How To Propagate & Grow Weeping Willow Trees From Cuttings (Complete Process)

[@PhillWyattProjects]

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[@Brad-hf7js]

So why cut the leaves off? Newbie here

[@Darkice77]

I found a huge willow grove by a local lake with hundreds of trees. I took lots of clippings about 150 total and made a fence after rooting them. They all rooted. All my clippings were 6 to 8 feet long so i could weave them. They grow really fast. I prune the fence a few times a year.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Interesting. I haven't made a Willow hedge although I can imagine it being a good idea. As you say you can take lots of cuttings and the chances of them rooting is high. Cheap fencing.

[@Destide]

This is my current plan literally got a bit dismayed as some people were saying you have to do it in the winter but I think they meant for weaving as they're currently at the stage in the video and those seem to have worked out well

[@1954mill]

@@PhillWyattProjectsphotograph please?! I’ve never seen or heard of that. Sounds amaZing!

[@uunz4435]

Thank you for showing how easy this is. My father planted a weeping willow about 16 years ago but it is slowly dying. Some kind of insect was eating it away and it was never the same after ward. However, I’m gonna try to propagate the healthier branches and see if we bring some joy that his tree will continue to live on in the baby stems.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Your welcome. Good luck growing the cuttings they tend to root quite readily so you should do fine.

[@andresrosales7175]

@Uunz4435, Did you have any success in propagating the Willow Tree? I too have a weeping willow that is dying.. it is about 35 years old. I think I am going to cut it down this year, but I would like to propagate clippings first.

[@uunz4435]

@@andresrosales7175 They started off great but they sadly passed due to negligence. I dont live in an area where I have proper environment for growing much, so I left them at my parents to tend to the baby willows. They did fine until summer heat and i found them dried out when I was visiting. :(

[@uunz4435]

@@andresrosales7175 I have faith youll do better than us! This video tutorial worked for us to get started, but the rest is on us to water regularly depending on the season.

[@andresrosales7175]

@@uunz4435 Dang! I'm sorry to hear that they didn't make it. I'll keep you posted on my experience.. Fingers crossed.

[@laylavankeirsbilck6407]

Just bought a house with an amazing garden and i'm about to try this with the full grown willow tree i have. Thanks for the video, i wouldn't know how to start without! :D

[@PhillWyattProjects]

They are really easy to grow from cuttings so you should have no problem 👍🏻

[@WillsBullies]

It's amazing how they grow in that mud you put them in !

[@PhillWyattProjects]

They grow in pretty much anything.

[@SujMenon]

Very interesting stuff Phill. Good to see the various stages of growth: right from cutting it from the old tree, till the baby plant stage with roots.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks Suj 👍 it's cool how you can clone a plant in this way for free.

[@reneeward9138]

Thankyou so much for your video! We are wanting to give our daughter a Weeping Willow Tree for her 32nd birthday. It will be so precious for her to have a tree, in her yard, that started from the tree her dad planted for me, 23 years ago.

[@jorgeordazjr.6639]

I'm at day 10 and can already see the white lumps, super excited to see some root growth in the coming days!

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Excellent! 👍🏻

[@raphlvlogs271]

you can help root the cuttings of other plants by soaking them together with willow branches.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Yes that's true. "Willow water".

[@abdrema7272]

Thanks for the video! Our last mature willow tree came down during the last storm. I'm excited about propagating the branches to make new ones!

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Good luck!

[@carriesuegeorge403]

Thank you for your service

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thank you very much 👍🏻

[@livingwordchurchyork6012]

Thanks Phil, very helpful. Just a couple of things I would like info on: 1] what time of the year did you take the cuttings and 2] what soil did you pot them off into?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks! I took them around this time of year. I used any soil I had it really doesn't matter too much as long as you keep it damp. The roots grow readily.

[@1954mill]

Genius! I’m going to try to do this today!

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Have fun!

