How to Grow Lavender Plants from Cuttings | Propagating Softwood Lavender Cuttings in Sand
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Let's learn how to grow lavender plants from cuttings. Propagating lavender plants is so easy from softwood cuttings, especially if you root them in sand. You'll usually see roots within a month and you can take many cuttings off of one plant so your lavender stock will multiply exponentially! The big bonus is that this plant attracts hummingbirds to your garden!
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I do this with almost every type of plant. It works almost always and many times I don't even use rooting hormone. Amazing how many beautiful plants you can own this way. And watching them grow gives you so much love and satisfaction.
I didn't even know there was rooting hormone. I have 5 really nice cutting that are growing really nice. I just water them and leave them in the sun.
You put that very beautifully, Kerri!
I just dip my cuttings in a bit of honey or cinnamon to give them food and keeps them from rotting before growing roots. Every little cutting that grows into a new plant makes my heart smile.
I take cuttings of all sorts some take others dont. Ive failed with wild Spanish broom several times and with lavender. I dont buy rooting hormone so will try the cinnamon
Beginning to realise that rooting hormones also polluting nature .
Wish we could propogate hummingbirds, they are like fairies!
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There's a cool Facebook group called hummingbird whisperer and someone posted a video with about 15 hummingbirds drinking from one feeder. Looked like he figured out how to propagate them, lol.
Such a great idea!!
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Love the rooster 🐓 agreeing with your advice and singing 😪 to the Lord.
Love, love, love lavender! 💕 Can't wait to try this technique next year. Thank you!
You are so welcome, Teresa! I'd love to do a whole pile of these next year.
Ditto! ♡
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@Teresa Hierholzer. Hope you got onto it by now as it has been a year.
I did this based on your other videos! I can't afford all the lavender I want, so this is awesome! Thanks!
You're so welcome! Glad it's working out for you, Gayle.
Hi Mike, this is exactly how i do my lavender cuttings , apart from i don't use a cloche/ bottle.
I live in the uk & sadly we don't have any hummingbirds. They've always fascinated me & anyone who grows plants that feed them or insects/ bees, is alright in my books & doing what we were put on this planet to do. It's lovely that you are spreading the word & showing people how to help beautiful birds & insects.
In the uk we have something called the "hummingbird moth" (look it up, u'll be amazed), It's a moth which looks like it has hummingbird attributes ; it has the fast vibrating wings & the long proboscis (inplace of a beak) & it feeds on the flowers in a similar fashion.
So currently i'm substituting the moth for the real bird, but i feel very priveledged to have something as lovely that visits the " nectar bar" in my garden.
Anyway, keep up the good work & thanks for a great video.
I recently heard from another viewer that there are no hummingbirds in the UK. I never knew this before and that's very interesting to me since they are so common around here. I believe they originate in South America and travel up this way every summer, but there is a variety that stays all winter. It's very curious to me that so many plants and animals have traversed the waters and multiplied throughout the world but the hummingbirds haven't been introduced there yet.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanku for your reply, I'm living in hope that warmer temperatures might bring hummingbirds to our shores one day !( well, there has to be an upside, right? ), in the meantime I've provided a link for you to see the " hummingbird hawk moth" that visits us instead in the uk.
I did not know you could propagate lavenders! I have a huge 8 year old lavender bush. I will use your method to propagate more plants. Thanks
Have fun and good luck!
Yes! I can’t wait to propagate some lavender!
The closer we get to spring, the more excited I get too!
Gotta love Humming birds and Lavender
They're so cool to see around here through the summer.
Can't wait for the bad weather to change so I can propagate my lavender!!!
Me too, we're almost there!
I love your content, easy to follow and very useful. I love growing plants and learning a lot from you. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks David! Happy to hear you enjoy the videos. Have fun in the garden this spring.
I loved to watched from the beginning of the show how you prepare those lavander cuttings .. planting them then after many days .. you showed us how they beautifully rooted using the hormone powder .. so interesting that those "little guys" can lived and multiply many more lavander plants .. I love the scent of the Lavander oil .. Thx for sharing Mike .. Cheers
I love lavender too! Yes, it's amazing how such a little cutting will grow into a large plant. I love plant propagation!
Hiya Mike from Epsom South West London 🇬🇧
I made the cobbler with my son Kieran, huge success! Found a measuring jug with 'cups' on it and used 4ozs of butter for the cube/stick. Only had pineapple rings in the cupboard but tasted great! Kieran couldn't wait to cool it and cut a piece straight away, just like when a kid!
