Growing Citrus from Cuttings, Good success rate with this method
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2013
- Method to grow citrus cuttings, the 'plastic bag trick', Works really well for me, Orange, Mandarin, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, this works for any citrus.
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Thanks so much for this video. I followed your method three years ago to save the genes of a 40 year old lime tree on my back yard, from stock originally from South America, that was dying. It had the tastiest limes I've ever eaten and I was desperate to retain it somehow. Three of the cuttings survived, and one tree is now in the ground, very healthy and produced about 40 limes this year. And they're just as good as the original. Thank you again!
That's boss!
Thank you John for adding this comment also :) It’s always nice to hear other peoples success :) I just took cuttings from my Lemon Rosso tree (it gives red lemons omg) with this method now 👍🏻
I'm about to do the same with my peach tree , I've returned from Australia to new Zealand at my homestead after 15 years and the tree is just hanging in there , ready to go, it has produced the most best sweetest peaches I've ever known to exist I literally use to dream about them and pretty much gave up eating peaches all together while living in aus
That's amazing! Thank you for sharing!
I can’t wait to try this I have a Mandarin tree, I brought I back from deathbed door now producing well every year leaving for a new home soon so going to start my cuttings that’s for the tips
“I’m about to get carried away and do hundreds of these” is so relatable, I can’t even express how close you are to my heart. Thanks for the video. My little dwarf orange saplings my my grandmother is growing teeeeeny weeeny leaves and branches. I am so excited!
Another tip, by the way; if left in a windowsil, use a white plastic bag. It prevents the sapling from overheating, for instance in a windowsil, though you can’t see them as well, but patience is a virtue ;)
Thank you. Video was well done and is inspirational. The three I did 6 weeks ago have taken root. I can now pass down a very fruitful miniature lemon tree I had gotten 42 years ago from my mom to my kids.
+Peter Wagenblass That is awesome! I am going to try it with a very old Valencia orange
Awesome blessing
Do you keep watering under the bag ?
Cuttings have a better chance of rooting if the cut is made below a leaf node, as there are certain kinds of cells at the node location that are prone to root/produce roots. GREAT JOB you did in explaining the process!! I have a cutting that appears to have rooted as well!! LOVE it!!
I live in Georgia. It is very humid. Rooting is crazy good here! A limb can fall from certain trees and it will root where it falls. Being originally from Alaska, I found this very intriguing!
Lucky! Thats so interesting how the humidity helps. I'm in California and the air is so dry lol I'm thinking of getting a humidifier for my indoor plants .
My mango tree branches also start rooting
Isnt georgia teneorate
Temperate *
Well then I guess you need to start sending me your orange trees that you grow! I did 11 and they've all failed. The next six I'm doing have a 50/50 mix of perlite and potting mix, but they don't seem to be doing too well either. It's almost like you have to have almost zero water or something I don't get it
Tried this method with 5 kafir lime cuttings (used raw honey instead of rooting hormone) and had them in plastic bags in a greenhouse in Denmark. 4-5 months later and all 5 have now taken root and are looking good! It took a while but they're on to a winner now. Thank you so much for the video!
Congratulations
Nice 👍
Thank you so much . I planted about 15 cuts and now they all produced lemons . Lots of love from Sydney Australia
Thanks so much for taking the time to make and post your video...easy to follow instructions...more fruit trees coming soon in my backyard!
Really enjoyed your practical tips for using stuff around the house! & your reasons are funny too. I'll try this soon thanks.
Unexpectedly funny and entertaining guy.
Came for the info.. stayed for the funny
It's really nice to know some techniques and methods in the field of gardening. Growing citrus from cuttings are very satisfying. This will give us the good start when planning to grow this kind of crops. Thank you!
Your such a good guy , was a pleasure watching your video . Thanks for the direction and for puting a smile on my face knowing there's top quality men out there still x
Love it! From Beginning to the End! I have watched many growing from cuttings video and this one was one of the good ones! It even covered when is a good time to get the plastic bag off and moving it to another pot! Thx Amir!
Awesome thankyou so much for a wonderful tutorial. Love it.
I'm going to try propetating lemon trees 👏👌🙏
You had me at "so you want to grow cuttings from a citrus tree,... good on ya!", As a native Yank I can say to my fellow Americans that is the most Aussie of Aussie statements ever. The narrator turns something as universal as gardening and makes it uniquely Australian. . And done so subtly.
I think it might be a New Zealand accent or a kiwi in Australia 👍
That's definitely a New Zealand accent 😉
Yea Definitely! :D @@janeb3827
Thanks so much for the post...Tomorrow morning I'm off to create lemons and lime..
This season here in Australia we have been paying up to $1.50 per lemon. Evidently climate change has confused our citrus as well as all the citrus growers around the country. We have been importing citrus from the USA. That's the last time I pay for lemons and limes. Thanks again.
