mattH82003

Well, as the title says....??

When it come to flowers, I know very little about growing. I do like lilac bushes though, and I have a nice big bushy one.

Someday, Im gonna post all the flowers around my new house so you guys can identify them for me.

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buzzmobile

Yes you can take cuttings and root them. Lilacs also will air layer. It is also possible to separate young shoots from an existing plant.

Here's a good link for propagating lilacs.

mattH82003

AWESOME!!
Thanks a lot Buzz!!
Do you keep them in a humidity dome the same as MJ. They take 3-6 weeks to root from taking cuttings.
Should I just do it like MJ in a jiffy dome, or Lou Cypher's method, and leave them in the dome until they root?

I bet I could get over 100 cuttings off that bush! Its about 7 feet tall, and 3-4 feet wide! Lots of new green shoots too!

Im excited now.

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UpNorth

Hmmm... I may do this as well after my next batch of mj clones.

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buzzmobile

Treat them like Cannabis. They'll root.

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someone should start a, can we clone thread. everyone who knows of cloneable plants can post them up...maybe even tips to do it better for that plant.

just another stoned thought. too stoned to do it myself at the moment. why? i dont know. just because.

mattH82003

Good, I took 15 clones, so I guess you could say i am treating them like Cannabis.

I do have room for 15 more lilac bushes, but i may have to give some away if they all root

Thats a good idea. I have a ton of rose bushes, and flowers and stuff I don't even know in the gardens of my new house. Everyone who comes here says they'd like to have this and that.
It would be cool if I could clone it all. Or most of it I guess....

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noober28

I wonder if one could clone a japanese smoke tree? i have never seen in its 15 years of life ever put off a seed pod one that would be a nice one to clone ><

Poppa Seed

In response to mattH; I don't think you can clone a rose bush and expect the same plant to grow from the cutting. The reason being that most commercial rose bushes are grafts of one genotype underground (the roots of the plant) and another above ground. The bottom part is a plant that is bred for disease resistance and growth, and the top part is the actual variety "snow fire" or whatever.
Of course, I could be talking out me arse, too.
regards,
Pops

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buzzmobile

Not quite, Pops, but a cutting from a rose taken above the graft will result in a plant of the "Snow Fire" variety. The problem comes when the cloned plant is put into the ground. It will not have the benefit of disease resistance and general vigor that it had when grafted to a hardy rootstock. The rooted rose cutting would be better suited to a container.