He poured double cream over it but would go well with English Custard or ice cream Certainly not a crumble 😂 but everyone enjoyed it so definitely will make again, thank you for passing on the recipe and for all your smashing videos ❤💐
So glad you guys enjoyed it, Lee. Definitely not a crumble but a great recipe all by itself. The double cream sounds excellent!
Thanks for letting me know relavant time zones from cuttings down from New Zealand
No worries!
Love it always wanted to get cuttings from lavender gunna do it soon thank u from Australia 👍
No problem, Jeffery, good luck on the lavender and enjoy your summer.
Mike lavender is also great for a calming agent...Henry the Rooster is trying to upstage you but ur the Best.
Thanks again Buddy
There's always a competitor at my heels, haha. Thanks, Ryan.
It was kinda funny that the Rooster crowed every time you tried to talk lol. I share ur passion bud...would enjoy shadowing you for a few months and gaining from ur immense knowledge and joy in what you do 😎👍
I love it, nobody ever shows the roots after they place cuttings. Thank you.
We always do on this channel! That's our claim to fame. Many other propagation videos here. Have fun!!!
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Thank you . You said ' sand' - did I miss a bit or ??? Q, is it potting sand . I am a fan of lavender so the more lavender plants the merrier I will be. Thank from the UK xxx
I, too, am interested in what you used for "sand". I have 7 struggling lavender plants recently purchased from an online nursery. I will need to take cuttings - quickly. What are you using as "sand"? - Thanks in advance.
Fun video, Mike! Hummingbirds are so beautiful and interesting. I cant remember the name of the plants I have, but the hummingbirds LOVE them. They will have hummingbirds all over them, just like bees do plants! I have ones that have baby blue, deep blue, red, pink, white and lavender flowers. The leaves are green with white spots or splotches, some having long slender leaves and some having wider leaves. They're all beautiful, thats why I have all colors. I have always heard a nickname for them is a boy and girl plant, having blue and pink flowers on the same plant. If you are interested Mike, I will set you up!
Beautiful, I just looked up the lungwort and it looks beautiful.
@@MikeKincaid79 If you would like some Lungwort for your landscape I will be glad to pot some up for you as soon as I am recouped from my surgery.
Nice that you mention us downunder in NZ and Aus !
I'm in love in lavender thak you for this vid...greetings from Pula,Croatia 💖💖💖
You are so welcome, Kristina, it's a beautiful plant!
I think it is time for your to do some merchandise. I see a t-shirt that says 'rooting for you' Mike Kincaid and a picture of new roots on a cutting!
Thanks, Zavia, that's a great idea for a shirt. My brother came up with one too that says "Oops, I peed my plants!"
@@MikeKincaid79 That's a good one too!
Amazing! I have trouble growing lavender from seed, can't wait to try this!
And with this method, you'll get an exact clone of the parent plant!
Hey mike
Finally, you're answering every single question that comes to ny mind... As you, I love to propagate all kinf of staff... So I will do it a little comercial, to have a goal to reach witth so many plants coming... Niw a thought I have lavender in nt garden in town... And I am moving to the country side in a year, to a wild spot, with no fruit trees, flowers, fruit bushes and so on... But all the plants arr ready in bags and pots. You have been grrat help with experiments, like this and others like Japanese maple graftings (for bonsai and comercial purposes too
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I grew English Lavender & Vera Lavender from seed earlier this year, once those plants become larger, more robust & solidly established I'm going to try growing from the cuttings as you did 🌿🌿🙂.
I can smell the
💜lavender💜
as you strip the leaves 🍃
I love this stuff. My wife doesn’t like it at all and I can’t figure out why, lol
Finally a good quality video.
Well thanks for that Billy!
@@MikeKincaid79 this video blew my mind. Keep it up, my good sir.
Definitely will! Lots of people ther videos just like this one on the channel. Have fun!
Lavender are so lovely flowers, Beautiful colourful on purples !😁😁
Yep, nice stuff!
@@MikeKincaid79 yes I love wildflowers !, Beautiful in woods, country field! 😁😁
So just sand? Nothing else ? No potting soil? No Compost? No Magical lavender dust?
Sorry for my skepticism I’m from New York and have been trying to propagate lavender since April. Thanks Mike!!
Hahahaha, maybe a little magic Mike dust, lol. Nothing special here, just sand.
