Hi folks.
We have a red maple in our front garden, which I'd cut back a bit when we first moved in.
As you can see in the following picture, two new little shoots have sprung up pretty well from a sawn off branch:-
My question is - Could I cut these off to form a new plant which I could pot?
Looking at the join part closer:-
You can see that they're almost independently coming out of the stump, so I'm guessing I would have to treat them separately?
I've never done a cutting before, so don't know too much about it, although I have purchased some rooting power if that would help me along...
Can anyone advise whether taking these off as cuttings would work? And if so, what the best process is:- should I just try to get them both off at the stump together? Or am I better off taking the cutting from further up both stems? Do I have to strip back the outer "bark" before dripping in the rooting powder?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions you may be able to make...
We have a red maple in our front garden, which I'd cut back a bit when we first moved in.
As you can see in the following picture, two new little shoots have sprung up pretty well from a sawn off branch:-
My question is - Could I cut these off to form a new plant which I could pot?
Looking at the join part closer:-
You can see that they're almost independently coming out of the stump, so I'm guessing I would have to treat them separately?
I've never done a cutting before, so don't know too much about it, although I have purchased some rooting power if that would help me along...
Can anyone advise whether taking these off as cuttings would work? And if so, what the best process is:- should I just try to get them both off at the stump together? Or am I better off taking the cutting from further up both stems? Do I have to strip back the outer "bark" before dripping in the rooting powder?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions you may be able to make...