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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: pottylotty1 on August 16, 2017, 22:27

Title: Echinacea Cuttings
Post by: pottylotty1 on August 16, 2017, 22:27

When is the best time to take a cutting??

Title: Re: Echinacea Cuttings
Post by: New shoot on August 17, 2017, 08:06

They are ones you do root cuttings of.  I've not tried it but I remember seeing someone on tv talking about it - Carol Klein  :unsure:

Its a job for later on in the year when the plant is dormant.

Title: Re: Echinacea Cuttings
Post by: pottylotty1 on August 17, 2017, 22:18

Cheers Newshoot

Title: Re: Echinacea Cuttings
Post by: snowdrops on August 17, 2017, 22:40

You could also try non flowering shoots now around the edge of a pot of gritty compost

Title: Re: Echinacea Cuttings
Post by: pottylotty1 on August 23, 2017, 22:28

Thanks snowfalls
 I'll give a whirl.