Compost will rot the tender stem cuttings
I'm from New York too lol! And asked if I should use Beach sand! So your question is perfect !
Use Builders Sand... not Beach Sand !!! It's Salty and will kill cuttings !?!
I grow Lavender here in the UK, using 85% Builders or Lawn (Lanscaping Sand) and 15% bagged Potting Soil. *
* UK banned Peat Compost, so most bagged Soil is from sustainable local authority mega Compost Plants. (aka, Huge Industrial Units, taking : Green Waste, using massive Compost Bins, the sizes of buildings !)
Black Gold, eg from Road Tree trimmings, Argiculture Crop Stems, Supermarket Spoilt Veg n Fruit, and via House/Garden or Kitchen, Green Bin 'Waste Collections'. 😉
Lavender is my arch nemesis and my greatest love in the garden so thank you for this video! So... I can use just my dearly beloved black aquarium sand. That’s it?? I don’t have rooting compound - can I add a bit of fish waste water from my tanks?
Yes, you can use the aquarium sand as long as it drains quickly and doesn't hold a lot of water. You don't need anything else, no fish waste water, just clean water. They'll root without hormone but the success rate will be a little higher with the hormone.
Mike i love your chanal and evrithing you do, from Serbia !
I really appreciate your support, thank you!
Sorry Mike, just got my memory back!😄 The plants i have that attract hummingbirds is Lungwort. They have belll shaped flowers, some small and some about 1/2 inch, but very pretty. 💚
Thank you, Marcia, I'll have to look into that one.
@@MikeKincaid79 I think that Lungwort is also called Pulmonara, or occasionally Lords and Ladies.
loved this video Mike and am inspired to try some cuttings myself...Thanks for the great content, I have subscribed to your channel as you have lots and lots of video's on everything to grow. Can you please do some longer video's for 20 to 30 minutes with more indeepth information, I'd like to see the lavender plant with the following information: Growing, Propergating, Midicinal uses, Feeding, Pot size and type of pots it grows best in, drying, companion to what plants, just everything about any plants you grow, I don't mind sitting with a cuppa for 30 minutes to watch this type of content...Rozzie...Brisbane...Australia...:)
I will try to keep all those things in mind for future videos. I have thought about getting into some of those subjects in the past. Maybe it's time. Enjoy your spring and summer!
I do this exactly with my rosemary I love the smell of rosemary in my greenhouse and all over the landscape
Yes, great stuff! I did a video about rosemary a few months back.
Here in UK lavender is a magnet for bees especially the small dark wild bees!
Yeah, I'm learning that all kinds of beneficial insects are attracted to lavender.
Oh, I actually stumbled across your video and am thrilled because I, too, want to attract more hummingbirds! They come around all the time and I just want to make certain to keep them coming! Thank you for your video! Great info!
You're welcome! Always looking for more hummingbird attractors.
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Thanks for this video. It’s always educational, amusing and fun (Henry).
Glad you enjoyed it, Margie!
Love Henry too... I am glad he is not in my yard though when I am trying to sleep.
Haha, we could hear him really well when he was closer to our bedroom. Very glad he is back over in his old chicken run again.
@@MikeKincaid79 I bet you are! 😉🙃
Thank you so much I will go get some cuttings from my neighbor
Have fun, Rachel!
Thanks Mike for sharing such a great video. I love hummingbirds. I collect ceramic and glass hummingbirds. Didn't know they were attracted to lavender.
Yes! I'd love to get more into hummingbirds. I eventually want my front and back porch covered in feeders.
Love this! 💜 And Henry is not a bother. Let him chat away lol
September 7, 2024...I am trying this today!
I'm going to propagate so many more things next spring!!
As always, it's going to be an epic spring!
awwww no hummingbirds here in the UK, got a cheeky robin that follows me around ,but the bees like them lovely video as per usuall
Sorry to hear that, our hummingbirds migrate from Mexico every year and then head back down in the winter. There is a species that stays north but we don't see it often.
you welcome mike love David
Nepeta x fassenii will attract hummers too. It's surprising the plants they feed on.
I've done lavender from semi hardwood cuttings many times before and done layering and this thing where I cut a foot long branch in February, stripped the lower 2/3 of the stem and dug a nice deep hole and plunked it down into that and grew a nice plant from that too. Darn stuff just wants to grow I swear. Definitley going to try the soft wood method now after seeing how easily that works. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your methods too!
