about drainage over winter the cuttings can be left till spring before planting. I removed 2 full branches from an old tree 3 yrs ago for my front garden. The base of the largest was 200mm & was not replanted until 12mths after cutting.

Remove the flowers in the first year or 2 to help encourage more root growth and keep them staked for atleast a few years, all bar one of mine still are.

Look forward to seeing some pics of the cuttings.

Matt

[Ryan1979b]

Hey Matt, I think I will probably be the impatient type and get it in the ground in about 3 weeks or so. They are currently taking up all our outdoor area...lol... plus the more they lie around for some reason the dogs love to wrestle on think they should and snap branches....big buggers

Anyway I will definitely make a very free draining mix to help them out being in the ground. I might even add some black weed mesh over to deflect a bit of the immediate rain landing around the base of the trunk? Just a though.

Thanks for all the tips, I will keep you posted..

Cheers...Ryan...

[JulzD]

Hey guys, reviving an old thread here I know, but a question; has anyone had one of these either in a big pot or in the ground and trunk-chopped for base thickness? I've got one in a pot that is quite literally part of a trunk that my father-in-law cut up as he didn't want the tree in his back yard. I cut the base at an angle, put some propagating powder on the cut, stuck it in some soil and I have a friggin tree! I have several branches radiating at the same height, so to chop and leave one seems logical, as long as I can either get it to produce a branch further down, or just be vicious and chop it right back to the height at which I want the first branch to grow. Hell, it worked once! Thoughts? Suggestions? Descriptions of how hard you're laughing right now??

[kcpoole]

I do not think they will backshoot lower down the trunk, but hey I have never actually tried.
Suggest to just cut back hard and see what happens.

Ken