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} Sep 10, To help root lilac cuttings grow, you'll need a synthetic auxin rooting hormone that imitates the auxins found in the plant. Lilac cuttings will need Author: Nat Howard. May 08, Update 5/28/ I get a lot of questions about whether or not this worked. The answer is yes, the majority of them rooted and were planted. I didn't keep any Missing: Columbia MD. Jun 04, To plant your freshly dug lilac sucker in the ground, dig a hole deep enough, loosen up the soil some by digging around with your shovel.
Place your lilac sucker or shoot into the hole and fill back with the loose soil.
You mentioned it will not work with a grafted lilac.
Gently firm it in with your foot. Water it in well. Keep your fresh planted lilac watered until it is shrubfalling.clubg: Columbia MD. May 15, Remove leaves and buds. Dip the cut end in hormone powder, available at garden stores. You can either place the base end of the cuttings in a container with several inches ( cm.) of water, or else sink them into a pot with potting soil.
If you have decided to start rooting tree cuttings in water, add water to the container as it shrubfalling.clubg: Columbia MD. Aug 29, How to Root a Tree Branch Without Cutting.

Air layering is an asexual or vegetative method of propagating trees without planting seeds or taking cuttings. Roots actually form while the Missing: Columbia MD. Dec 10, I've had pretty good luck with rooting lilac cuttings. The plants are important and you have plenty of time. I suggest that you try different methods. I know you can strike cuttings and you might try layering. Get yourself a bunch of young plants in pots, ready to be shrubfalling.clubg: Columbia MD.