AlainK

Apple-trees (and pear-trees, quince and the like) root cuttings are very easy to make.

1/ in late winter (about 1 month before the buds open, but maybe it can be done earlier, in late autumn for example, at least when the tree is in dormancy), cut a root. Easy, so far, isn't it ?...

2/ wrap the root in cotton cloth with a very draining soil (90% coarse grit and 10% composted bark frinstance)

3/ leave the top of the root exposed to light, and seal the cut with cutting paste

4/ in spring, buds are very likely to appear

5/ remove the "wrapping" gradually

Example :

Root cutting of wild apple tree growing in a hedge, taken ca. 2002.

May 2007 :



March 2008 :



Good for cascades too.

Fun and cheap

Give it a try !

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Atula Siriwardane

Thanks Alain
It is very useful to me.. with my growing interest in roots...
How do you make cutting paste...??
What will happen if we plant a tree on the ground with roots cut...??
Atula

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AlainK

I don't make it, I buy it (I should have written "cut paste", sorry I'm not a native speaker of English); See this link for instance : http://www.greendragonbonsai.co.uk/B...GON_BONSAI.htm
If you can't find any where you live, you can use plasticine, there are other substitutes too.

I'm not sure I understand your question : if you mean putting the cutting into the ground instead of a pot, it's OK.

I only experienced this technique with deciduous trees, but I'm sure it must work with tropical species too.

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