Nice results in that compost, Peter. I'm glad you figured out a substrate that works when rooting them. Great to see someone enjoying exotic fruit plant propagating, as its a lot of fun👍🏽
Thanks! Yeah, I'm glad I found something that worked. I hope it helps others to get them to root too. I will keep playing around with different things to see if I can improve the success rate next time 🤞
@@tropicalsat52n86 I never got around to trying more in there again this time, as it was already full with other cuttings. I did try some in there last year, but they all failed. I think I need to move the propagator somewhere where it will get more light, or under a grow light.
@@PeterEntwistle try some under a grow light but I don’t think it needs to be a proper grow light something like a T5 strip light would be fine and it would use a fraction of the running cost… if you look at the tissue culture labs, that’s the lights they use. I’ve always found a window sill can give you big fluctuations in temps. I think keeping everything stable is the key. Very shocked the aeroponics failed!!
@@tropicalsat52n86 Yeah, I was surprised it didn't work either, although I was having an issue with some kind of mould/slime forming on some of the cuttings. I will probably give it a go in there again once the Poncirus cuttings are done and after I give it a good clean out.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found it useful. I had a hard time finding anything about rooting them, so I thought I'd do some experimenting myself 😊
Thanks, Brett! Yeah, they do seem pretty tough to encourage to root, but I'm glad I've had some success. I'm hoping with a bit of tweaking I'll be able to improve my results next time🤞
Love this video. I’ve been try to root every plants over the years including the pineapple guava. Only the obvious ones take roots. There were so many useful information. I will have to give it another try. Thanks, you have earn my subscription
@@PeterEntwistle Sorry I should have watched the whole video before asking... I'm going to do an A:B test of Compost Vs Irish peat moss. I already have the exact same equipment you have
Hi Peter! Thanks for sharing this experiment. Just wandering if you have improved your rate with new techniques or soil types. Greeting from Australia!
Thanks, Jose. I haven't done any more experiments yet, although I definitely plan to in the future. I'll definitely post further videos in the future with any more propagation attempts 👍
Love the experiment Peter The only mostly foolproof method to propagate feijoa is approach grafting so you could always use the unnamed that rooted in future as rootstocks attempting that
What about aerial layering propogation? I've been trying it out with some native rata vines near where I live that have been difficult to propogate by cuttings.
Thanks, Karl! Yeah, I have also heard they were borderline impossible to root and also from past experience I hadn't had any luck. But I figured the nurseries must be rooting them somehow, so thought I'd have a go at trying to find something that works. I'm hoping with a bit of tweaking I can improve the results next time 🤞
@@kristofp72 Some nurseries might be on a small scale, although I imagine it would cost them a lot more to air-layer them rather than rooting cuttings. I imagine they will have perfected the conditions required to root them. My experiment wasn't very scientific, so it's hard for me to draw too many conclusions, but I think I'll try reducing the humidity next time.
Hey, thanks for watching. You might be right, I haven't experimented much with the temperature. I couldn't find much about rooting them online when I produced this video.
I don't think I've attempted rooting a Meyer lemon specifically before, but I have rooted other citrus and I would say that citrus are easier to root than feijoas (and I still find citrus hard to root), at least with my experience so far. I'm hoping to improve my success rate with them next time.
I have grow lights and have had two ML’s root but later died from rot. Still have a couple of ML’s to take cuttings from this winter. They are in containers. Next year I will transfer them to the outside.
Yeah, I have heard they can be air-layered. In fact, I'm pretty sure the latest feijoas I bought were air-layered. I am going to have a go at air-layering some this year, I will post the results here on my channel if they are successful 👍
I've had success stool layering the base of a feijoa bush after cutting down bottom groth around the main trunk. It promoted new roots and shoots that you can dig out after 12 to 18 months. You will have a substantial root ball on the new shoots. I b
I’ve tried to root pineapple guava cutting this way three times and didn’t work, they only grew new leaves but no roots! Let me know if you were successful. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Sally, yeah they can be very tricky to get to root. As you can see in this video only a few of them had any roots by the end of it. I think one more rooted a few weeks later, however, they ended up drying out too much and they all ended up dying 😞. I will attempt it again this year once my plants put out some more growth. I will make some small tweaks next time based on what I learnt from this experiment.
Haha so typical that the un named one got roots…😂 I tried rooting some branches (seems the branches are brittle and brake off a lot) I just stuck them in a pot, no hormone didn’t even bother defoliating them… I got about 30% success!!
Haha, yeah so typical none of the named varieties rooted haha 😂 Oh wow, that's pretty good! Did you leave them outside without covering them too? I probably should leave my plants to put on some more growth before trying to root anymore lol 😂
@@PeterEntwistle haha always tempting to propagate… yeah I literally just made a fresh cut and put in a pot… you might notice some of my plants have random pineapple guavas cuttings in their pots lol. I didn’t care if they died or not, so typical because when I want to root something I can’t lol 😂 I’d fail at root willow haha
@@tropicalsat52n86 Haha, yeah things never root when you want them too 😂 Which reminds me are you going to be doing an update on some of your plants soon? 😉
Thanks, yeah you are probably right about the humidity. I started this before you mentioned the VPD graphs to me recently. Do you know of an easy way to record the humidity inside a small propagator? I do have a room temperature/humidity clock in the room, so I can check the humidity in the room. But I'm not sure how I would go about recording it inside those small propagator pods. I did open the tops every day and tried opening up the vent a little more, at one point, but eventually closed it more again.
