Taking salvia cuttings

Let's talk about the very basic scenario of propagating plants from cuttings. You guys asked for some propagation videos so today is the beginning of our Propagation Station series.
This video is very much the 101 - high-level overview to give you the basic concepts so that you can go out and research for more in-depth knowledge. So today, let's talk NODES and how this influences the growth of your cutting and of course we'll pop into the greenhouse to plant these us.
A great chance for me to finally take those salvia cuttings I've been talking about.
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[@GoGoHarris]

If you're not a teacher, you should be. You explain things so it's easy to follow. Another great vid!

[@eliandkate]

Ah ha ha ha Sorry to disappoint..... online teaching is my thing :)

[@eliandkate]

Today is the first day of school. Let's start at the very beginning, it is after all a very good place to start.

[@niallgardens]

I love propagating almost anything and will always enjoy watching a video on it! Great intro to it all and I’m sure loads of people will find this useful! 😃

[@eliandkate]

Let's hope so. Once you are confident in this type of stuff... the world is your mollusc of choice

[@ritalr15]

I just love all the cute little things you use for transplanting. Great instruction on the Salvia.

[@GutenGardening]

I love how simple and straightforward you made this video. I think, when we talk about value added from a video, this is the type that people can come back to. Lovely work!

[@eliandkate]

I appreciate that, thank you! I Must confess, there was 40 mins of footage cut because I tried to cover everything... and soon realised that wasn't going to work :)

[@shesamadgardener]

Propagation saves all of the $$$!

[@eliandkate]

It absolutely does

[@wulver9014]

It's amazing how versatile plants are. Cut them above a node they get bigger; or, below a node on a cutting and they replicate themselves. Thanks for the info 😁

[@eliandkate]

That just about covers it 😍

[@tim7589]

I never considered before that it's just an upside-down version of when I deadhead my dahlias to produce side shoots. It's just the other way up, producing roots instead! It was well worth watching this video for that little nugget!

[@eliandkate]

woohooo I'm glad there was a little useful nugget in there for you. So what's first? Free plants ahoy!

[@tim7589]

@@eliandkate Salvia Dyson's Joy. I almost killed it last winter by cutting it hard back. Just one shoot emerged in July(!), so I've brought the whole plant in for winter. Will definitely give it a go in Spring!

[@eliandkate]

yeah I'm hovering just now. Salvia are perennials, in the right conditions, here though they are considered annuals. Every day I look out and think, of I should move that.....

[@SamHolland]

Very interesting! I’ll be showing this mum and dad. They’ll be getting stuck in again 👌🏻

[@eliandkate]

I'd bet on your mum and dad having done this before. It's one of those tricks that saves us gardeners going broke :)

[@JBNat]

Awesome video Eli - loads of useful stuff in here that I'm sure i'll be coming back to later on when I want to propagate things!

[@eliandkate]

Oh I can't wait.... that allotment of yours is going to be super productive

[@BuyingThyme]

Great point on strong genetics vs rooting hormones!

[@eliandkate]

Yeah it's one of those completely obvious things - when someone else points it out :)

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

One of these days I'll actually have a go at cuttings, I just never get around to it and I love free plants!

[@eliandkate]

to be fair, it took me for ever to get around to it :)

[@susan5933]

You taught me something new, thanks!

[@eliandkate]

Glad to hear it!

[@brianchallinor1291]

Many thanks Eli 😁

[@eliandkate]

Any time! Hope it's super useful :)

[@brianchallinor1291]

You are very helpful as I have only just started this will be my first year having a greenhouse thanks again 😀

[@eliandkate]

it gets better every year Brian I'm still earning and finding new things :)

[@michaeld.3779]

I have only propagated lavender, so far. The results were amazing. But, with lavender, you must use cuttings that are a bit “woody” on the base of the stem. By woody, I mean a stem that has a sort of brownish tint to it at the lower portion of the stem. I didn’t even use seedling pots, I just put three cuttings each in their final large pots and watered them in. Now I have three very bushy lavender plants for the price of one. It’s like that time when I was a kid and found a dollar bill in the gutter. Only then, I spent the proceeds on Reese’s Cups.

[@eliandkate]

Spot on. This is something we'll cover in an other video. When you take stem cuttings, you can use greenwood, softwood or hardwood and you need to consider that in relation to how you root them :) Propagation is a huge topic so I thought it would best to break it up into relevant and understandable topic blocks. Let us digest each stage before we move on to the next bit.

[@LittleGardenSK]

Great info! I love trying to reproduce and grow from my own plants. Subscribed.

[@eliandkate]

Awesome! Thank you for your lovely comment!