Thanks to you now I have 20 trees of lemons I planted 7 years ago full of lemons 👍 from Australia 😊
Awesome, thanks for sharing, stoked to hear there are so many lemon trees in the world helped by this vid :)
What a lovely video-I've just watched it a second time. Not only is it really useful, hearing those birds is really relaxing. Thank you!
Wow, awesome video Adam. I just cut tons off my orange tree and thought, what a waste to throw these limbs away. Going to get going on this! Thanks for sharing.
I loved this video and I loved listening to your voice. Thank you!
Loved your video and the little bit of humour.... never had any luck before, will have a go. Thanks
This is good. If your soil dries up, your little new roots will die. These roots are very new and tender and will not survive drying out, nor will the stalk that depends upon these new roots. The plastic bag ensures that there is no or little evaporative loss, and the soil (and roots) stay hydrated.
By far one of the most/best informative video I've seen. Now it's time to see what results I can get from your tips and ideas. Thanx!
I gathered lots of stem cuttings and soft step clippings of local citrus fruit trees to transplant after rooting them. This is an invaluable video......I like....
Thanks for making this video! Will try tomorrow morning once I get all the bits and pieces together!
Good, easy to understand video. I've got lemons, Orange and Lime trees so will give this a go, thanks.
Thanks for the quick and direct info. I will give it a try, especially with the bag. Have had bad luck previously, although several were with branch tips that came off accidentally, and so weren’t ideal cuttings.
I just took cuttings from a key lime the other day. I put some honey in the water that they sat in for the first few days. Another gardener I know uses honey instead of rooting products. He has great success.
Thanks heaps for this tutorial! I've always wanted to clone the Lemon tree from the house I grew up in. I took the cuttings mid-day and they survived a trip from Hastings to Waikato and overnight in water before planting them with the rooting hormone and plastic bags. All except 1 have taken!
Aaaadaaaaammmm!!! You make me proud to be a Kiwi! Love it! Fantastic video, thanks for all the goodness!
Wow, what an excellent video clip this is. Thanks for sharing your technique with the world. Our neighbor has a Meyer lemon tree that gets absolutely covered in fruit every year like you wouldn't believe. I now feel confident that I can clone from this tree - can't wait to get started.
I have been eyeing a neighbours tree, it gives them SO many beautiful lemons every year, lol.
Great video, thanks! The plastic bag is basically a little terrarium. I'm going to experiment with sprouting in jars with the lid on.
Thanx for the video. My cuttings grew up in 2 weeks. I used the powder harmon. Very well explained.
Hi. It has been nearly 5 months and my orange cuttings have thrown some leaves. I took 20 cuttings originally and 4 have survived at least so far. One has one new leaf growing (after dropping the two I left on it) it was first to show signs of growth other than just being a green twig in a pot. Just over the last week, about a month after that first one threw a leaf two others have thrown little branches with two to three leaves on them. Boy you really need to be patient! And the soft drink bottles worked well as little green houses. all the new growth came from low down. But they are showing some swelling at the top now.
What a great video ! Well done. A little humour (ha ha, quite funny actually), and very practical clear step by step instructionsI wish all RUclips videos were to this standard. THANKYOU !!
+Peter Brewer Thanks :)
Thanks for this! Will be giving it a try on the weekend.
Just took 2 clippings off of a Meyer Lemon Tree that I bought. Not sure how old the tree is but the main stalk is about the size of a large pencil. I'm going to keep the tree potted so it needed these branches pruned anyway. If these clippings spout it will just be a bonus. Great instructional video. Can't wait to see if this works out for me. Rick
I watched this yesterday and you inspired me to go out today and buy a little plastic greenhouse and I did cuttings on my lemon and orange trees! I followed your instructions with the 45 degree cuts and rooting powder. I hope they grow!
Should the leafy potted cuttings be placed in shade or full sun?
@@johnpadden5425 shade!!
but not fully shady. The sun must not hit them directly. Their are vulnerable till they grow roots.
Perfect…just what l was looking for. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁
All you need to know to be successful! Thanks for sharing your technique.
Citrus is a remarkable species.
Last October 2014 I took 30 cuttings from a ponderosa lemon tree, it seem for a few months over the Australia summer not much happened. I watered them once a week over summer and in February 2015, they budded and one has even flowered. 25 out of 30., a pretty good success rate. I even was successful with 3 camelia cutting done at the same time, just for curiosity sake. cheers JF
Thanks mate.90% success rate so far.Finally someone who knows what they are talking about. It even worked with olive trees.
Choice, Always happy to hear when its worked for someone. Might have to take some cuttings off our olive tree :)
Hello Adam,
My Meyer lemon did bloom over a couple of weeks. I pollinated it with an artist's paint brush. It now has 25 tiny lemons on it. Now that we are getting mild days here in Ontario, Canada I am going to follow your advice to the letter and try a few cuttings. I'll let you know how it goes.
