How to Propagate Birch Trees through Cuttings (Rooting Birch Trees)

[@ashunderwood88]

This is pure gold. ❤ Wonderful instructional video.

[@strikebreed7697]

Please post an updated video on these cuttings. I'd like to see how they're doing a year later.

[@joemuffin789]

Can u root it in water?

[@kelene7713]

I noticed that my leaves on my 7 cutting are turning brown and dying even though they are in shade... is this normal during propagation rooting.... does it affect the success of the propagation negatively?

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Sometimes they don't work, it could be due to a lot of factors. Are you covering them with a humidity tent of any kind? Misting? I would probably remove the drying leaves and see if the cuttings can still keep going. They may be losing too much moisture through transportation. It's also possible the cuttings themselves may have issues and may not make it.

[@kelene7713]

@@Growingthehomegarden when I went back through your videos I realized that I did not scar up the bottom like peel away the bark but that's the only thing I did not do. Thanks for the advice

[@mateuszliziniewicz7578]

Hi, what was the result? how many have you managed to root?

[@myrnamagliulo]

How did these cuttings turn out?

[@marissajosephs1162]

Hi Dave! I recently took winter hardwood cuttings of my wedding birch tree that my parents had to remove due to it’s giant root system ruining their house/pipes. I really want my cuttings to succeed and have 2 out of 7 branches sprouting leaves! They’ve been in water since I cut them (about 4 weeks ago) would now be a good time to plant them in sand to get their roots growing? Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Thank you for your video!

[@karinathelecturer]

Thank you so much for this video and explanation! Here, in a village school in the south of Russia, we have started a tree nursery in the open ground - growing oaks, chestnut and wallnut trees from germinated seeds. We would like to have a bed of birch trees but their seeds are so tiny and the sprouts so thin and gentle, and vulnarable for heavy rains? that we started considering rooting birch twigs. So we need your kind advice: do you think there's a good chance of rooting birch twigs by your method if we stick the twigs right now -in September - in the open bed just like you did with that pot, then mulch it with straw and cover with plastic sheet for winter? We live in the Krasnodar region of Russia - in the South - so the winter temperature would be -10 maximum. Looking forward to your reply!

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Very cool to start a school nursery! I would recommend birch cuttings early in summer. They may have overwibtering trouble if they aren't established enough. If you can start seeds in pots they will grow very easily.

[@sailorbrit7643]

Any updates on roots from these cuttings? Would like to hear how long it too for roots if any formed. Thank you!

[@neilcooper8379]

Sir, Thank you (from a complete amateur) for your very helpful and very timely video. I am in Lincolnshire, England and have a single betula pendula purpurea in my garden (a beautiful purple / copper leafed 'hanging' birch). I have attempted to propagate it, to no success. I will very carefully follow your instructions and keep my fingers crossed. Neil Cooper

[@Growingthehomegarden]

You're welcome! Let me know how your cuttings do.

[@GoneCarnivore]

I have had this work but air layering might be more successful.

[@imho2278]

Use a dibbler in the pot!

[@jacknanuq6119]

2 years later, How are they doing?

[@slappy1965]

Thanks for the video Dave. Very helpful. What type of growth would you expect out of those cuttings in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd years? If we're in Zone 5, would leave the cuttings outside during the first winter?

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Birch trees are fast growers so I would expect a few feet each year. Probably have a 6ft tree by the end of the second season.

[@TommyOdom-r1t]

Will the sprouts form, to be single trunk tress or will they muilt trunk , ?

[@Growingthehomegarden]

It depends on how you train them. You can train a central leader or trim the tip and have a few trunks growing.

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Great video brother I am a new subscriber and I can't wait to watch all of your videos

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Thanks for subscribing! I hope you enjoy the channel!

[@ihopeugrow]

The long clusters of birch flowers, I think is called catkins, is eaten as a vegetable in the Philippines which is natively called alukon. I was looking for seeds to grow thank goodness I didn’t find any because I don’t have the space for a huge birch tree in my small suburb backyard. Looking forward to more of your videos! - Zee, N. Cali zone10a

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Interesting! They are called catkins but I didn't know they were eaten as a vegetable.

[@chickadeeacres3864]

Oh! I never thought of taking birch cuttings. I found previous year seed pods hanging from a birch tree in spring and started the seeds. It was amazing! I had a forest of 40-50 seedlings in the palm of my hand. That was 3 years ago, and now I have a bunch of young forests started. I love birch 😍.

[@wenwilloughby8197]

At 1:38 isn't that an 'included bark junction' on that birch tree? The only reason I ask ((or know about it at all) is last week the tree guy came to tend our trees, and spotted this exact feature in my young silver birch (where two young trunks formed a sharp V with a deep seam or crack in the middle) and he said with time, age, and weight, one of those trunks would split from the tree and fall, and possibly kill the whole tree when it did so. I had to let him cut one of them away to save the tree for future. Will yours be okay?

[@ksero1000]

I’m here to find your dappled willow 👀 , lol.

[@alvin9882]

does this work with semi haRDWOOD cuttings in winter?

[@theweirdospfan.28]

How fast do they grow?

[@briansmith9698]

Growing The Home Garden do a update on River Birch? Can you do a video of cloning White Birch and Aspen?

[@Growingthehomegarden]

White birch should be doable the same way. I don't have any aspen to use for cuttings so unfortunately right now I can't do much with it. These birch cuttings didn't do great but I did get about 7 trees grown from seeds the birch trees produced this year.

[@ToofAst4Fun]

@@Growingthehomegarden so did any of your cuttings survive from this method? I'm trying this method in a semi enclosed terrarium from a cutleaf weeping birch. What time of year did you collect the seeds from your birch trees that did take off? Thank you for the update from the video. Hoping I have better luck