Bonsai Hardwood Cuttings

Fortunately several species of trees can be propagated by winter cuttings or hardwood cuttings.

Bonsai hardwood cuttings. Take these during autumn and winter. Read the bonsai tree species guide for timing. Before we start propagating trees from cuttings let s look at the stages of development of young trees first. One of the easiest ways to reproduce a bonsai for free is to grow it from cuttings.

From cutting to bonsai. For bonsai however it is stem cuttings that are normally used. In this process you place a small limb that you cut off into the dirt and over time it will grow its own roots. There are 3 types of stem cuttings commonly used softwood cuttings semi ripe and hardwood cuttings.

Many bonsai enthusiasts however successfully take cuttings at what is supposed to be the wrong time of year recycling prunings from their existing bonsai rather than throwing them on the compost heap. There are a wide range of cuttings in general horticultural use that can be used to propagate garden plants from leaf cuttings to root cuttings. Hardwood cuttings come from wood that is fully ripened and sometimes even several years old. Some hardwood cuttings can be prepared and planted after their growth season late summer.

This is very common in plant nurseries because you can mass produce plants for very little cost.