It will also expose more of the interior of the shoot, which will.

Mar 28, Willow cuttings root easily because the tissues contain a natural root-promoting hormone. They can be started any time of the year in pots, or outside in late winter or early spring. To start a tree from a cutting, select a healthy branch that is approximately 1/2 inch to 1 inch in diameter, and about inches long.

Fortunately, the willow is one of the easy trees to propagate by stem cuttings.

You can plant a 2-foot seedling and within a couple of years, it will be over 15 feet high. One of the best ways to propagate a willow is by taking cuttings of an existing tree and rooting it.

Within a few months, you will have a new willow tree. Rooting is simply a process of several steps that stimulates the tree into generating new growth. Fill your container with your cut willow branches until half full.

Pour boiling water over the willow and let the mixture steep overnight. After 24 hours, strain out willow branches. How to Use Rooting Hormone. Your willow water can be used to soak new cuttings, or to water already rooted new cuttings in soil.

Nov 01, Fortunately, the willow is one of the easy trees to propagate by stem cuttings. On the other hand, the apple tree and many other common fruit trees are more difficult or impossible to propagate from stem cuttings.

Some shade trees are also difficult to produce from cuttings and like the fruit tree are propagated by grafting.