How to Propagate Hydrangeas |Simple Way to Get Cuttings to Root Faster|

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In this video I go into detail about the best way to propagate hydrangeas. I have experimented with growing hydrangeas from cuttings for years and I am glad to share with you a few tips and tricks I've picked up along the way! Make sure to watch until the end to learn a bonus tip on how to get the cuttings to root faster!
Be sure to let me know down in the comments what you would like to see me do a video on next! Thanks for watching!
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Hi!
My name is Justin and I have my managed my family's business (S&K Greenhouse) for the last 10 years! It is a local garden center in Shelby, NC that my mom and dad started around 25 years ago.
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[@pbname7905]

The only thing I would add is that you dip your cuttings in water before you put the root tone on it. It definitely helps the hormone powder stick to it. You might also try poking a finger hole in your soil rather than pushing cuttings in. This wont brush off the hormone. TC and Thanks for a fun and direct video .

[@frandurden9647]

I just bend a limb of mine over to the ground and weight it down with a brick, cover with soil and wallah, it will grow roots from the nodes itself. Once the roots have grown, I just clip between each clump of roots.I get many plants that way, all at once.

[@Billy-rq9hs]

I figured that by accident. You’re right though it works

[@donnamorgan2313]

This sounds pretty ingenious! 😊

[@user-px7nh7vs4b]

I had to smile at Fran's comment about bending a limb...I imagined an arm or a leg being pinned to the ground. :-)

[@brassangel556]

​@B haha "grow or else!" 😅

[@alwaysmikesmom]

I'm 61 yrs old and remember my grandma doing that very thing. I thought she was just pulling something over on me at first and seeing what kind of craziness I would fall for hahaha

[@veronicaperez2706]

I put mine in a clear soft drink cup with lid and cut holes around the bottom edge for draining. In a clear cup you can watch the roots grow! 👍🏼

[@robinchester4265]

Three clear cups. Put cutting in seedling soil in one cup that you poked holes in the bottom. Put an inverted cup on top and tape them together with painter’s tape. Use the to hold the mini greenhouse. Fun project for kids and adults!

[@mikaelafox6106]

Is there any soil in the cup or is it just the cup?

[@vidbox44]

Top 3 reasons why I just subscribed: #3 - You’re hilarious and don’t take yourself too seriously; #2 - You seem pretty knowledgeable; and #1 You sweat profusely and aren’t ashamed to admit it. Thanks, You Tube, for sending this gem of humanity my way.

[@olastepp6566]

Great video 📸

[@notsuitable7954]

You're a breath of fresh air so fun to watch 🤣🤣🤣

[@robinchester4265]

It was fun watching you educate us. Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@myk1200s]

Very informative....... I've bin very interested in plant propagation for awhile so PLZ do more videos on this subject thanks 👍

[@staceyfraker6222]

I have a short attention span, and two kids that keep me distracted, but your videos are short, right to the point and you make it look so easy!!! I sent a bunch of your videos to my husband at work yesterday for him to watch too. These are great!!!! I homeschool and I’m going to use them for our botany part of science this year! These are the best videos on planting I’ve come across. My kids love plants, and they’ll be so excited about propagating new ones!

[@augustinalawson6373]

Oh, wonderful, I don't have to buy those expensive plants anymore. Thank you so much, I love your videos. They are straightforward and to the point.

[@schandler4630]

I just found your video and the way you present is clear, funny, easy, informative. Thank you! I’m following now. 💚

[@laureenejackson1441]

Thank you for sharing. You are a very good teacher.

[@cherigreen4471]

Excellent video! Thank you for the close up of the place to make the cutting. Over all great job!

[@marianokane1762]

Absolutely brilliant video, thank you..Very easy to follow,no waffle.Will definitely give it a go.

[@Emine11]

Thanks for the specific tips

[@geethaaus5941]

Beautiful way to explain the details; thank you. I watched start to finish and learned couple of things.

[@pennynickleslarkin9252]

Great information can we grow hydrangeas in Tucson Az ? Zone9

[@debbiechuran344]

That was entertaining while being educational ...thank you...stay original...