Years ago I was walking through the garden of the most beautiful mission of San Luis Obispo in California. I heard a thump behind me and saw that a Meyer lemon the size of a big orange has dropped from a tree. Later we ate it and it was almost as sweet as an orange.
Happy gardening,
Rob
Hello Rob from Ontario Canada. I have heard it suggested in older textbooks that the Meyer Lemon may have originated as a naturally occurring hybrid between a lemon and orange. Certainly here in the colder, South Island of New Zealand, the Meyer lemon was the ONLY one sold in garden centres for decades, and was ALWAYS grafted onto "trifoliata" aka "trifolate orange" rootstock. With global warming, the Winter climate has changed markedly just in my lifetime and Nurseries (in this area) sometimes sell other than Meyer lemon trees now, however they were always considered the most cold tolerant of all the citrus. MEYER Lemon is considered to be one of the best citrus fruits for growing from cuttings as they do well on their own roots in many warmer/milder areas. Trfoliata is a deciduous member of a shrub family neighbouring the true citrus, native to inland central China, and is one of the few occasions where an evergreen top can be transplanted successfully on a deciduous bottom (another rare example is evergreen edible loquat onto quince rootstock). I know in Australia that a full blooded trifoliata gets crossed with a standard sweet orange (result sometimes called "citrange") , and the seeds from the resultant fruit are often used as rootstock for oranges and other citrus. Pure trifoliata has an equal sized three part leaf that is quite distinctive, different to all other oranges, lemons, limes etc. The Trifoliata-sweet orange cross has a 3 part leaf with a longer central part and 2 short side parts. Not sure if there's any pictures making this clear on the internet, but if growing citrus trees, it can be interesting seeing what "comes up" as often shoots come up from the rootstock. Normal gardening practice is to remove those shoots as they suck energy from the intended top part of the fruiting plant, but there may be occasions when "experimental" gardeners leave them to develop. Occasionally the top part of a citrus tree will die in an accident etc and it's interesting to see what re-sprouts from the base. Again, in Western Australia "sour orange" (aka "Seville Orange"?) is often used as a rootstock for lemons, limes and possibly old fashioned varieties of sour grapefruits. But I actually really enjoyed eating the few sour oranges I got given once and then spent 14 years growing some real curiosities from those seeds (cross-pollinated from a garden full of all sorts of citrus varieties). Alas all my plants were left behind and lost when I moved from Australia a decade ago. As a full blooded "trifoliata" is deciduous and comes from a cold Winter climate. It suggests that if ever you could source one, then cuttings of most deciduous things can be taken successfully of healthy hardwood during mid Winter, eg Apples, plums etc.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma Tysm for that info
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After watching this video about 3 times, I attempted my first batch of meyer lemon / orange cuttings from indoor trees. Instead of sealing each bag individually, I put them all in a clear storage container. If I remember, I'll check back in here and let you know how it goes. As I was getting to each step, I could hear him saying everything. Well done!
Update please
I followed your method and tried one lemon cutting about 2 months ago. It looked a bit dubious as the two small leaves I snipped and left turned a bit yellow.
Last evening I uncovered it and found some healthy roots. Thanks for the advice.
such a good video and nice, heartfelt ending. thankyou for sharing your hobby with us. im going to try it myself :)
Thank you for the great video! I currently grow hibiscus, ti leaf and pandans from cuttings and didn't know you could do citrus. Have a great day!
This was a great, informative video, cheers! I've started growing lemons from seed. The mandarins I score from the neighbours garden have no seeds, so I will have to use the cutting method.
I've been scrumping fruit for months, but would like to have my own, so videos like this are a great way to start up, chur!
+Matthew Ashton Hey, seeds will always grow trees, but rarely ones that will fruit. Recommend buying a tree, or taking a cutting/clone :)
Thank you for the info. I have a friend who has a very good orange tree and offered me cuttings....very tasty oranges. I have grown roses from cuttings, basically the same method...I am ready to try my hand at orange trees. Thanks again. Will post back and let you know if I have success.
LOL - "I'm about to,get carried away and do hundreds of these..." Awesome!
+Rob Backyard Gardenerr lol I did... i have 6 everbearing mulberry I was lucky enough to find near a budhist temple, also 6 peach cuttings, im about to find more trees for cut/jack!!! yaaaaa
my neighbor has a Buddha's Hand citroen tree, I took several cuttings which were given rooting hormone and are sitting in a cup of seaweed nutrient solution overnight before going into the soil and bags tomorrow. we shall see... Thanks.
You won't be alone
Oh jeez rob I bet you will. Make a new series lol
Fantastic love the laid back way of teaching, I think I got it all because of that?..just going to do 3 of my lemon tree...Great attitude...