[@paulhyde1834]

Great stuff! I love trying to grow trees from nuts/seeds etc... We have some lovely willow trees near us, so I'll give this a try! Thank you.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks and good luck 🤞🏻

[@roblena7977]

Dude thank you I have 20 acres of boring farm land and now I went from a couple trees to about 100.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

That's great! Your welcome 👍🏻

[@skyabbott3817]

It’s amazing thank you for sharing I’m going out now to get a cutting 😊

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Cheers your welcome 👍🏻

[@sivanagarajah913]

Very cool! 💮

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks!

[@arjacook9643]

My 10 ft willow has snapped in half with the high winds. Very upsetting as it was a present from my husband. Now I know I will have many trees from its cuttings and the original will probably survive. Thanks for the simple instructions

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks 👍🏻 yes the original tree should create lots of new shoots with time.

[@Kekaweek]

yes!

[@JoJo-gt4zz]

Love it☘ I'm definitely going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing, Phill!🌿🙂

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks Jo Jo they root very easily. You could even do it with a larger branch.

[@Ficusforev]

@@PhillWyattProjectsyes ive done it with a 8 foot tall branch

[@BramSchulten]

Im gonna try it out

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Cool!

[@TheSunRiseKid]

I cut all the green off of mine and just had twigs and they did excellent! I am potting them right now and watching your video so hopefully learn the best way!! I am only about halfway through the video and I really like the contents so I am going to SUBSCRIBE!!!!😊👍🌱

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thank you very much!

[@TheSunRiseKid]

@@PhillWyattProjects 😊

[@thozamabuda3348]

Nice one, l'll try it👍🏼 Thanks for the video

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks Thozama :)

[@ednolan9509]

Now you just know I'm doing this!

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Cool 👌👍

[@Dream_M1]

Awsome

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@simonnenordenger6369]

great video! Can you please post a picture of what the tree looks like today? 🤗

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks 👍🏻 I don't have them anymore I gave them away as I don't have the space to grow a large tree.

[@8Jory]

If you have a patch of ground that stays fairly damp, you can just stab the cuttings into the ground and they will root. I take longer cuttings though so I can stick them around 10cm into the ground

[@PhillWyattProjects]

That sounds reasonable I'm sure that works.

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Hi phill , I am interested in taking some cuttings off my parents 35 yr old weeping willow, following your instructions. Could I keep them in a whisky barrel pond that I have ? To the same approximate depth you have used ? Thanks 🙏

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Possibly yes. They don't seem to mind being water logged. I have seem their roots growing into the water. It should be fine.

[@JoseOrtiz-li7sx]

Thank for sharing , it's of this videos that I'm in my way to having a beautiful forest of willows in mi property. , I have videos of it

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks! That sounds awesome! How long since you planted them?

[@alyssaleonard9152]

I just took some cuttings today! Hopefully will work out good! Do they have to be in rainwater or can it be tap? Also once planted, how often do they have to be watered?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Your welcome. Tap water should also work fine. Water as often as needed for keeping the soil moist until you see signs of active growth.

[@nicrobinson5543]

Hi. I’ve taken some cuttings from a lovely weeping willow in Greece last week. Around 9 days in they’re developing long roots. My question is, they’re longs, skinny cuttings. If I plant them I feel they’re going to snap and fall over? They’re around 60cm in length and around 7mm diameter. Can I trim them from the top to make them shorter and help them brown stronger? Thank you

[@PhillWyattProjects]

I would just leave them to it. They should sprout new branches anyway. They grow fast with plenty of water and warm weather. The branches are quite bendy and resist snapping.

[@nicrobinson5543]

@@PhillWyattProjects thank you for the fast reply. So leave them at their current length, plant them deep and they should fill out in diameter? Total newbie to this but want to learn. Thank you

[@Tracyi-tb8qp]

hello . Is it necessary to get roots on the cuttings before planting? thank u

[@PhillWyattProjects]

These can still grow roots in damp soil they should still root.

[@LennyYT]

Awesomeness, Phill! Does this work for all other plants and trees?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks Lenny 👍 it does work with many other plants and trees but not all.

[@jessicahealy2071]

What soil did you use? great video

[@PhillWyattProjects]

I just used whatever I had in the garden it's not very important.