[@margretsubero9462]

I have to thank you very much for your help and support I love to see you planing you are doing great job 👍God bless you

[@pauletteworoniak431]

I love your sense of humour, great videos!!

[@christinenguyen2530]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much!

[@kathrynbaker5188]

Great vid! Thank you

[@jonifejes6815]

Thanks Justin!!! I love Hydrangeas. So thankful for your tutorials

[@ShermVibes]

Thank you! On my way outside to start clipping!!! WooHoo!!!🎉

[@YaYaPaBla]

When you plant them in your yard, where’s the best location? Full sun, shade, etc?

[@ramonajolley1966]

This is so great!! Thank you so much! I will try this this week.

[@skgreenhouse]

Absolutely! Thank you for tuning in! 🙏

[@philbrownred6500]

Fun stuff right there!

[@yvonnematthews9155]

I love your videos! Thanks for answering all questions i wouldbe never thought to ask😊

[@teresaholland4790]

Tks for your help with this project

[@bjbrown6488]

Thank you, I'm gonna try it!

[@AlBGood]

Great idea

[@xnskull1277]

Fun to watch your video.. and i love hydrangeas in container

[@betsylindsay8480]

Fun with plants. I am in, glad you popped up in my feeds.

[@debzyj376]

Thanks so much for the great information and the cute intro....sweet! 👍👍👍

[@diannenaworensky6698]

I am watching this video again.The challenge is of propagation is what I LOVE. Thanks for all the tips. Wish you were closer to Florida

[@christiensgarden3325]

Awesome info

[@rafael2661]

Excellent video and love the humor! Just subscribed 🎉

[@cathymillar9900]

Thanks. I will try and grow some for family and friends

[@angelacrabtree7009]

Awesome thanks!!! I really found this video really really helpful!!! And weighing it down that's a really great idea!!!

[@JuniperLynn789]

This is awesome!!

[@sadiyaskitchen999]

Wowww amazing thanks for sharing my friend💞💞

[@janicesimmons4634]

Thanks always love watching your videos, so informative. Keep it up! Have a great day

[@chrisfoster3337]

Marvelous presentation ! You have all the ingredients- knowledge, specifics, well organized ,clear ( that is, you spoke clearly, the photographer captured in full detail everything you were describing) AND a frequently missing ingredient in presentations - humor ! It helps the speaker get and maintain the audience’s attention. All of the above tells me to SUBSCRIBE.

[@RealALSK]

Aw well thank you 🥹 I’ve gotten better since filming this!

[@rmajko30]

Thank you! I am so grateful for the very specific teaching about how to handle the cuttings and a close up of the process. I have watched several videos about this and they just basically say “ take a cutting” and then move on. It is not that simple as “ snap off a piece and plop it in water or dirt.

[@mpoimokhafola333]

Thank you dear 😄😄 this is really amazing

[@ljubalozica665]

Yes it is. I got some flowers and hydrageas was in it, very perry pink. I cut the flowers of and planted it about March NZ and its got some good new grouth. 😊

[@1Kent]

Turgid. I've been using Ziploc baggies over pots for years, works great!

[@carenallen5841]

I just came across your videos a few days ago..5/23____I am so happy..your tutorial videos…are great ..thank you so much…getting started with propagating some of my plants …..I am tickled to death …..buddy …..thank you

[@beckysmith7142]

Hi, i just found your channel and I am hooked!!! This was an excellent video, and I will be watching for more. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@raquelhernandez3773]

Hi, I really enjoy watching your videos. I’ve found myself interested in starting a small garden since I don’t have the space. I would love to volunteer to gain knowledge if your open to it. 😊 your absolutely right about wanting to dig up someone else’s plants. Lol

[@darlenereisterer5653]

😂 I Love your Style!!! You made me laugh 😊 thank you for sharing I have a Gorgeous Hydrangea and I'd love to share it and also have more to put around my property. It's flowers look lace like a cluster of tiny flowers with more flowers out around the center I've never seen it anywhere else.

