peach tree prunings---can you?

[peppero]

i was wondering if anyone has successfully rooted peach tree prunings. jon

[Worth1]

I don't know about here but it can be done.

Worth

[Zana]

Yep. I know allot of peach farmers who have done that when expanding their orchards.

[O.P. Mater]

That's good news. Would it harm our peach trees (2) now that they have started to blossom?

[Worth1]

Its too late you need to do it before they bud out and put on leaves or blooms.
Make cuttings the size of a pencile and about 18 inches long.
make sure you have bud parts to go into soil and put root growth hormone on this part.
make a little hole for the stem to go in and then push the starting mix aroud it.
Do a bunch as not all will take root.
keep slightly moist and have patients.

Worth

[roamwhereiwant2]

Worth,

I'd like to take a cutting of a glorious red bud I saw yesterday. It's magenta pink and in full bloom. Are you sure it's too late?

Yvonne

[Zana]

Yvonne,

I think you could try, but don't expect miracles. Allot better to try before they break their buds or even set them. When I've done root cuttings of fruit trees in the past I've done it around Labour Day weekend....after most of the high heat of the summer and before the extreme cold of winter. Most of the fruit has set so you can pick branches that don't have any. I have tried starting them in large glass jars. That way I can keep an eye out for roots. When I get a good growth I transplant them into larger pots. BTW I've also done this with other bushes.

Zana

Zana

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Zana

Yvonne,

I think you could try, but don't expect miracles. Allot better to try before they break their buds or even set them. When I've done root cuttings of fruit trees in the past I've done it around Labour Day weekend....after most of the high heat of the summer and before the extreme cold of winter. Most of the fruit has set so you can pick branches that don't have any. I have tried starting them in large glass jars. That way I can keep an eye out for roots. When I get a good growth I transplant them into larger pots. BTW I've also done this with other bushes.

Zana

Zana

I agree with Zana it is more or less a winter project the energy goes to roots and not leaves and fruit or flowers.
this is one of the things I will use my jars with holes for.
I also need to do some grafting which I have never done.

[O.P. Mater]

Thanks for the timing advice. Am going to mark "take cuttings" on my calendar for fall. Back to potting up the tomato plants.....:-) Have a great day!