[@allisontobin7074]

Not long into studying my rhs level 2 in the principles of plant growth, propagation and development and came across your videos. I love them and doing on-line learning it really helps me understand the text! Looking forward to watching more!! ... I’m also a west coast of Scotland girl so that helps 🤣

[@eliandkate]

I absolutely understand. I was an online student for my masters and I now actually work in a university working with online teaching :D Not sure your teachers will approve of you looking to me for help with your texts ha ha ha I suspect I’d be a bad influence

[@allisontobin7074]

@@eliandkate that’s brilliant, I’ve been searching videos for months and must admit my unit on soil is taking me longer but came across your videos by chance and it just clicks... at 36 I find most the videos old fashioned and I can’t relate to them but yeah I get you! Love it guys 😍

[@eliandkate]

you I felt exactly the same thing when I first started gardening, that all the other gardeners I was seeing were white men in their 60s and above :D The internet has taught me differently :D

[@mzundastud07]

Whoop whoop! Good stuff on the petunia cuttings 😁 I have fallen for the Priscilla petunias big time! They smell amazing! And where our basket was is as you walk up the drive - caught a whiff every time we past them! 👌🏼 not to mention they are super pretty light purpley colour with veins 👌🏼 deffo want more next year 😁 I don’t think December is the greatest time for me to grab a few cuttings but it’s still alive so I might as well try! 🙈 as with many things this year (bar seed ordering!) I should have moved quicker! 🤣😩

[@eliandkate]

I couldn't possibly comment on your seed bulk buying.

[@mzundastud07]

The Kitchen Garden with Eli & Kate 🙈🤣 maybe I’m just starting a new business venture and haven’t realised yet.. 🤔 🤣

[@eliandkate]

that is 100% possible :)

[@antonia5682]

This is EXACTLY what I needed to know - thank you! I was jotting down notes in my gardening journal throughout the video. I actually have a salvia that I want to propagate that is special for a particular sentimental reason. It was literally a half dead, three inch stem when I planted it in October. It grew and flowered, and is now one long stem with new side shoots that it's putting out. I was wondering if when the side shoots get a bit bigger, I can propagate them, or if you can only take cuttings off the main/parent stem. I may have to find out. Thanks for this incredibly useful and clear information!

[@eliandkate]

Yiu absolutely can propagate from side shoots:) It's not the best time of year for it, so a little bit of love is going to be required.....

[@eliandkate]

And hurrah for journal :)

[@antonia5682]

@@eliandkate Oh, that's good news! And yeah - the cutting I had was from a friend's garden. He only yanked a bit off the salvia bush to show me an example cutting. He was going to throw it away, but I kept it (in my coat pocket, for a three hour car ride home) and put it in a glass of water. The main stem flowered, but it's starting to go to town with the side shoots. :) I am nurturing it along like an anxious mother. lol

[@eliandkate]

3 hours in your pocket??? That's one strong little cutting

[@antonia5682]

@@eliandkate Yes! Even more so when I admit that I was so tired when I got home that I put it in the glass of water upside down until the next morning. *facepalm* And yet - it lives!!

[@doodiehead17]

This is EXACTLY what I did with my 3 mini indoor roses when I brought them in to over winter.... Looks like I'll be taking about 10 out this spring!!!! Also I'm not sure what color I propagated. As they hadn't flowered yet!

[@eliandkate]

A wee surprise to look forward to when they bloom

[@ronaldandsusanshaws-growing]

👍👍👍

[@eliandkate]

I will be shocked if you aren't already full on propagating Ronald :)

[@ronaldandsusanshaws-growing]

@@eliandkate Hi Eli and Kate, I have nothing propagating as such BUT I have things growing in my lightbox, Uploading in 5 minutes

[@eliandkate]

logging in now :)

[@ColorfulBooknester]

I am attempting my first ever propagationt this year - and it was with Salvia's - I now live where Salvia's are considered only annuals -but I love the blue flowers and so do my visiting Hummingbirds. I usually buy 5 - 6 plants each year from our local nursery BUT they are not cheap! I did my propagating about 2 months ago.. and it was too late - or at least should have been - but despite my many mistakes - they are still putting on leaves and sprouting little plants! Thanks for the instructions, if my feeble and random attempt works this year - I can't wait to see what I can do now that I am getting proper instructions! Ha Ha! Do you keep your propagation cuttings in the greenhouse though the winter? Do you need to give them supplemental light and heat?

[@eliandkate]

Hmmmm the cuttings are in the greenhouse just now because it's not properly turned yet, but they will come indoors as soon as I can make space :)

[@irotchkainthelandes4172]

Well explained. Thanks for sharing. I started propagation of elder berry busesh for the first time and use the water method for rooting. Do you put all your cuttings directly in soil or also first in water?

[@eliandkate]

I'm glad you found it useful :) I root some cuttings in water but it all depends on the plant. Some root this way others prefer soil. You just got to do your research and know your pla t first :)

[@irotchkainthelandes4172]

@@eliandkate Thank you!