Forsythia Cutting Update. 6.12.2021

 I potted up the second cutting that was grown in a jar of water.  Those roots were about an inch long, and there were several.  It will need TLC for a couple of weeks.  The first still needs shade.  It wilts slightly if left outside for more than a half day.  I set it on the deck in the morning, which does not get direct sunlight then.  One more forsythia cutting in water is sending out roots. 

I don't know about the ones in potting soil.  One made a root that came through the bottom of the pot.  I sat it outside for a few hours and it wilted, badly.  So back to the plastic bag mini greenhouse.  It might survive. 

So far it seems the water jar method is better than the potting soil method.  Also, the thinner stem cuttings are rooting but the thicker ones are not, at least yet.

Left to right, forsythia cuttings still in water, freshly potted cutting in humidity tent, prior potted cutting - see last post, I think about two weeks.

Forsythia cuttings started in potting soil, still in their humidity tent.

Forsythia Cutting Update. 5.2.2021

 I have these forsythia cuttings in my home office window.  There are two pots with smaller cuttings that I scored and treated with Dip-and-grow.  They are in peat moss / perlite mix, seed starting medium.  They are covered with plastic sandwich bags.  At 4 or 5 days, no wilting.  There was slight wilting the first day.

There are also 4 cuttings in water.  They are much bigger.  I also scored them and treated with dip-and-grow.  I doubt that did anything, since the water probably washed it off.  It's possible some is absorbed and not washed off.

If all of these take, that's about all I think I need for a nice hedge.  If they don't, well they are free plants, so not a problem.  Plus there are the ones I have soil layered in the mixed hedge row.

One thing I'm guilty of that frustrates me when I'm reading other gardening blogs, is that the start is nicely presented, but there isn't always follow up.  That's especially true if they don't grow.  If they do grow, the info is easier to present.  I'll try to keep a record of how these do whether they grow or not.  I've read that forsythia can be started in water, and I think I have done it, but my memory isn't perfect.