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Cuttings from non flowering shoots

mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
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I have recently started taking cuttings and have watched numerous videos/read loads of articles about how to go about it for various species. The constant advice is to take cuttings from non flowering shoots. My Osteospurmum, fuchsia and buddleia don't seem to have any - buds on everything. What do you do? 

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  • BraidmanBraidman Posts: 274
    Just take cuttings, but nip out the leading shoot and any flowers on them.

    I do so and usually don't have any problem!

    An old saying, If needs must!
  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    @Braidman thanks I'm new to taking cuttings and my first batch had a success rate of 1 of 8! I've bought a propagator which makes it easier to look after them (than polythene bags) but its early days to tell how successful I have been. At the moment I reckon I may have a 50% success rate but I'll just have to be patient
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Buddleias don't need heat. You just stick some cuttings round the edge of a pot. Or just stick them  in the ground, or a container of water. They'll root without any help whatsoever.   :)
    Yes - just take out any flowering shoots. The reason for trying to pick non flowering ones is that they haven't spent any energy producing flower buds, and they have more  energy to be diverted into producing roots. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    @Fairygirl re Buddleia - don't they need humidity hence the propagator?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    No. They need nothing. If you cut your buddliea back in spring, stick some bits in a pot or a border as I described. By far the easiest way. They'll just grow.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Fuchsias don’t like heat which is why I don’t even try before September, I’ve just put a dozen or so in a glass of water on a shady window sill. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    @Lyn why do you not wait until September to take the cuttings? How do you look after them/maintain humidity without heat?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You don't need heat for them, as @Lyn has said. Lyn is a real expert at fuchsias  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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