I'm from Andalusia Alabama. I know exactly what you're saying! Lol thank you so much for sharing 😊

I just love you and your daughter’s videos. I’ve been following for quite awhile you both bring a lot to the table as far as getting a nursery going, but very honest about it needing a lot of your time and devotion. Thank you so much for posting the videos and I wish you the best of luck with another great season at the new nursery. Going to try propagation this year from your videos it will bring a lot to our landscape. Thanks again, Bruce

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks for a great video Craig! Tremendous amounts of plants that you now have growing! Lots of hard work! It’s amazing what you have done in less than a year!

Nursery looks great, Savvy Dirt Farmer 🌱🤗 Thank you for sharing your knowledge on both propagation methods. I'm trying both at present too. "Make hay in the summer!" Yep, up and outside from the heat by 7 to get'er done before the zone 7 B heat of Southern OK.😎 Thanks again for sharing! p.s. as I am listening to your video this morning, my husband, getting his coffee, asks, "Who's that?" My reply, "The Savvy Dirt Farmer who got me into all of this!🌱🌱🌱💚😂🤣👍 Laura of GA got us into putting up a small greenhouse in 2022. Now I am retired and following the Backyard Nursery dream! Thank you to you and your family 💚💚💚🌱 Best quote ever, "Treat it like a business." SDF. 🌱🌱👍😎

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Been making hay this morning, myself. Soaked in sweat. Came in to change clothes and dry out a while. Headed out for more. Living the dream. 😃

Good advice. Thanks for all you do for us SDF!

Timing is perfect for me! Fixing to try some propagation! I think I will try a tub! Thanks for all the information!

Love your videos. I've got several varieties of hydrangeas in pots....yup, need to go take some cuttings. Thanks for the reminder!

Thank you so much! You always make me want to continu growing my little backyard nursery.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

I'm learning a bunch from your videos! Thanks!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Another great video! Lots of great information. I just stuck my first batch of Limelight. I did not do plugs. Maybe this batch will be forgiving when I pot them up. Can’t wait until you open back up.

I have used you method for hydrangeas and am having very good results.

Excellent

Thank you!!!

Thanks for all your advise from success and failures. I’ve started our backyard nursery similar to how your family started yours. Trying to get our misting system right where it keeps starters moist but not soggy is first key step I’m trying to dial in correctly. Once I get that set with the good plug media I’ve got now I will feel confident to propogate like crazy. Appreciate your sharing and may God continue to bless your efforts 🙏

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Good grief, I'm having a time getting my new system dialed in. Right now I'm trying a longer soak less frequently.

Glad to see you’re gonna start propagating gardenias

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

worked on them yesterday and will again today... about 100 done so far.

You are so engaging and encouraging. Do not have a misting system yet but I will try in a clear tub with lid. It should also work. God bless!

@savvydirtfarmer

11 ай бұрын

Good luck!

Thank you for showing the comparison. This morning I followed your hosta propagation method! I’ll be ‘making hay’ tomorrow with emerald greens via the dishpan method. Thanks Craig! Eric

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

'Tis the season!! Hope they do great for you.

Thanks for the hydrangea propagation videos. Had a family member who needed to go to a nursing home, but she had a lot of weigela and hydrangeas on her property so I took cuttings June 18 and they are growing well in trays now, just watered them twice daily in potting soil. Repotting those cuttings today, they have rooted well. Slowly building inventory and looking for discount perennials nearby in SW WI so I can do what you're doing. Getting my kids involved and starting our journey just like you guys did a few years back. Enjoying the process. Thank you.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great! Thanks for sharing

One thing your nursery has that most others don't and that is such pretty property surrounding the nursery and that out of City Air.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

We're working to improve it! Thanks so much.

I would guess the plugs need more attention to watering. Each little cup has more area to dry out. The dish tray might be less care for someone like me that’s not home every day to check on watering.

Timely video. I just got in some limelight liners and they are super leggy like the one you showed. I was wondering how far down I could/should cut them to take cuttings and to trim them for next year - Now I know!! I'll probably be able to easily get about 50 cuttings from my 10 liners.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

That’s how you do it!

Thank you! Going to try the sand method for my Texas Sage cuttings, I tried once and they rotted so on to round two!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

We had TX sage when we lived there… beautiful plants. Never tried to propagate them.

