Just received my cuttings

I just washed them off. I decided to do the old Italian man way by directly sticking them in the ground. Covered with mulch and putting containers on top with bricks. I did this once as an experiment and it worked. 684A1AEC-5662-4810-9E8C-4716A05F6A39.jpegF6D4494A-4C57-4E40-AD60-5C93A0118986.jpeg
 

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I did a “modified” version of the old Italian man method back in May - I dug a trench under a shade tree, put my cuttings into 1 gallon grow bags with some potting soil, covered with straw and watered them all in.

I ended up with about 80% success rate, and honestly I think I’d have had 100% success except that rabbits and/or a groundhog that lives in my backyard thought that the new shoots were tasty morsels, so I lost a couple of the cuttings to chomping.

Overall, I think highly of the method and may try it again even over winter with a few cuttings even if not the ones I went out and purchased specifically
 
Ikibahd said:
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I did a “modified” version of the old Italian man method back in May - I dug a trench under a shade tree, put my cuttings into 1 gallon grow bags with some potting soil, covered with straw and watered them all in.

I ended up with about 80% success rate, and honestly I think I’d have had 100% success except that rabbits and/or a groundhog that lives in my backyard thought that the new shoots were tasty morsels, so I lost a couple of the cuttings to chomping.

Overall, I think highly of the method and may try it again even over winter with a few cuttings even if not the ones I went out and purchased specifically
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Every single cutting that I rooted inground this past Summer has been eaten down to the ground by rabbits over the last few weeks. Tis the season.
 
bushdoctor82 said:
Every single cutting that I rooted inground this past Summer has been eaten down to the ground by rabbits over the last few weeks. Tis the season.
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This is another reason why I I put the containers on top with the bricks. to keep the mulch in place and keep earths heat inside and the cold outside. The bricks to keep the wind from blowing the containers off and the critters out. They are well protected to take their time to root over winter. I Will have to be patient throughout winter till spring to see how they did.
 
Figgerlickinggood said:
This is another reason why I I put the containers on top with the bricks. to keep the mulch in place and keep earths heat inside and the cold outside. The bricks to keep the wind from blowing the containers off and the critters out. They are well protected to take their time to root over winter. I Will have to be patient throughout winter till spring to see how they did.
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Teresa, if you have them, pile 4-6” of mulch or wood chips around the buckets for extra heat retention. You can always spread around in the spring.
 
Ikibahd said:
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I did a “modified” version of the old Italian man method back in May - I dug a trench under a shade tree, put my cuttings into 1 gallon grow bags with some potting soil, covered with straw and watered them all in.

I ended up with about 80% success rate, and honestly I think I’d have had 100% success except that rabbits and/or a groundhog that lives in my backyard thought that the new shoots were tasty morsels, so I lost a couple of the cuttings to chomping.

Overall, I think highly of the method and may try it again even over winter with a few cuttings even if not the ones I went out and purchased specifically
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I like this grow bags in ground idea. I'm thinking you do this because you want to pull out the cutting once it roots? I'd like to try your idea in a raised bed (because the native soil is dense clay).
 
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