[@margretsubero9462]

Ithank you again my dear friend I hope my plants 🪴grow up in the winter in side the house 🏠thank you so much for your help and support I will try to do it thank you God bless

[@denisezimmerman4208]

Ty 😊 " great video "

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Thank you❣️

[@darlenepowell5948]

I’m going to do your way of starting a cutting! Thx!

[@beverleygregory]

thanks very helpful

[@silvertonguedaywalker9116]

Great Smile. We love these Plants x Great to see some fun in a Vlog z

[@kenaspden1754]

Very helpful f Thank you

[@philipcrewe540]

Some cracking tips there cheers

[@sandraoconnor5700]

Funny and helpful!!

[@sylviaecklund6186]

Very good video.

[@carolmino2349]

You're a Hoot! I'm precisely THAT person that would dig it up if possible! 🤣 Carol Down Under

[@margretsubero9462]

Thank you my friend well done 👏good job I will like to learned that please help me out with this

[@sonjabalogna]

nice ... however one tip If I may be so bold may it be better to make a hole first or you'll wipe off the rooting hormone off . Also rooting hormone can be made for free with willow did you know that?

[@andreasmarinakis609]

All the info is great but the outcome is amazing especially if you want to grow a sycamore tree from a hydrangea!

[@kimfroman2023]

It was a hydrangea

[@sherrypayton6871]

Well, look at that and if it’s the right size, the zip can zip it so that it fits perfectly. What a great idea.

[@margretsubero9462]

Hi my friend I will stry to do the same thing whot you have done thank you so much

[@TessDaPest]

🥰Love your energy & personality. Great videos, very informative…where have u been all me life⁉️🤣 How many times should I fertilize my hydrangeas? Also, Im scared& don’t know when to trim them….I’ve found in the pass few years my hydrangeas grow from its old woods so i just trim the “old dead stems” in the summer. Can i divide my HUGE hydrangea in spring (now)? Thank you…Would greatly appreciate all your input to all my questions. Don’t stop being you😉✌🏽

[@ThePoehladian]

You crack me up brother 😂

[@TheSoilandGreen]

Good stuff mang

[@ishajac3637]

You are such a delight to watch. And I learn shit.😅

[@judypeterson803]

I find, since there are so many kinds and colors of hydrangea, taking cuttings and cloning one of your existing plants will ensure the color and type of plant you get will match your existing hydrangea. No guessing. If you want a hedge, buy one, get cuttings the first year, and plant the rest of the hedge the second year. The first one will be larger, but all the rest will mature at the same pace. Works the same if you're tying a few corners of your property together with like plants, or berms. Make the first one year and plant the others the second year from the cuttings. They will all match. No longer will you worry about mislabeled plants at the nursery or trying to remember which kind yours is.

[@olliepoo]

I have my mother’s hydrangea in a cast iron kettle. It’s maybe over twenty years old. I’ve made baby plants many times. I do it kinda the cowboy way by just cutting anywhere. You’ve shown me a better place to cut and why. Maybe my percentages will hopefully improve doing it your way. Thanx for the video. Glad you reinforced not to stick your cuttings directly in to the rooting hormone. And I’m a Folger’s guy too!

[@pmmm8440]

Again you hit a home run with me. I learn something from every one of your videos. Thanks so much!

[@user-sf7nl8ej7z]

With Thanks!❤ 7:44

[@michaelmosley254]

Nice video do you bring the plant inside in the winter

[@jadearabella7335]

Informative and Fun... I just found you do you have videos starting with seeds. Zip lock bags work..

[@eagleswings3518]

🤣 I think I need to pay a visit to some of my friends and my garden will be very colorful 😅😉

[@CarmencitaTiradoJayandme21]

Dam, I can’t afford that powder, also I laughed so hard when you dumped the water on the plant LOL I enjoyed this video so much!! Thank you

[@MajorIllustration]

Try honey.

[@dianemiller6580]

I saw someone use toothpaste. I wonder if the flouride is what helped?

