Transplants from parent tree

vitod

Can I get transplants from Norway and Black Hill spruces? IOW, can I cut a branch and it develops a root system? The trees are 4 yrs old, so can I get more trees from them and if yes, how do I do it?

Thanks

treejames64

I don't know how well this will work on Spruces yet we have used a system to air root stock. Try finding a shoot at the bottom of the tree (juvenile shoot). Take a clean razor and make two rings around the shoot about a half inch apart. Scrape all bark and cambion layers off so the wood is completly white for a space of about 1/2 inch. Then take so spotun Moss (this spelling isn't correct, cant think of the exact name but is used for rooting) and wet it. Paint the cut with a rooting gel (hormone) and rap moss around cut. Cover with tin foil and black tape (or the birds pick off the tinfoil. I have used this on many fruit trees and it works well though it takes a few months. Works best for young trees withing first few years however I have done this on old seasoned trees.

Sean Freeman

I think treejames64 has described very well what you should try

kieren

I have had good results from hard wood cuttings. Make your cuttings about 300mm long with the bottom cut about 5mm bellow a node and the top cut above a node (cut on an angle so you know which end go's up) store in a container filled with spagnet moss(correct spelling) or peat moss in a dry cool place and leave until a callus forms 3 to 5 weeks. then plant into a potting media and put in a heat bed or on top of your water heater with filtered light new growth should be present within 3 to 6 months. Root development will be slow so it will need to stay in the pot at least a year, then you can repot and move into a more sunny position.

treejames64

I've never heard of sprouting conifers and now wonder if it can be done. Conifers are Geotropic (grow opposite of gravity) while most other trees are phototropic (follow light). I know they clone them commercially yet it is a method that takes a lot of expensive equipment (can't remember how yet someone explained it to me once and I threw the idea out as not being practical for the individual). I remember when we air rooted fruit trees we tried to always take a water sprout off the base of the tree that grew straight up. I can't think of conifers having any of these. There limbs don't grow Geotropic so It is my though they can't be sprouted. Has anyone heard of someone clonning conifers in a similar method? I wish I could get hardwoods to sprout the above way. I've used humidity chambers, moisture blocks, etc. They live a month or two and then up and die. I've been trying to clone olive trees for about a year. I know they do it easily but won't show me how. I must go and spy on them..