Haha love it! I have many Lavander too the bees likes too. So easy to germinate the seeds too. Is amazing about this.. I have a pot with 80%of sand and and 20% dirt and the lavander plant looks so awesome than others! Do you know that the smell of lavender repels mosquitoes!? Yes! . . My hummingbirds loves more Lobelia Cardinal Flowers because is so attracted to them so strong color Red . Love to see them at my window ☺
Anything that attracts bees and hummingbirds is a good plant in my book!
Mike! Watch this channel "The weedy garden" is cool and crazy too. Lol
Super! I am definitely going to do this with Munstead and Hidcote. Thank you so much.
Cool! This one is Hidcote.
@@MikeKincaid79 Yahoo!
Great presentor you are Mike!
I appreciate that!
@@MikeKincaid79 Yes, and I got my sand, the cutting hormones etc. to start my own crop of lavender. Your daughter JMO looks just like you. I watched the wife's chicken video. Love the good advice! barb nevada
I love this herb 😍
It smells so nice
Wow! Great job. You are the master at gardening. :)
Thanks, Farm Mom, you get most of the credit for maintaining it all!
Thanks for the video, I may take some cuttings from a lavander I got a couple of months ago and is going to die, not sure if I over watered it or the opposite, maybe the cuttings will have better luck
Good luck, Elba!
Hi Mike! Henry was on a roll....hihihi🐓🐓
Cool video, thanks! Hugs all around!🤗💜💜
Sometimes he just won't stop 😆
Yes, I like it!🤣🤣
Fantastic. I love hummingbirds. Got a couple of feeders and thinking of getting a birth bath too.
Question: so let’s say it’s time to plant these babies. Do you plant them with the sand into the ground? Or do you take them out of the sand and use some sort of potting mix instead and then plant them in the ground?
Great video by the way! 👍🏻
Thanks! I take them out of the sand in the winter, just before spring, and pot them up into individual containers with potting soil.
Thanks, great information. I love propagating plants and I will surely try this come spring. Sheila-Chicago
Have fun!
Mike, a great video! Thank you for sharing. Would you please share your ratio of sand to soil or is your potting mix pure sand?
Thanks, Kathleen! It's just pure sand.
@@MikeKincaid79 does not look like sand i am familiar with.? Usually light brown. Your's looks darker. Special sand?
Thank you for the tips!
Happy to help!
Thanks Mike -Just found this shall try it this week. Spring is just starting down under so I have time to do several follow ups till mid summer, Suzann T.
Awesome! I'm a little jealous. Enjoy your spring, it's such a rejuvenating time of year.
I also love to propagate plants, but I don't know where to plant them later. 😟 I love Henry's voice.
Your yard is your canvas. Get creative!
@@MikeKincaid79 I wish I can have a large canvas as yours, Mike. The Creator is too good to give us so many things on earth. On a small canvas, it is not possible to paint all of the plants we love.
That's true. The more I plant, the smaller my canvas feels.
Great video!!!!! I love Lavender!!!!!
Me too! And I love you, ya little sweetheart!!!
I love you too
Thank you for the clarification, I have a question please, I planted the cuttings of lavender with a plastic plate and now it has rooted. Now I want to transfer it to the pot, what is the appropriate size of the pot and What is the appropriate soil mixture
Any potting soil will do and the size of the pot could be 3 inches up to 12 inches. the smaller the pot, the sooner you'll have to transplant.
Bees like them too
That lavenders rootin tootin good.
Sure is Mr. Wordsmith
@@MikeKincaid79 lol
Hi! When you replanted the baby lavender, did you put the bottle back, or did you just let them hang out at that point?
I left the bottle off and am just watering them now.
@@MikeKincaid79 awesome! Thanks!!
This is awesome. I just did 10 english lavender cuttings and I used aloe vera for the root hormone. Hope it works!💚
Q. Did you use all sand or mixed with potting soil??
I used pure sand. Here's a video about it: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
My hummingbirds love lantana plants
I love Lantana, need to get some!
@@MikeKincaid79 then you can show us how to propagate it!
Henry agrees! 🥰🥰
He sure does!
I just rooted my lime cuttings 100% success
That's great! I get a lot of questions about citrus here but it's too cold to grow. Where are you located?
Talking about attracting hummingbirds, I guess you propagate fuchsias? I love the flowers and propagate them here in Normandy, France. Unfortunately, we're on the wrong continent for hummingbirds. Cheers Mike for all the great videos.
