Bonsai Hardwood Cuttings

Read the bonsai tree species guide for timing.

Bonsai hardwood cuttings.

Hardwood cuttings come from wood that is fully ripened and sometimes even several years old. Many bonsai enthusiasts however successfully take cuttings at what is supposed to be the wrong time of year recycling prunings from their existing bonsai rather than throwing them on the compost heap. Before we start propagating trees from cuttings let s look at the stages of development of young trees first. There are 3 types of stem cuttings commonly used softwood cuttings semi ripe and hardwood cuttings.

For bonsai however it is stem cuttings that are normally used. One of the easiest ways to reproduce a bonsai for free is to grow it from cuttings. Take these during autumn and winter. 1 a clean well drained rooting medium 2 a rooting hormone provided either naturally or by applying one 3 a constant supply of moisture to make up for the lack of roots 4 sufficient light to allow the manufacture of food softwood and semi hardwood 5 bottom heat in some cases although almost all do better with it.

Some hardwood cuttings can be prepared and planted after their growth season late summer. So if you are trimming your bonsai and you would like to propagate some of your trees here is how you go about it. This is very common in plant nurseries because you can mass produce plants for very little cost. In this process you place a small limb that you cut off into the dirt and over time it will grow its own roots.

Growing bonsai from seed or from cuttings will be a test of your.