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- To multiply a hornbeam yourself is expensive
- With these methods you multiply hornbeams
- Sow hornbeam
- How to cut cuttings
- Lower shoots
- The simplest method: dig out offshoots
- Tips
Hornbeams can be e.g. proliferate over seeds or cuttings
To multiply a hornbeam yourself is expensive
Hornbeams can be multiplied in different ways. However, if you want to grow a hornbeam in this way, you will need a lot of patience. What you need to know about the propagation of hornbeams.
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Sow hornbeam
The hornbeam nutlets are mature in September and October. They are pressed into moist soil as soon as possible. However, they are often found and consumed by squirrels and mice.
You can also put the fruits in the fridge for a while to stratify them. Then sow them into small pots to put them outside.
It takes up to two years for the nuts to germinate.
How to cut cuttings
Cut cuttings before budding in spring or in late summer. You need half-lignified shoots about ten centimeters long.
Halve larger leaves and place the cuttings in pots with moist soil. The pots come to a shady place and must always be kept moist but not wet.
After two years, the new trees can be planted out. However, not every single cut will develop roots at all.
Lower shoots
With a low hornbeam, the propagation by lowering also works. A shoot is scratched several times and bent to the ground. At the scratched places it is covered with earth and fixed well.
The following year, you can see if new shoots look out of the ground. These can be separated and planted at the desired location or once in individual pots.
The simplest method: dig out offshoots
Almost all methods of reproduction are very time consuming. More than two years can pass before the first successes can be seen. It is easier to excavate offshoots.
Freestanding hornbeams sow themselves. If you see young plants near the hornbeam, just dig them out and put them in the garden.
Tips
A hornbeam can also be multiplied. This form of propagation is used especially for the production of hornbeam for bonsai cultivation.