I love fuchsia and have a video about propagating them. They're fairly easy to root. Shame you don't have hummingbirds there. Do you have a similar bird that is fun to look for?
Thanks Mike. I hadn't seen your fuchsia cuttings video. I don't know how I missed it. Great stuff as usual, always something extra. I've only tried fuchsias twice now, but even microphylla rooted without heat, late Summer and over wintered underneath sime forest-like shade outside, no problem. I like them best as a hedge. As for the birds, nothing compares to the hummingbird, so we have a Eurasian mixture of fairly unexotic, but welcome birds, and the odd eagle outside the villages. Next priority is to build another pond here, for the great frogs. More than half of my wife's outdoor veg has been eaten by slugs. Cheers.
Brilliant I tried this aswell thankyou fr this video
You're welcome!
Great! Thank you, will try to do the same.
Good luck!
The best plant for hummingbirds is Abutilon- vigorous plant , blooming almost all year around with lots of nectar. In South America it's naturally pollinated by hummingbirds so it's perfect for them. You can have any colours , they can grow outside and hardy to -5C.
Thanks for the info
Sir, did you make a followup of the lavender transplanting in late winter?
Yeah, there’s a part 2 somewhere around here.
Hi from Georgia! As I prepare to cut my lavender soon to propagate like you have, and leave through till Spring, do I keep the top on the bottle the whole time? You said you removed yours a week or so prior. What should I do?
Nice music also.
Glad you like it
Thank you. Very useful.
Glad it was helpful, Sue! Thanks for watching.
Great info, thanks for sharing.
You got it! Thanks for watching, Charles.
I am also in Western WA. Our hummers love the Crocosmia, the Bee Balm, and my neighbor’s flowering currant and hardy fuschia.
If you ever propagate flowering currant, I’d love to see it!!
I'll keep it in mind, thanks Julie!
Thanks so much for lavender cutting lesson I did ask of it was possible as lavender so costly. Whens the latest you can take cuttings ?
You can take them all through the summer, including now. They will take a little longer to root the longer you wait to take them.
I don't use harmone root but still gives the roots happy ending😅
Lol, interesting choice of words.
Thank you 🙏
Hi what type of sand is best for plant growth. Great video as always.
Any sand. Here's a video about it: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
Thanks.
Do you let these little cuttings go the winter 1. On the north side without direct sunlight? and 2. Do you keep the bottle on top for that humidity?
1) I usually bring them in the hoophouse for a little added protection but you can do the same with a large plastic tote that has the lid cracked a little for air flow. 2) I acclimate the cuttings to less humidity once they’ve rooted and get the bottle off.
Hi Mike, I love lavender and live your family ! I’m going to try propagating lavender. I’ll let you know how they turn out come spring.
May I ask a question about Thompson Green grapes? I bought a one year old Grapevine this past spring, and planted it and fertilized it. I’ve been fertilizing it about once a month and giving it a little bit of water because it has been so terribly hot here in California. My leaves, and the edges are turning brown. I wish I could put a photo in my comment here So you could see it. Almost all the leaves on the plant have brown edges. I don’t see any holes on the leaves. There are no signs of any blossoms either. i thought in the 2nd year, which this would be, I would get some blossoms and tiny grapes (I know you don’t eat those grapes yet, just prune and toss). I have not seen any blossoms at all this past summer. I want to prune for canes to grow on the top of our fence. Right now the plant it’s only about 3 foot tall, and doesn’t reach the top of our fence. I prune in the winter time correct? Any help you can give me Mike I will appreciate it. It’s planted in full sun, in fact with California temperatures this last summer I’ve had to have a shade cloth over it because it was 110. Thank you for any help!
Backyard gardener, Marlyn
Yes, winter is a good time to prune them. The brown edged leaves sound like you may be over-fertilizing with too much nitrogen. My rhododendrons get the same leaves when I give too much fertilizer. Grapes do well with little fertilizer. I'd just try mulching around them with a good organic material, water well through the summer, and just let them be.
Mike Kincaid hello again, Thankyou so much for responding. One more quick question, which I’m sure you are asked a lot, but what exactly do you mean by keep the grapevine watered well? The ground looks terribly dry to me and that’s when I water it a little. We don’t get rain, so the only moisture would come from my watering. I look at all the vineyards and I don’t see any of The grapevines in standing water, can they survive these hot California summers without water? Thank you again for your consideration Mike!
Why is the sand dark? Is it mixed with soil?
Here's the video: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
I love this !
