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- Cherry laurel multiply by cuttings
- Cutting cuttings
- Tearing is better than cutting
- Plant cuttings
- Driving roots in the vase
- Tips & Tricks
Cherry laurel multiply by cuttings
Cherry laurel can be easily propagated by cuttings. So you can pull the trees for a whole hedge yourself and, since the laurel cherry is not among the cheapest trees, save a lot of money.
Cutting cuttings
If you need a variety of sprouts, you can get them very well from the pruning of a healthy and strong laurel cherry. In doing so, you can be quite rude and simply separate the cuttings by tearing off the branch. Then cut the small bark flag on the foot with a sharp and clean rose scissors.
Alternatively, you can separate the cuttings directly from the mother plant. Cut a branch deep in the old wood of the mother plant and tear off from this offspring, where also the flag on the foot is a little shortened.
Tearing is better than cutting
The demolition of the offshoot has the advantage that a smooth wound surface is formed, which heals very quickly. Pruning shears, on the other hand, squeeze the wood, so you have to expect big losses due to rot.
Plant cuttings
Since the cherry laurel evaporates much water over the leaves, it is important to reduce the leaf area of the cuttings. Leave only two or three leaves on the shoot and cut them in half. Then follow these steps:
As soon as the small sprouts start to drive out again, they can be separated into not too small pots. Maintain the small laurel cherries in the house in the first year or on a sheltered spot on the terrace until they have developed into vigilantly vigilant young plants.
Driving roots in the vase
Alternatively, you can place cherry laurel cuttings with two to three pairs of leaves in a vase on the windowsill. The sprouts drive roots here within four to six weeks and may then be transferred into a sufficiently large planter or directly into the field.
Tips & Tricks
Through a trace of orchid fertilizers in the water, the rooting of the laurel cherry is stimulated and the sprouts often drive new shoots already in the water.