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Will fresh Hazel stakes sprout?

NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
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Possibly a daft question, but have just staked a load of newly planted perennials. I run out of my pile of pre-cut ones so just cut some more fresh from the trees and pushed them in. I stripped off all the leaves and sacrificed a few developing nuts, but have I just planted a new hazel grove in my border?! Should I have treated the ends with something?

Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    I did this with elder and elm and both rooted! Not tried it with hazel but it's possible to take cuttings of it so maybe. I did find that any I had pushed in upside down didn't root.

  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Ah, I have done a forked type basket support, with the thicker stem pushed in the the right way up and the smaller twiggy branches interwoven. Hope I don’t have to pull it all out and start again as it took me AGES  :/
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Could you girdle them with a sharp knife, just to be safe?
    Utah, USA.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Will give that a go, thanks Blue Onion. For others I haven’t done yet I will whittle off the bark below ground and paint them with PVA just to be sure!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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