Could you tell me what the soil thing you use for propagate ? Please ?
It’s just sand: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
Thanks for this, Mike. My lavender self-seeds pretty easily, but my two original plants have given up the ghost, so I'm going to try rooting them next year! I saved seeds one year, but that was just too much work. I'm just about ready to root some petunias for next year as well as New Guinea impatiens. I haven't bought coleus for a couple of years, but might have to do so next year because I'm getting a bit tired of the varieties I've been rooting, LOL. I really love the $$ that are saved by all my propagation efforts--perhaps someday I can even make some! BTW, my propagation box seems to be working. I've lost about a dozen cuttings, but considering all the 90 degree days we've had this summer, that's not too bad. Quick question: since I don't have any bottom heat on the box, is there anything I can do this winter to keep things warmer? A friend suggested blankets during the night...does that sound crazy? (Zone 5b, southeastern Wisconsin) B.
You can wrap blankets or insulation around the frame but it will just keep the frost off, the frame will still freeze unless you have a source of heat.
You can do this bloody amazing thing where you make a square of bales of straw and in the middle you fill it with compost clippings leaves etc and as the compost starts to heat up it keeps things warm. Usually you do this inside a green house but you can also do it outside ..some people ive seen put nitrogen fertilizer on which helps heat it up and it has to be like a a decent size lump of compost. Not sure but maybe 3 feet by three feet minimum. And then you can put things like seedlings on top of the warm area ...or built a wwe shelter around it like a small polytunnel cloche ...just cos it costs less and doesnt need electricity i love this idea. I haven't tried it myself and ill probably mess it up lol!
When you say, "Leave then in sand through late Winter", is that outdoors? How would they do in zone 6
Yes, outdoors. If you're growing plants that are cold hardy to your area then the rooted cuttings are usually just as strong and can stand the cold. Here's an entire playlist of videos about overwintering rooted cuttings: ruclips.net/p/PLpmpssr45yfMtl3yav-vy1qGsTDdTVWSl
i just did this and have a pot full of cuttings!
Awesome!
Did I fast forward too much? Looking for what kind of soil you used. Thank you for sharing.
I think I grew these in sand. Here's a video about it: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
Thanks for the helpful video - do you cover them all winter? Also do they need to be in a bright location all along? Can you plant in the garden the following season? Thanks
I keep them in the hoophouse all winter and,yes, plant them in spring.
i would love to see a humming bird
Do you use something like a liquid fertilizer once the cuttings have roots?
Not until next late winter/early spring when I pot them up.
Hi, what type of sand did you use?
Nevermind, I just saw your sand video, haha!
You make it look so easy so I’m gonna try this. What type of sand do you use and is that 100% sand these are growing in?
Yes, it's just sand. Here's a video about it: ruclips.net/video/PsrPO1lO3NI/видео.html
Didn't realize Hummingbirds are so tiny!! Another inspiring presentation! Did you say 'Henry'? What happened to Johnny? Don't tell me......he....
I made a video about him last spring. We had to get rid of him and found a new rooster. Johnny tried to kill everyone that came into the chicken run. My wife and kids were scared of him. Henry is a beautiful and gentle rooster that doesn't have any problem with people.
@@MikeKincaid79 Oh golly! I'll find & watch that video. Hope he's behaving better wherever he is. How lovely that Henry is so nice. You & your family are very likeable Mike. Don't know where you find the time to answer our comments here. But it's so appreciated! And encouraging. I have health issues that include chronic fatigue & glaucoma. I have periods where I can handle the light from electronic devices, & can watch youtube. Then there are times when it's just too much for my eyes! Those times I listen. I appreciate the validity of your presentations. Keep up the good work.
You said to leave them in the pot through the winter...do you keep the bottle off now? And keep them inside, not outside over the winter, right?
I keep the bottle off and set the whole pot in my hoop house through the winter. They freeze hard as a rock and then wake up in the spring. I recently made a video and showed them in it and how they look right now, if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/wVWd3cX4u1I/видео.html
Does it need a specific kind of sand or any will do? How about the kind of size of pots? Thanks
Any sand will do and any pot will work.
Brasil !!!
Hey Mike! Just plain ol sand? Beach sand?
Yes, but if you use beach sand then make sure to rinse out the salt.
@@MikeKincaid79 ok. I’m nowhere near a beach but the reason I ask is, I can buy sand if that’s what I have to use for potting. How bout cactus soil? Would that do the trick?