Thanks for sharing, Craig! I have all of my limelights in trays and I know they're already rooted. Should I let them grow out for this Summer and wait for them to go dormant before re-potting them? From now on, I will propagate in trays...the finished plugs in your video look so healthy!!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

If they are in pans/flats all growing together, definitely leave them alone. You'll damage those new tender roots digging them out. When in doubt, wait. Don't rush it.

I appreciate the content you share. Good teaching going on. What evergreens do you propagate besides the Emerald Green and Green Giant arborvitae? Have you tried the living hedge idea for propagating the arborvitae? Many thanks.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

The two I currently propagate are "living hedge" types of trees. That's just about the only reason people buy them, and it's why they buy so many at once... to screen their neighbors, busy road, etc.

Great info, your operation is looking great! You inspire me. Do you have a link to the Wallerin pencil?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Good ol' #2.

Thanks for the great content! So inspirational! Which wholesaler do you use for evergreen plugs?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I don't publish my wholesale sources, but FYI, it's VERY hard to find them right now anywhere. I couldn't point you to a source that has them, for sure.

You make me want to go out and buy a hydrangea just so I can do this!❤

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Do it! Just make sure you buy one that's not patented.

@twohomesteads6512

Жыл бұрын

Me too only hydrangeas aren't edible and I am only doing edible plants so I don't have to deal with sales tax.

Thank you so much! Can you recommend any other wholesalers other than the one you mentioned in the plant patent video? I can’t create an account with them until I become a “business” and I’m still learning/hobbling at this stage. Thank you!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

There are a number of reasons I don't share wholesale sources on here. But... perennial and shrub wholesalers aren't super hard to find with some google searching... no accounts needed.

Thanks very much for all of your information. Am I allowed to propagate patented hydrengeas like Limelight?

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

Limelight patent has expired, it’s free to propagate. Others? Depends on the plant. Cannot legally propagate plants under patent protection.

So interesting. Thank you. Could you use the cuttings at the end of fall when cutting back your hydrangeas to propagate starts? Thank you

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. In fact, when I have them, I like to leave them alone all winter and do some as hardwood cuttings about February, before warm up starts.

@cindyleedavidson7394

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you the quick reply. See you in the next video! 😎

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I have a question for you, do you think it’s possible to propagate many of these evergreens and/or hydrangeas under indoor grow lights as long as I continue to mimic the appropriate light cycle, and climate…???

@savvydirtfarmer

8 ай бұрын

I think that all makes it harder than it is. Let nature do its work outside.

Hello why failed hydrangea paniculata from hardwood cuttings most y in green house of end februari

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

No idea... too hot, too wet, too dry, poor draining rooting media...?????

Thank you do I see bayberry plants behind you toward the end of the video?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Not sure what you see, but not bayberry… I don’t know that plant.

If I don't have a misting system like you've described can I use a plastic cover to keep them moist? Will that work?

@savvydirtfarmer

8 ай бұрын

yes... will work. Just give them shade if you do it in the summer. Don't cook them, and don't let them dry out.

Hi thank you for another informational video! Can you please tell me if this would work with lilacs? Thank you 😁

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I don't know a thing about propagating lilacs. I've never had them in my nursery and have never tried to propagate them. NEVER hurts to try.

@cynthiagustafson2541

Жыл бұрын

There is info about doing lilacs on KZread. Also, digging up shoots and potting them. I have been doing that method because I have so many all around my lilac bushes. It is working very well. I have 5 lilac plants potted right now and was able to take several others to my daughter for her to plant.

@twohomesteads6512

Жыл бұрын

I haven't done it but my Dad who was a professor of Environmental Horticulture always said propagating lilacs from root cuttings was the best way.

@ahockeymom2978

Жыл бұрын

@@cynthiagustafson2541 thank you so much!

@ahockeymom2978

Жыл бұрын

@@twohomesteads6512 thank you for your help!

Hello, you mentioned slow release fertalizer for the arborvitae cutings. When would you add the fertalizer in the propagation process around what month or season?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Only fertilizer when it’s warm. Slow release is formulated to release based on temperature.

