Utah Fruit Grower

General tips for propagating shrubs and trees Take cuttings in the morning when plants are hydrated, cut at an angle to have more area for rooting. Put potted cuttings in a shady humid place, like underneath a mature shrub or in a greenhouse-like environment (cover pots with plastic bags to create a mini greenhouse). As a general rule don’t cut off more than 1/3rd of a parent plant every year unless you want it to be stunted. Use a sterilized planting medium like seed starting mixes from the store or sanitize it yourself to prevent molds and fungus, especially damping off disease for seeds. Sterilize tools before taking cuttings. Check if the variety is trademarked or patented before you propagate it. You can always grow seeds because they will be genetically unique. Harden off plants gradually. Propagation of a few specific plants Plant Best propagation technique Notes Resources Pawpaw Seeds, do not allow to dry or freeze, needs cold stratification, sow in tall pot https://www.kysu.ed...

Can I grow goji berries in USDA zone 6? Goji berries can grow in zone 6. They might seem like an exotic fruit, but they are tough enough to survive freezing winters. I grew mine in pots and put them outside against the house during the winter and they were fine. Goji berries are also called wolfberries, but I think of wolfberry as a more general name for fruits of plants from the Lycium genus and “goji” as the types that come from China: Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense. There are native wolfberry plants, but I don't think any are known for having good fruit except maybe Lycium texanum and Lycium exsertum (Littleleaf wolfberry), but I think they are only hardy to USDA zone 8, so that's not going to work for me. Goji plants are also called matrimony vine and grown as an ornamental plant, which is good evidence that they are a tough enough plant that anyone can grow them. It's not really a vine, just a tall bendy sort of plant, like a raspberry that can grow way taller tha...

What plants am I growing? Here is my list of perennial fruiting plants that are currently thought to be alive in my garden. Hardy Kiwi, Actinidia arguta 'Issai' Kiwi, Actinicia deliciosa 'Jenny' Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent' and 'Smokey' Bearberry or Kinnikinic, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, 'MassachuseX' and seedling Serviceberries Bearberry Kinnikinic Pecan, Carya illinoinensis American Hazelnut, Corylus americana Filbert (Hazelnut), Corylus avellana L. Korean Dogwood, Cornus kousa Arnold Hawthorn, Crataegus arnoldiana Lavalle Hawthorn, Crataegus spp Quince, Cydonia oblonga 'Bereczki' Persimmon or Kaki, Diospyros kaki 'Nikita's Gift Hybrid' Goumi, Elaeagnus multiflora 'Carmine' and 'Sweet Scarlet' Golden silverberry, Elaeagnus pungens 'Hosoba Fukurin' Ebbing's silverberry, Elaeagnus X ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' Autumn Olive, Elaeagnus umbellata 'Ruby,' 'Charlie's Golden...

What are rose hips? Rose hips are the fruit that grows on rose bushes. Why are they called hips instead of berries or fruits? No idea. The nice thing is that if you know you can grow roses in your area, then you also know that you can grow rose hips. Same plant. So maybe you already are growing some! If you’ve got any kind of roses in your yard then you are. Of course roses that have been optimized for enormous blooms are not intentionally optimized for the taste and usefulness of their fruits. If you've got rose hips it's worth trying them (if they haven't been sprayed with pesticides or anything) because I have heard of some tea roses that actually did have great rose hips too. Look at the variety of sizes, colors, and shapes of rose hips in this picture from a flower show in France: Rose hip display at the Chantilly Flower Show in Chantilly, France 2018. Photo by Mark Wessel. There are several types that are favorites for rose hip production: rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), d...