@@PeterEntwistle hobbyist who grow fruit trees in containers, can learn few thing from our friends who grow “medicinal herb”😀. I watched few of their videos and the pros have it down to science. Nothing left to chance. They control humidity, temp, nutrients, light intensity, air circulation, pH, etc. with high value crop, they can spend the money to justify it. But still worth watching and learning. First time hearing about VPD was from them😀
Nice results in that compost, Peter. I'm glad you figured out a substrate that works when rooting them. Great to see someone enjoying exotic fruit plant propagating, as its a lot of fun👍🏽
Thanks! Yeah, I'm glad I found something that worked. I hope it helps others to get them to root too.
I will keep playing around with different things to see if I can improve the success rate next time 🤞
What about your aeroponic set up?? I reckon that would be the best way 🤔
@@tropicalsat52n86 I never got around to trying more in there again this time, as it was already full with other cuttings. I did try some in there last year, but they all failed. I think I need to move the propagator somewhere where it will get more light, or under a grow light.
@@PeterEntwistle try some under a grow light but I don’t think it needs to be a proper grow light something like a T5 strip light would be fine and it would use a fraction of the running cost… if you look at the tissue culture labs, that’s the lights they use. I’ve always found a window sill can give you big fluctuations in temps. I think keeping everything stable is the key. Very shocked the aeroponics failed!!
@@tropicalsat52n86 Yeah, I was surprised it didn't work either, although I was having an issue with some kind of mould/slime forming on some of the cuttings. I will probably give it a go in there again once the Poncirus cuttings are done and after I give it a good clean out.
Hi from Japan! Your experiment is extremely valuable. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found it useful. I had a hard time finding anything about rooting them, so I thought I'd do some experimenting myself 😊
Extremely useful video Peter. Jeez they have a terribly low success rate but a great job to get a couple to root, I'm really impressed
Thanks, Brett! Yeah, they do seem pretty tough to encourage to root, but I'm glad I've had some success. I'm hoping with a bit of tweaking I'll be able to improve my results next time🤞
Love this video. I’ve been try to root every plants over the years including the pineapple guava. Only the obvious ones take roots. There were so many useful information. I will have to give it another try. Thanks, you have earn my subscription
Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful. Hopefully, you will be successful next time you try rooting them. Thanks for subscribing too 😊
Thanks for the vide]eo i've been trying with a two-node cut one node in and one out and failing
Thanks for watching! Yeah, they are quite tricky to get to root.
Excellent job Peter 👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks, Nirmala! I'm very happy to get a couple to root 👍
Good. You are onto something very cool.
Thanks 👍
Excellent work Peter!
Thanks! I'm happy I managed to get a few to root. Hopefully, next time I can get a few more to take, with a little tweaking 🤞
Did you use rooting hormone? I'm chancing it and trying to root some Kaiteri cuttings
@@FruitPhilosopher yeah, I did. Just a powder rooting hormone.
@@PeterEntwistle Sorry I should have watched the whole video before asking... I'm going to do an A:B test of Compost Vs Irish peat moss. I already have the exact same equipment you have
Hi Peter! Thanks for sharing this experiment. Just wandering if you have improved your rate with new techniques or soil types.
Greeting from Australia!
Thanks, Jose. I haven't done any more experiments yet, although I definitely plan to in the future. I'll definitely post further videos in the future with any more propagation attempts 👍
Very interesting experiment Peter. Have you tried air layering as another route for rooting new plants?
Thanks, Mike! I haven't tried air layering yet. It is something I would like to have a go at in the future though 👍
Love the experiment Peter
The only mostly foolproof method to propagate feijoa is approach grafting so you could always use the unnamed that rooted in future as rootstocks attempting that
Thanks! That's good to know, I'll definitely have a go at approach grafting these in the future!
What about aerial layering propogation? I've been trying it out with some native rata vines near where I live that have been difficult to propogate by cuttings.
Great experiment Pete. I’ve never tried rooting feijoas as I’ve heard that they’re next to impossible to root.
Thanks, Karl! Yeah, I have also heard they were borderline impossible to root and also from past experience I hadn't had any luck. But I figured the nurseries must be rooting them somehow, so thought I'd have a go at trying to find something that works. I'm hoping with a bit of tweaking I can improve the results next time 🤞
@@PeterEntwistleMaybe the nurseries are air layering them.
@@kristofp72 Some nurseries might be on a small scale, although I imagine it would cost them a lot more to air-layer them rather than rooting cuttings. I imagine they will have perfected the conditions required to root them. My experiment wasn't very scientific, so it's hard for me to draw too many conclusions, but I think I'll try reducing the humidity next time.
