Propagating Plants

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Hello everyone.

Is there anyone who is successful in plant propagation? I have a question:

I started various plants from softwood cuttings at the start of the summer. Once they rooted, I put them in 3.5 inch pots. They have done well. In fact, the Crepe Myrtle and Rose bush, even flowered.

Before it gets too late in the year, I want to find out the best way I can prep them for the winter. I figure if I leave them as is, the roots will freeze and the plants will die. Could I just bury the small pots in the ground? Or say, in a large bin filled with compost (to generate some heat)? Some of them are evergreen, so they will need sun.

The cuttings I’ve started are:
Crepe Myrtles
Roses
Burning Bush
Red Twig Dogwoods.
Schipp Laurels.

Any info would be appreciated. I’m from Jersey, zone 7 so it can get cold in the winter. We see single digits at times.
 
Hope you have some replies,I’d be very interested how to keep them alive through Winter .It only gets down to -3C usually here,so it I find it amazing how plants survive the extreme cold 🙂
 
Shelter plants from winters worst may give you some helpful ideas.

4 ways to use a cold frame - perhaps you could make something similar to put over your potted plants?

The Cold, Hard Facts on Protecting Potted Plants

The putting the pot into the ground is similar to putting a bare rooted rose bush into the ground, called heeling I think, until such time as they can be planted where you want them to grow. So putting the pot in the ground, thick mulch over the ground, and some type of shelter over the top, I would think would give plants the best chance of getting through the winter.
 
Thank you for the (name removed by moderator)ut. Maybe I can plan on building a little cold frame.
 
I think that would work. I also remember watching a show which depicted a gentleman constructing a cold glasshouse over his potted plants. It had a lift up lid which was attached by hinges and this lid slopped down so snow/rain etc would run off. The glass or I think it was glass, was a dense white, but not so dense it stopped light from reading the plants, and it kept them warm.

Hoping you have success.
 
I live in Hardiness Zone 5b

I think you’re best bet would be to keep them inside under grow lights.

However, if that’s not an option, a well insulated cold frame might work.
 
Can bamboo grow from cut canes and shoots as well as transplanting rhizomes ? The one I found yesterday is verigated and I think can grow to ten ft.I’d live to use it for screening and windbreaks as it is very windy here at times.
 
Don’t know @Greenfields, though one relative has planted a screening hedge of the variegated bamboo along their back fence line - traffic lights being the main problem. And a neighbor behind but two doors up has these growing and the tops are almost as tall as the two storey house next to them. I’ve seen them 50/50 green/gold, but also almost what appears to be 90% gold - really pretty.
 

⚠️ A Word Of Caution ⚠️​

Bamboo can be rather invasive. I would advise planting a Clumping Bamboo as it’s roots won’t extend too far. Also, make sure that you’re not near any stone, foundation, or asphalt.
 
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I wish I lived in a climate where bamboo could be made into a forest 😉
 
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