[@swarvalous]

Do you have an update on how these look after a while? Wondering how it grows as the main is snapped. Will they form a single trunk or will the trunk form off to the side

[@PhillWyattProjects]

I gave them all away but they grow rapidly if water regularly. They should form a main trunk eventually after they branch out for a while.

[@swarvalous]

@@PhillWyattProjects ok thanks for the reply mate 👍🏼

[@stevemorse108]

Thank you for your interesting video. I have been growing cuttings for a few weeks and they are doing nicely. I want to plant them on my farm in France but there is no source of water such as a stream or pond although the ground of fertile. Would you happen to know whether weeping willows can thrive in rich soil without the proximity of water? Thank you very much.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Your welcome 👍 they should be fine as long as you give them a good watering in to get the roots established for the first few months.

[@stevemorse108]

@@PhillWyattProjects Thanks a lot for your answer.....I have about 50 cuttings in water and will proceed to plant them in pots and transfer them to my land in spring....they are wonderful and the process is magical.

[@karenmack2005]

I suspect your climate is much different. Here in west Texas at about 3500 ft elevation and a very dry environment, we micro irrigate our weeping willows. The trees are for beautifying our property as well as using for forage for my rabbitry.

[@stevemorse108]

@@karenmack2005 Unfortunately I lost all of my willow cuttings.....they were taking up about a third of my living room and I decided to transfer them outside and placed them all in a huge bucket of water hoping they would continue to grow and this failed. Maybe un-potting them and putting them back into water which was intended as a temporary measure till I got them to my farm didn't work. I did manage to grow about 30 successful fig trees from cuttings though and am looking forward to planting them.

[@M3KM3]

Great info Phill Silly question, but do you keep these in full sunlight?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Thanks! I wouldn't keep them in full sunlight. Indirect sunlight or dappled shade would be better.

[@M3KM3]

@@PhillWyattProjects That's great, Thx Phill

[@voldy3565]

WHEN to take the cutting? Do I have to replace the water?

[@Kerberos443]

what time of the year did you take the cuttings?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

end of summer

[@Salty_Beans101]

Do you need to use rainwater?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

No but I prefer rain water.

[@wizspencer]

could you do this with a branch? or does it have to be a small clipping?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Yes actually you can do it with a large branch if you want. Willow roots very easily. You can even use the water from the willow cuttings to help root other plants because willow has extra rooting hormones.I did small cuttings just because I don't have room for a big willow.

[@wizspencer]

@@PhillWyattProjects oh wow i'll have to tell the wife.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

@@wizspencer yea man one would look great in your garden 👌

[@raphlvlogs271]

will they take root if you float a branch horizontally on water?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

I suppose yes

[@Robotdolfo]

Can I propagate them indoors?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

I think so yes.

[@savebandit1017]

Can you do this with a young tree?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Yea I would say so.

[@savebandit1017]

@@PhillWyattProjects nice! Thanks for your knowledge!

[@cathyjohnson6732]

Not sure you’ll see this but my Willow has a lot of shoots coming from the bottom of the tree. Can I cut those off and root them? Thank you.

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Hi, I would say yes it's likely that they will root. These root very easily and don't mind if their roots are sat in water. So easy to root in a jar of water.

[@matthewjamieson370]

Bostin video ,im avin a go at that

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Cheers and good luck 🤞🏻

[@pauldesjardins8166]

My willow cuttings are all dying. They start to turn brown on the leaves and it spreads from one to another. Most of these are in potting soil, but some are in water. The ones in water have lasted the longest. Can someone help me?

[@PhillWyattProjects]

Not sure what that could be as I have not experienced this myself.

[@pauldesjardins8166]

@@PhillWyattProjects Thanks for the response.

[@danozdirect3749]

Wow that's amazing Does it work on weeping cherry cuttings the same

[@PhillWyattProjects]

You should get similar results yes.

[@danozdirect3749]

@@PhillWyattProjects thanks for the reply bud Respect from Australia

[@refreshmyride]

My willows are rooting but now i dont know where to plant them🫤 our lot is only 25x100 feet

[@PhillWyattProjects]

You might want to keep them in pots at the roots can be invasive and the trees grow quite large.