Bonsai Hardwood Cuttings

Growing bonsai from seed or from cuttings will be a test of your.

Bonsai hardwood cuttings.

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. Some hardwood cuttings can be prepared and planted after their growth season late summer. 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.

Take these during autumn and winter. There are 3 types of stem cuttings commonly used softwood cuttings semi ripe and hardwood cuttings. Fortunately several species of trees can be propagated by winter cuttings or hardwood cuttings. This is very common in plant nurseries because you can mass produce plants for very little cost.

From cutting to bonsai. Hardwood cuttings come from wood that is fully ripened and sometimes even several years old. One of the easiest ways to reproduce a bonsai for free is to grow it from 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.

So if you are trimming your bonsai and you would like to propagate some of your trees here is how you go about it.