Colourlove
Thanks for the video and instruction! From Austin - Texas.
You sound like the perfect husband. Gonna try this after winter, thanks!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!!!
Have subscribed. Loved this tutorial...straight to the point & informative! Will give this a go :)
TY sooooo much for the idea ... we have one of the best navelorange trees here in the neighbourhood (we live in n - california), as soon as the first orange pops in the trees people start lining up to get some ;) so i figured hey why not trying to root them for the neighbours and friends :D ... I will keep you posted on how it worked out for me :)
Update please-- how'd it go?
Good Golly, I can smell those blossoms! Thanks for the video.
Love the kiwi narratives. I just found your channel. Been searching for kiwi backyard growers on YT, so glad I found one 😁. Just subbed.
Thanks so much, going to try this on a grapefruit tree!
Love your accent! thanks for the info!
Love this . Thank you for your video Sir. God Bless All
I did 10 cuttings based on this video about seven weeks ago, and so far, all of them are doing very well. We have lots of new growth :) When can I take them out of the bags? For anyone who is thinking of trying it, this method really works. Thanks for posting this video. I cant wait to start more, Mate!
The best channel name ever !
He's so pleasant and this is so informative !
Wow! That is really cool! I need to try that once I get hold of a big enough tree!
Great lesson, look forward to seeing more.
Great explanation! So easy to follow. Thx.
Thank you! Awesome. I am inspired to try it.
My daughter (Who doesn't garden but loves lemons) used your method to propagate Myer lemon cuttings. All 4 cuttings rooted and are thriving. Thanks for a great video.
Awesome thanks for letting me know :D
Great video; covers the topic and I like your style!
This video is awesome dude! Good simple advise. I think that's we're all looking for on RUclips, simplicity. I was able to follow your instructions with great success without needing a PHD lol... Great video buddy keep it up.
my brother Lead, just watched your vids on citrus also lol
That was about the BEST video I’ve seen so far. Sad you didn’t keep on doing videos. This channel probably would have been a success.
Story of my life mate :D
Awesome Thanks. This is epic, and i shall be onto it very soon..
Lime trees in Rum!! haha its a must.
This is wonderful thanks for the tips once i try this i will let you know how it turns out.. have a bless day!!!
Thanks for explaining so many of the 'why's' when you did things a certain way, instead of just saying, 'Next, you want to do XYZ' and not saying why.
Fantastic video. Thanks for the info!
Thank you! A friend has the most amazing lemon tree in California. I am going to try this so I can plant some in Texas.
Hello there, i'm in San Antonio TX zone 8B and grow many citrus. What part of TX are you in?
Tried a lemon tree from my neighbor using your method. Had 30 clippings, and success with 6. We live in the desert, so had to be careful with overheating and drying out. The starts stayed green for 4 months, the 6 I knew were good when they put out leaves finally. The others eventually lost their green. Fascinating experiment and worth the effort. :)
6 out of 30, I guess that's pretty good for the desert haha :)
How wonderful, and informative !
Great video! Thanks for posting this. I can't wait to try it.
A great message at the end.
Thanks mate, quite helpful. Lots of videos about cuttings here, but not many dealing with citrus.
Thank you I am definitely gonna try this technique.
The best video i found Gunna give this a go With grapefruit from the bay pleanty
Wowza! Impressive!!
Great video! Thank you!
I can't stop looking at my baby's so excited my first time with my indoor garden but I need to slow down and be careful watering them.
Thank you. Video was well done and is inspirational.
Nice to find an NZ video! Thanks heaps, I feel much more confident about doing this now :)
THESE trees and many other trees actually do not need our help and theyneed just a starting push toget rid of the starting trouble..and they are on their ways...way ahead...growing and growing yielding and yielding and never you have to pour water once it is big enough....this is divinity. in true words. and man has spoiled such a bful world.
Excellent! Thank you!
Great video, thank you for sharing it !!
I never knew you can grow citrus from cuttings. I'll try it. Thanks for the video
Yeah the two main orange trees grown are Valencia and navel and this is the only way to get them because navel and midknight Valencia oranges are seedless
@@miguelplascencia6093 The more common method would be to graft those varieties onto a hardy, vigorous rootstock, but this way is worth a try.
Thanks for the plastic bag trick! It should help me with my Key Lime here in New Mexico. :)
Great vid mate. Good message at the end
Good job Adam, well done mate !
Hey bud im a kiwi as well in the hawkes bay area got quite a few fruit trees i want to graft some and do what you did!
Fabulous video, thanks for the excellent effort.
Mr Adam,
OH man, i cant wait to get home and start cloning, this is awesome, im so pumped LOL wooohooo, now i just bought the miraclegro fast root powder, think thats good....thanks for this again and awesome work sir!!!
Tony Gonzalez
Beautiful Southern California