Cuttings or bare roots

[Chad Hauenstein]

I am looking to replace an EW screen that runs on the south edge of one of our plots with a more perminate screen. I have only planted bare roots before and was wondering what advantages cuttings offer? Has anyone found cutting to growth faster?

I am looing at arrowwood, dogwood, and willow.

 

[Fish]

Honestly, i am not a big fan of cuttings. I cut my own each year and stick them here and there because it's so easy and maybe a few will grow. But they require more care for great success.
Bareroots are already on their way and a much better option for me. They already have roots!

Brushpile has done a lot with cuttings. But he takes great care to get them started it seems.

 

[dogdoc]

If you want numbers then doing your own cuttings will save you some money but takes more time. A lot also depends on what you are planting. I've done both and I prefer bare roots. Only cuttings I have done are button bush, mullberry, and willows with good success.

 

[Chad Hauenstein]

Thanks for the opinions guys. I have elderberry that i can get cuttings from but other than that i have to purchase what i plant this year.

The area i have is about 130 yards long and about 10 yards off the woods line. With the ew dead i have bare dirt and can put down black fabric. I was looking at cuttings in the hope that they would grow faster but i cant find any studies that say either way

 

[Doctorbrady]

Cuttings rarely grow faster because they have to develop roots before top growth. The one exception is truncheons. Starting off with 3-4' trees offers some advantage as you can see on my property thread. Poplar truncheons are 8' tall and covered in branches despite horrible drought conditions.

 

[Chad Hauenstein]

Doctorbrady, the truncheons are awesome. Thanks for pointing me to your thread. They would get the job done quick. We dont have any poplar on the property but if i can find some i would to try it.

If cuttings dont provide fasterfrowth then i wil. Probably go with bare roots.

 

[Doctorbrady]

Doctorbrady, the truncheons are awesome. Thanks for pointing me to your thread. They would get the job done quick. We dont have any poplar on the property but if i can find some i would to try it.

If cuttings dont provide fasterfrowth then i wil. Probably go with bare roots.

Those pictures were early in the year. I will post more in the Spring. They are TREES now!