PAPA-PEPPER’S GUIDE TO PLANT PROPAGATION – THE SIMPLICITY OF IT ALL
I think that it was New Orleans, in 2004 when I first realized it.
Plants are created with an incredible will to survive. From cacti to bamboo to so many others. They just want to live. Sometimes, just a broken-off piece of a plant is enough to start a whole new plant. To make matters even more interesting, there are people who pay money to purchase plants.
In this video, I share a recent experience and some of my thoughts about it.
BASIC CONCEPT
Basically, if you can cut branches into pieces and drop them into a bucket of water, then you can propagate plants. Well, at least certain kinds of plants. The Walking Stick Weeping Willow that I have in the video was a cutting that someone gave to me about a month ago!
I dropped it into a bucket of water, left to Texas and Mexico for nine days and it has been a few weeks since then. Now, about a month later, the plant is still doing great and growing roots, so I chopped it into a few more pieces to make even more new trees.
The incredible part is that propagated trees like this can sell for anywhere between $10 - $80 USD! With a little effort, time, and space, anyone can start up a business on the side. Check out the video for more, or any of the links below for other propagation ideas and techniques.
TO CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS SERIES, CLICK ANY OF THE LINKS BELOW:
- INTRODUCTION
- PASSIONFRUIT & ELDERBERRY
- KIWI, GOJI BERRY, & DATES
- PITAYA & PRICKLY PEAR
- GRAPES & FIGS
- HOBBY, BUSINESS, OR BOTH?
- GRAFTING 1.0
- LAYERING
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-really-easy-roots
Until next time…
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Wow, I'd be interested in learning to do that for other trees, could be a lot of fun with certain fruit trees.
I know my step dad has the most amazing old pear tree. This thing is about 40 ft tall and over 100 years old. It has just loads of pears that fall in the winter and are ripe in winter when there is snow, so you never worry about bugs since he is in Michigan with it.
If I could get a graft of that to grow, would be pretty awesome.
You should get a graft of that to grow. I grafted some on my old plum tree onto some wild plums here.
This is a short video I made of what works for me.
Not long ago I thought of being a gardener: P something strange since I'm a computer engineer, but the truth is that I work more relaxing and that's why I thought about gardening ... although I'd like to start by planting some things as a hobby but also taking out Something of benefit. Your video HOBBY, BUSINESS, OR BOTH? Is exactly what I thought, but I have no idea of what kind of plant I could start with ... what do you recommend me? ... by the way, I live in an apartment which limits a little the choice I guess
Our property was pretty dismal when we arrived six years ago. Since then we have propagated almost 80% of our trees (mostly fruit). Last week we sold 200 papaya trees. All the seeds we plant are from our own heirloom plants. And to think when I met my hubby he was a real brown thumb. Didn't know a petunia from a milk thistle! l0l
I thought @papa-pepper deal just with animals ☺ it's good to deal with plants also ☺
No "peppers" are plants. LOL!
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Hey, Papa-Pepper! Do you have any videos on growing pepper plants? I didn't see one in your list.
This is the first year I have grown veggies and I'd love to see what tips you gave on growing them. Besides, pepper is in your name!
This has been requested before, thank you for the reminder.
I just learned recently that you can cut the top off a pineapple and plant it to grow a pineapple tree! Pretty cool!
Thanks @armansandhu!
Sharing to show how you can make money! I love willows for their ability to root and provide a rooting hormone for other plants and I keep a rain barrel set up with branches in it just for that reason, sure cuts down on plant death when transplanting. Glad to see you rocking another area of your homesteading!
The rain barrel with branches in is an amazing idea! Great thinking!
Wow...what a helpful post, it teaches you something about plants and also on how to earn easy money...
Anyway how would I sell it...Who are the people that uses this plant, can it fruit?Can you eat it just it is?
Typically, Willow trees are used as an ornamental fast-growing shade tree. Bare root plants ship easy.