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- Three ways you can multiply the laurel cherry
- Propagation by cuttings
- Rooting in a glass of water
- Pull shoots into earth
- Propagation by seeds
- Propagation by sinkers
- Tips & Tricks
Three ways you can multiply the laurel cherry
If you would like a dense cherry orchard hedge around your property, you will need numerous shrubs for the plant. Since laurel cherries are not cheap in the trade, it is worthwhile to pull the young plants themselves. The own offspring lasts a bit longer than the purchase; However, since the laurel cherry is extremely fast growing, the time required remains within a manageable framework.
Early item cherry laurel must be fertilized regularlyPropagation by cuttings
Cuttings can be cut from the mother plant throughout the growing season. A good opportunity to win numerous seedlings for vegetative propagation is a successful pruning. Be sure to:
For rooting, two methods have proven useful:
Rooting in a glass of water
You can put the small cuttings a few inches deep in a glass of water and rooted there. Once the roots have reached a length of five centimeters, the small laurel cherries are transplanted in trays or directly into the field.
Pull shoots into earth
At temperatures of about twenty degrees, the small laurel cherries after about four weeks roots and can now be separated. You can now plant the seedlings directly into the garden or put them in a larger planter.
Propagation by seeds
Often the cherry laurel is all alone and you will find many young plants in the spring near the bush. You can dig it out carefully and move it to the desired location in the garden. Cherry laurel can also be targeted by seed breeding, however, this method takes significantly longer than the propagation of cuttings. The seeds can be harvested in autumn from the ripe fruits of the laurel cherry and sowed directly.
Collect the ripe, shiny black berries and remove the stone core from the pulp. When sowing, proceed as follows:
Since laurel cherries do not germinate too quickly, several weeks may pass before the first shoots show up. Since the young plants are still quite sensitive, they must be kept frost-free for at least one year and further cultivated in the house. Only in the second year, the small laurel cherries are used at their final place in the garden.
Propagation by sinkers
By lowering, you can gradually pull as many shrubs as you need for a dense cherry laurel hedge. This type of propagation is considered the most effective and simplest. The best time to grow seedlings by lowering are the months of May or June, when the soil is already completely thawed and threaten no night frosts.
Propagation takes place through a branch still on the bush, which grows near the ground. Carefully bend it down to the ground and loosen up the soil at the point where the branch touches the ground. You can now weigh the shoot directly with a stone and cover it with earth.
The sinker roots faster if you cut the branch before digging but do not completely separate the shoot from the mother plant. So that it does not close you pinch a small pebble in the cut. Fix the branch with tent pegs or stones in the ground. Cover the sinker with some soil.
After about six to eight weeks, the first roots have formed. Now carefully dig out the sinker and cut the connection to the mother plant. Now you can move the young plant to its final location. On this occasion, feed the small laurel cherry with compost or horn shavings so that it has enough nutrients at its disposal.
Tips & Tricks
On the underside of the cherry laurel are small brown spots, the nectarines. From them emerges a sweet sap that can cause allergic reactions. Therefore wear gloves for all work on the laurel cherry and as an allergic person avoid skin contact with the plant.
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