[@rebeccacox2789]

I have a few questions…When can you take the bag away? Do you water in the winter? When it is dormant, will it look dead?

[@maddiechunn1192]

How often do you mist or water the cuttings? Just when the soil is dried out at the top?

[@amarofam]

What would be the best time of the year to take cuttings? I’m in Florida and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to attempt this in the fall. Thank you for the information!

[@RealALSK]

Any!

[@loxianne7432]

What? I can root more hydrangeas instead of buying more plants!! Awesome

[@macysondheim]

Rooting is much more harmful to the environment(contributing to greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, erosion of soil, cuttings can be poisonous to animals) than buying them

[@dannijoshua1292]

Takes a little while but you're saving about $25-40 for each plant that takes root. Cha-Ching!!

[@cheripierre9029]

Great video, now I need to find a neighbor with a beautiful plant to clip from. Lol

[@skgreenhouse]

🤣

[@avrilwright8764]

I guess we will be riding the neighborhood

[@irishkazolotse]

We call it "pinching" and i do it all the time! All cuttings grow awesomely

[@janetoconnor5297]

I live in Massachusetts…once I get roots , when do I plant in ground? It’s late July and I’m starting today. Thanks

[@N33559]

Living in New England would you leave it outside, covered to go dormant or bring it in & keep alive through the winter? Would it be too tender to go dormant in a garage or cellar? Best way to overwinter?

[@myrajuju02]

Can you show how to help with burned hydrangeas and how to best grow the white Annabelle and more specifically, the white incredibal hydrangea. They keep burning and seem to have root rot?

[@BeckyKroeker-rj1wx]

How often do you water it in the winter? Also, do you leave it outside in the winter or put it in the greenhouse?

[@janedoefrommo]

May sound like a dumb question but how to you let it go dormant ? in winter? Or fall? When do you start that? Do you water during dormancy? Where do you store it, inside or outside? In the dark? I’ll admit right now I do not have a green thumb but I’m trying to learn. 😃

[@irishkazolotse]

Great question, I am in Minnesota, have done plenty of hydrangea cuttings, all outside all winter long, go dormant in the fall with the mama plant, covered by snow... water until the ground freezes... 90% survival rate, usually the ones that newly leafed out during summer, meaning the root system has been developed before dormancy... Good luck, hydrangea is easy!!!!

[@teresastephenson1217]

irishkazolotse Do you leave the back off after the 5 to 6 weeks and when do you put it in the ground

[@brendamaun5455]

I'm in PA. How late in the year can my newly rooted cuttings be planted outside?

[@jessicathayer3151]

I live in michigan - you mentioned you let it go dormant. Do I need to bring it inside once I get it rooted for the winter?

[@juliepuhr9806]

Can you use this technique on other varieties of hydrangeas?

[@stevebuchanan3212]

What is the best medium to use for rooting cuttings? I have seen where you can actually use course sand?

[@pamelaharnoisart]

What do I do with it after 4-6 weeks? Do you plant it in the garden - or - let it winter over on my window sill?

[@debgliatta5878]

Can you also root cuttings from a Butchers Broom Bush the same way?

[@Rashmisnehal]

what kind soil do you use , Is it miracle grow soil?

[@karenkubovchick5560]

You said the cuttings went into dormancy in the winter. How do you do that? Where do you keep them?

[@mamaj6028]

How do you let it go dormant ? Does it do that by itself ?? Thanks for the video.

[@RealALSK]

Normally in winter!

[@duncanbirnie4158]

😁👍

[@carinapotts2806]

What do you mean by let it go dormant in the fall? Where should I keep these over winter

[@carinapotts2806]

Just wondering

[@TomParnelle]

Justin, do you leave the cuttings outside year round?

[@skgreenhouse]

If they have some solid roots on them you can let them go dormant outside, otherwise I would bring them inside by a window. 😁

[@chandrananeeshchandran]

Can you make video of hydrangea propagation from seeds?

[@nanidogmomstevens6386]

😊❤👍