How to propagate Taxus by cutting and the steps of Cuttage Propagation of Taxus

Wild yew is a very precious rare and endangered plant, an ancient tree species left over from Quaternary glaciers, and has a very high medicinal value and a very good curative effect on cancer. wild yew is not allowed to be cut down or collected. But you can plant artificially cultured yew, the following is to introduce how the yew cuttage propagation.

Cutting Propagation method of Taxus mairei

Prepare for cuttings

How to cuttage yew propagation, generally use more than one-year-old yew, choose a completely lignified branch, cut off a section of about 15cm branch to do cuttings, remove the leaves from the base of the branch, and leave it in a cool and ventilated place for 12 hours.

Cutting time

In the cutting propagation of yew, we should choose a more suitable time, which is usually from May to June every year, because this time happens at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the climate is warm and not hot at this time. It's very suitable for Taxus to take root.

Culture medium

The substrate used to cultivate yew branches is relatively rough soil, mixed with sand, rotten leaf soil, perlite or vermiculite, and the culture container can choose abandoned pots and so on.

Prepare for cuttage

Insert the dried cuttings into the culture soil, and if possible, you can put some rooting powder on the cuttings in advance, which is more conducive to rooting. Water thoroughly, then cover the top with plastic film and other things, do not receive light before taking root. Keep the soil moist and water it every day. It will take root in a month or so.

The above is the introduction of how to cut and propagate the yew. I hope this article will be helpful to everyone.