When you are finished, place them into the large plastic bag, and close.

May 03, I got some cuttings from a crab apple tree and was told to strike the cuttings in an interesting way.I will update details here as I get results from these c Author: The Productive Garden.

Sep 21, Start a crabapple tree by taking a softwood cutting between May and July, when the branches are still tender. Fill a planting tray with a mixture of half potting soil and half peat moss. Put the tray in a shallow pan of water and leave it for at least an hour, until the potting mixture is. Take cuttings of green crabapple wood, 7 to 9 inches long, from the ends of young branches, using a very sharp knife or pruners dipped in alcohol or a bleach solution.

Separate the pips from the fruit and wash them to remove the apple flesh.

Strip off all the leaves from your cutting, except for two or three at the tip of the stem. You can clone your crabapple tree from softwood cuttings taken from the current year's growth. The wood of a softwood cutting is pliable and may still be slightly green.

The wood bends easily and. Apr 16, Cover the drainage holes with a coffee filter or small rocks so the soil stays in the pot when you water. Fill the containers with well-drained potting soil. Prepare one 4-inch pot for each crabapple cutting that you want to propagate.

You can put several cuttings in the pots, but when the roots develop, they are shrubremover.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Feb 08, Assuming the OP does know a crab apple from a carob the process for cuttings is quite straight forward. Most apples are relatively easy to strike as cuttings but ability to root does vary from one type to another. A couple of my crabs have been quite difficult from cuttings.

Take pieces of relatively young wood if shrubremover.barted Leaves tree fall animated gif cartoon Time: 7 mins.