Good evening friends, I am experimenting with taking cuttings and trying different methods of developing roots. I've gathered some sumac from the woods. It is the sumac that grows along a heavy root from a parent plant. One pot I just planted the section of plant and root I removed and the other plant I tried some rooting hormone.
I also took cuttings from my Korean dwarf lilacs. One pot I took branches with rooting hormone and placed in a pot, with dirt of course. The lilac puts out new shoots under ground and they appear all around the main tree. I collectwd some of these with roots attached and planted.
We are still having warm weather here in Michigan and new shoots are growing on my bushes. I'm hoping they may still root even though it is getting late in the year.
i also took some cuttings from my scheffelara and just stuck them in water. The first one I did four weeks ago and is just starting to grow roots. Would rooting hormone speed this process for future cuttings up?
If I should cut down either the lilac or sumac more to give it a better chance of surviving, please advise.