{"id":341,"date":"2014-11-27T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/?p=341"},"modified":"2019-10-20T13:38:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T12:38:48","slug":"hardwood-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/hardwood-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Hardwood Cuttings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13102\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/forsythia300.jpg\" alt=\"forsythia300\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/>Now is the time to take\u00a0hardwood cuttings.<\/p>\n<p>Hardwood cuttings should be successful from most\u00a0deciduous trees and shrubs, try\u00a0buddleja, forsythia, philadelphus,\u00a0ribes and roses.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to take the cuttings is during early and mid winter but don&#8217;t take them if frost is forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Take a good look at your\u00a0chosen tree or shrub and select a branch\/shoot which is about pencil thick and is fully mature. Don&#8217;t select anything which looks diseased or has any signs of pests.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the soft tips and cut to about 20cm in length. Trim the top just above a bud using a sloping cut, cut the bottom just below a bud using a straight cut. If you want you can dip the bottom of the cutting into hormone rooting compound but it is not always necessary for it to take successfully.<\/p>\n<p>The cuttings can be bought on either in large pots left in a\u00a0cold frame or greenhouse,\u00a0or direct into\u00a0a well drained, sheltered spot in the garden. Push the cuttings into the soil leaving about a third above the soil level.\u00a0The important thing is not to let the cuttings dry out.<\/p>\n<p>Leave the cuttings until next Autumn when they should be ready to plant out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now is the time to take\u00a0hardwood cuttings. Hardwood cuttings should be successful from most\u00a0deciduous trees and shrubs, try\u00a0buddleja, forsythia, philadelphus,\u00a0ribes and roses. The best time to take the cuttings is during early and mid winter but don&#8217;t take them if frost is forecast. Take a good look at your\u00a0chosen tree or shrub and select a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6987],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-how-to","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15687,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/15687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningregisterblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}