@ricardorodriguez8471

Жыл бұрын

I have cuttings that i have been rooting for about 3-4 months now. Would i fertalize this year or would i wait until next year after they are individually potted to fertalize them in early spring? Is there a slow release fertalizer you would recomend? Once again sorry for all the questions and thank you for your time. You have been more help then you will ever know!

May I ask you please Do you have a video on Cypress propagation that is in front of you in this video. Thanks in advance.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I don't have one. Similar method to the green giants.

I propagated a dishpan of Weigela cuttings in sand + hardwood bark under mist June 9. I think every one rooted! They have a lot of top growth and some are even blooming!!! I didn’t know they would bloom twice! My question about the Weigela is, should I pot them up now or just leave them till they put on growth in the spring? Also, I have probably 30 or so hydrangea that rooted from cuttings. They are getting quite leggy. Should I prune them now? Thanks as always.

@savvydirtfarmer

10 ай бұрын

Great job! In dishpans, I would leave them alone until dormant. Sprinkle some slow release fert on them in their pans and let them continue to grow until cold weather. You can also prune them now for more branching. Before Spring, dig them out of the sand and pot them up and they'll grow a LOT next year.

@hosta127

10 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you!!!

hey...the white dishpan method...with all those green giants in it....did you drill holes in the bottom of it?? how many, ... you would probably have needed to use a drill....just wondering.... could not hear it in the video or maybe you did not say...I want to try the dishpan method..let me know please...thanks

@savvydirtfarmer

11 ай бұрын

No idea... just drill a few holes so it'll drain. Or without a drill, poke a few holes with a screwdriver or whatever you have.

@birdoriginals5655

11 ай бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer thanks

Do you add slow release fertilizer to your plugs?

@savvydirtfarmer

6 ай бұрын

I use a liquid fertilizer for plugs, usually, but sometimes I do use slow release. Use what you have, they both work. Main thing is to understand they won't be plugs for long and most of their growth will come after you pot them up. They certainly need fertilizer as plugs though.

Are you drilling holes in the bottom of those dish-pan tubs?

@savvydirtfarmer

5 ай бұрын

Yes, several

Do you put drain holes in the dishpan?

@savvydirtfarmer

8 ай бұрын

Yes. Guaranteed to drown otherwise.

When you mention the patent has ran out on anything. How do you find out when the plant patent has expired on any given plant(s)?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Look up the plant name and “patent.” Ex. “Limelight hydrangea patent date.”

@anthonydavis7681

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks. Shortly after I commented, I found your video on patents, which helped alot. I enjoy your videos, so just keep cranking them out. They're so helpful and knowledgeable.

I have had 200 hydrangea this is the second summer. Haven't sold a one! So frustrating

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I can't keep them. How do they look, what size are they, and what's your price?

@juliknapp9270

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer 7.95 just stating blooms on some. Nice size. Tardiva and grandiflora. They are paniculata. I hope to plant a few for display hoping that will help

If you use any specific nursery pots would you add them to your Amazon store? I'm mostly just growing for myself but would like to give away to friends and family (maybe a few people on FB to recoup the cost of things) but all the lost of affordable 100 6" pots have such terrible reviews. Have you ever used them? Do they make it through a season or more? I've been seed starting mostly, so you can get potentially 100 plants from each packet and I'd love to be able to pot them up instead of sticking them out in clumps where only a few survive from the clump because of overcrowding.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never ordered pots off Amazon. I use mostly trade gallon plastic pots. They last multiple seasons… I’ve got some that are at least 6 yr old.

@cejanuary9378

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer sounds like it is worth buying higher quality pots. Thank you!

Where do you buy your flower pots?

@savvydirtfarmer

4 ай бұрын

locally, or amleo.com or greenhousemegastore.com

What medium mix do you use?

@savvydirtfarmer

25 күн бұрын

For propagation? Mostly sand. It doesn't matter as long as it drains well.

Can I root lantana ?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Never tried, but I'm sure you can. Lantana is an annual here.

"Wallerin'" :) So you don't use rooting hormones on hydrangeas?

@savvydirtfarmer

5 ай бұрын

No. I don’t use it at all rooting anything

When you say sand, is that like sand box sand or sand from my yard? Sorry to be so ignorant about sand🥴

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Sand box or masonry sand. If the sand is too fine, like flour, it's not good. The more coarse the better.