Rooting plant cuttings

[chilidon]

Has anybody in the forum had any success taking cuttings from pepper plants & rooting them, & if you did, how did you go about it?

 

[pshngo]

right now I have a cutting in a cup of water that im changing every day. I dipped it in mx clone gel for 30 seconds two days ago and the plant hasnt drooped yet
unfortunately I forgot what pepper I cut this off

 

[willard3]

Search is your friend

Cutting search:
http://thehotpepper.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

 

[Big Mike]

I can tell you I've already done it successfully this season. Here is my 10 step process:

1. Pinch (not snip) off a fresh cutting (hopefully 5-7 inches long). It seems that cuttings bluntly pinched off and not so sharply cut or snipped off will root better. 2. Without delay, take off any bottom leaves to leave you with a stem at the bottom of two or three inches. Remove all but about three or four leaves from the branch to minimize transpiration. 3. Dampen the bottom of the stem and apply fresh rooting hormone. 4. Place in a small starting cup with starter mix and water thoroughly. 5. Put in a sunny window. 6. Keep damp (not soggy but damp) until it roots. 7. I like to mist spray the rooting plant three or four times a day since its hard for it to take up water when roots have not developed. 8. Wait for roots to show up in the drain holes before transplanting. 9. Enjoy and don't worry. 10. Have a beer.

This process worked for me. Your chances are good if you attend to the cutting.

Good luck!

Slice38

 

[Gotrox]

Only point I can make is that if you change the water every day, the root clone is prolly washed off.

I would start at step 3 from slice (above)with what you have now.

I personally like to put them in partial sun for a couple weeks before letting them have full light.
To each his/her own.

 

[chilidon]

Thanks for all the info. I had moved my plants out of my greenhouses due to the 100 plus temps here in central Ohio.This is when grey squirrels got to a few of them, including 1 of my 2 Manzanos . The little bastard chewed them off right at ground level, so I'm hoping to get cuttings from what was left. Things have cooled off some, so everything is back in the greenhouses. Thinking about getting a pellet gun and going on backyard safari for bushy-tailed tree rats. Thanks again for the posts. Chilidon

 

[ZenPepper]

I rooted 2 pepper branches, just cut half the leaves off, and put it in potting soil, and keep soil wet for 1-2 weeks, nothing fancy