Free Elderberry Bushes - 2023 Elderberry Cuttings - How to and Results.

Welcome to our 2023 Video on how I produce free Elderberry Bushes from existing plants on our homestead.
This Episode Includes
- Cuttings
- Soilless medium for rooting
- Start to Finish timeline
- Results and rough profits
Equipment Used
- Plant shears
- Razor blade
- Fresh water
- Rooting hormone
- Peat moss 2 parts
- Sand 1 part
- Perlite
- Shovel or spoon for removing rooted plants
- Clear storage tote with lid deep
- Pots for transplanting success plants
- Potting soil
I hope you enjoy the video
Please remember to LIKE & SUBSCRIBE.
Mike

[@jimeburg4828]

I didn't go into the production you showed, but I just took some stalks and stuck them in the wet ground and most of the leafing parts did not even welt but kept on growing. I don't want to do too much to propagate as I don't have the time. I took the stalks from wild plants already growing on the back of my land. Thanks for the video and the sowing lesson. It was great.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Amazing !! Glad they are working. Thank you for watching the video !! I appreciate the support

[@crossing3790]

best i have seen

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Thank you very much!!

[@dawnpettiglio6930]

I do large ones all the time with greater success than really thin ones. I never cut the nodes off

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Fantastic to hear. I will give that a shot as well. Mike

[@perryrush5378]

been very successful without scraping and without rooting hormone.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Amazing Perry!! Good to know I can save a few steps next year! Mike

[@bradhowland8578]

Same. Elderberry roots easily without the extra steps. Just put them in soil with at least one node covered.

[@kaiwairua7981]

Thank you so much! Yours is by far the best video on how to do this. Everyone else talks waaaaay to much 😂. Im here in NZ and have put a few into a pot and have been digging up seedlings to sell👌

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Amazing. Good luck and enjoy!!

[@cmyfamily4800]

thanks bro im going to go and do this to every tree lol gunna ask my nieghbours asap to get some for this year thanks bro your videos are awsome as god

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Have Fun !!

[@npmerrill]

Noice! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Thanks! Appreciate it !!

[@justmiahere9412]

Can you please make a video of how to cut them? So we can plant them.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Yep. I will this winter.

[@sharktank00]

Do you place them under lights in the house?

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

I did until the greenhouse was warm enough

[@bosquebear1]

Great info... i have 10 cuttings coming in the mail. I will try your method. Do you think they would root in the pro mix as well as your mix? Just curious why you make a different mix than you uppot into.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Hey. Thank you for reaching out. I find the original cloning mixture promotes better root growth than a straight soil mix. Less opportunity for bacteria growth as well.

[@tonyaatteberry]

I ordered elderberry cuttings and the company said to soak in water. It has been almost 3 months and still nothing :( If I decide to waste anymore money, I am going to have to try this way.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Fresh works best I believe

[@amysnipes4245]

My first time doing elderberry cuttings. If you have done fig cuttings, are elderberries more successful? Also it looks like elderberry young roots are not as finicky as young fig roots. I'm 7b in Delaware. 2 elderberries in the ground and want to increase that. In ground have swollen nodes but no leaves yet. Hope it's not too late to take cuttings. Great informative video. Thank you.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Hi Amy, We are 4b/5a here so a much different climate and I always take my cuttings around Christmas. So temps below 32F. That being said, I do not think you are too late, but I would start now!! LOL I have never done Fig cuttings due to our zone, but I can say that Elderberries have been very easy and forgiving. Good luck and please let me know how it goes !! Mike

[@jordanhynek5285]

After taking your cuttings in December what Temps and amount of sunlight before rooting?

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

I leave them in front of a south facing window at room temperature

[@amysnipes4245]

Will the up potted cuttings be under lights at the house or just sunny window? Thanks again.

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Missed this question in my last reply! I put them under lights because it is so dark here in the winter. I believe a south-facing window would work, but lights set at 12-hour cycles is what I do. Thanks again Mike

[@GlacialRidgeHomestead]

What would happen if I tried to take cuttings in the middle of summer?

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Honestly not quite sure. They might need to be dormant, but it’s worth a shot. If you do, I would remove the bulk of the leaves. So the plant puts effort into growing roots and not into growing leaves. Leave a couple leaves, but cut the tips leaves off. 25%. I’ve done this with other clones and it seems to work. Let me know how it goes !!

[@michaelvillarreal8838]

So you cut off node that goes in soil? Correct?

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Yes. Any nodes under the soil I cut off

[@FiggyWiggy559]

Do you suffer transplant shock? I've lost many using this method or filling up a tray like this

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Hi Jose I can’t fully remember if any died after transplanting. But I’d guess that’s a good sign because I would fully remember it a bunch died. Worst case maybe 1 or 2 died after transplant.

[@thehillsidegardener3961]

​​​@@HagonjonesHomesteadGreat video. This is my issue with elder - I did a video last year, basically my preferred option was to simply push the cuttings into the soil outside in their final growing spot while still dormant, during winter, and just let them gradually root at their own rate. That does work and lessens the shock rather than planting fully rooted cuttings outside in spring as things get very hot here very quickly and they don't have time to really develop their root system in situ. Even so, they suffer and often fail just because of the hot climate and I'm definitely going to try your method this year as at least I know I am planting live starts, they just might take more maintenance to begin with (i e. watering). I would acclimatise and plant them out as soon as major frost danger has passed, elder can take a little bit of frost anyway in my experience, it will even leaf out while winter is still in full swing.

[@valeriewilliams2937]

Do you sale your cuttings?

[@HagonjonesHomestead]

Yes I do. Local pickup only though