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- Win offspring from the forsythia
- Forsythia multiply by cuttings or sinkers
- Cutting forsythia cuttings
- Win offshoots by lowering
- Wear gloves when cutting forsythia
- Tips & Tricks
Forsythia can be best propagated by offshoots
Win offspring from the forsythia
From a well-grown forsythia, you can make as many offshoots as you like. Whether you want to lay whole hedges, pull a high trunk or want to be a bonsai gardener - with offshoots of forsythia many ideas can be realized.
Forsythia multiply by cuttings or sinkers
The propagation of forsythia is done by cuttings or sinkers. Sowing is only an exception, as the dry flowers of hybrid forsythia almost never develop seeds. When breeding offspring from seeds, you do not know what properties the new plant will have.
The propagation through cuttings and sinkers almost always succeeds. Cuttings can be placed in the desired location, while sinkers must be transplanted the following spring.
The rooting works without any problems in both forms, so that the plant often has some flowers already in the first spring.
Cutting forsythia cuttings
Cut the cuttings for offshoots best in June or July. Then the shoots are well in the juice and root very quickly.
Cultivating offal in the pot is much more complicated than putting the cuttings straight to the desired location. Only if you want to grow a high stem or bonsai, you have to pull the offshoots in the pot.
Win offshoots by lowering
To lower the forsythia branches you need some space. You have to pull a groove in the ground next to the plant.
In this, the previously multiple scratched shoot is inserted and fixed with earth. At the interfaces small offshoots develop, which you can cut off and plant out in the coming year.
Wear gloves when cutting forsythia
Although forsythia is only mildly toxic, you should always wear gloves when cutting the cuttings or lowering the shoots. This will prevent you from accidentally picking up plant juices.
Tips & Tricks
To get offshoots from Forsythiensorten, file sharing is a good option. There you will find many other hobby gardeners who look forward to your offshoots. In this way you enrich your garden with new varieties with lighter or darker flowers.