An ice chest or dark plastic bag with wet paper towels may be.

Jun 07, Softwood cuttings are taken in late May through early July from the current season’s growth. Cutting material should be flexible but mature enough to snap when sharply bent. Shrubs that can be propagated from softwood cuttings include lilac, forsythia, weigela, dogwood, ninebark, and viburnum. Aug 18, Softwood cuttings are prepared from soft, succulent, new growth of woody plants, just as it begins to harden (mature).

Shoots are suitable for making softwood cuttings when they can be snapped easily when bent and when they still have a gradation of leaf size (oldest leaves are mature while newest leaves are still small).Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.

Feb 05, Most propagators use the softwood cutting technique. This has the highest rooting potential and often provides the best chance of rooting for species that are difficult to propagate. Usually, species of tree stem cuttings are hard to root. So this is the method used by many to propagate hard to root species like woody ornamental plants.

Oct 19, Fill a clean 3-gallon nursery pot, or similar container with drain holes, two-thirds full with the soil mix and water to settle and remove large voids. Then stick the cuttings upright until only the upper two inches of the six-inch cutting are exposed. Space cuttings about 2 inches apart. Jun 03, Softwood cuttings are normally taken when the plant is in active growth, which is normally in the spring.

This will be the only time you will be able to find softwood on a shrub, bush or tree. This method can be used with all types of shrubs, bushes and bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Nov 11, If you have plants that are not usually propagated in this way, there are other types of cutting you can take: softwood cuttings, and semi-ripe cuttings. Softwood cuttings are usually taken in spring, during the first flush of growth. But certain semi-ripe cuttings can also be taken at this time of year. So this is something else that you may like to look into this month.

Propagating plants by seed Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. May 09, How to Propagate An Acer, How to Take Cuttings of Acers, Gardening, bushmulching.bar’s the month of May and now is an ideal time to take some softwood or semi-ripened.