Are you sure your target temperature isn't too high? From what I read, 20-25 degrees is the range suited for rooting feijoas.
Hey, thanks for watching. You might be right, I haven't experimented much with the temperature. I couldn't find much about rooting them online when I produced this video.
Would have been nice to know what type of clone was more successful whether cutting young or older stems
Thanks for watching. Those ones that rooted seemed to come from younger growth.
Thanks mate@@PeterEntwistle
Thanks for the video! I tried this method 3 times and no roots, only leaves!
Thanks for watching! Yeah, they are very tricky to get to root, certainly one of the toughest plants I've tried so far.
Well done. Is it equally as difficult to root Meyer lemons?
I don't think I've attempted rooting a Meyer lemon specifically before, but I have rooted other citrus and I would say that citrus are easier to root than feijoas (and I still find citrus hard to root), at least with my experience so far. I'm hoping to improve my success rate with them next time.
They seem to share the challenge with feijoas to root them. But now I have a good starting point based on your video.
@@jneckcrank for rooting citrus I've found they need to be very humid and in a very bright position. Artificial lighting can also be very useful.
I have grow lights and have had two ML’s root but later died from rot. Still have a couple of ML’s to take cuttings from this winter. They are in containers. Next year I will transfer them to the outside.
Peter are cuttings the best way to propagate pineapple guavas? Thanks for your videos very satisfying to watch.
Is air-layering any more successful? Stinks this one is difficult to root.
Yeah, I have heard they can be air-layered. In fact, I'm pretty sure the latest feijoas I bought were air-layered. I am going to have a go at air-layering some this year, I will post the results here on my channel if they are successful 👍
@@PeterEntwistle That's great to hear! I was planning on trying out some air layering with some of my plants.
I've had success stool layering the base of a feijoa bush after cutting down bottom groth around the main trunk. It promoted new roots and shoots that you can dig out after 12 to 18 months. You will have a substantial root ball on the new shoots. I b
I’ve tried to root pineapple guava cutting this way three times and didn’t work, they only grew new leaves but no roots! Let me know if you were successful. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Sally, yeah they can be very tricky to get to root. As you can see in this video only a few of them had any roots by the end of it. I think one more rooted a few weeks later, however, they ended up drying out too much and they all ended up dying 😞. I will attempt it again this year once my plants put out some more growth. I will make some small tweaks next time based on what I learnt from this experiment.
I tried to airlayer a Mammoth but probably didn't give it enough time and had no roots.
Yeah, I've not tried air layering yet, that is something I was planning on trying eventually.
The coconut coir is too damp with coconut coir normally works better when it’s in open air not covered with my experience give it a try
Thanks for watching and for the tip, I'll have to give that a go next time 👍
Haha so typical that the un named one got roots…😂
I tried rooting some branches (seems the branches are brittle and brake off a lot) I just stuck them in a pot, no hormone didn’t even bother defoliating them… I got about 30% success!!
Haha, yeah so typical none of the named varieties rooted haha 😂
Oh wow, that's pretty good! Did you leave them outside without covering them too? I probably should leave my plants to put on some more growth before trying to root anymore lol 😂
@@PeterEntwistle haha always tempting to propagate… yeah I literally just made a fresh cut and put in a pot… you might notice some of my plants have random pineapple guavas cuttings in their pots lol. I didn’t care if they died or not, so typical because when I want to root something I can’t lol 😂 I’d fail at root willow haha
@@tropicalsat52n86 Haha, yeah things never root when you want them too 😂
Which reminds me are you going to be doing an update on some of your plants soon? 😉
@@PeterEntwistle very soon… when it is dark, raining or I’m not working… which seems to be very limited these days 😂
Way too much humidity!
You should aim for 65% at room temp. At 30c, you should aim for 70% humidity.
I’m guessing your humidity was more like +90%.
Thanks, yeah you are probably right about the humidity. I started this before you mentioned the VPD graphs to me recently.
Do you know of an easy way to record the humidity inside a small propagator? I do have a room temperature/humidity clock in the room, so I can check the humidity in the room. But I'm not sure how I would go about recording it inside those small propagator pods. I did open the tops every day and tried opening up the vent a little more, at one point, but eventually closed it more again.
@@PeterEntwistle the average humidity where I am this week is 94% I feel like I’m in your propagator lol I could do with that heat Matt though 🤪🤣
@@tropicalsat52n86 Lol, it's 89% humidity outside here at the moment 😂
@@PeterEntwistle hobbyist who grow fruit trees in containers, can learn few thing from our friends who grow “medicinal herb”😀.
I watched few of their videos and the pros have it down to science. Nothing left to chance. They control humidity, temp, nutrients, light intensity, air circulation, pH, etc. with high value crop, they can spend the money to justify it. But still worth watching and learning.
First time hearing about VPD was from them😀
@@SamMTL514 Lol, yeah sometimes their videos are the best on certain topics. They were pretty helpful when I was looking into grow lights 😂