Is the summer a better time to take cuttings? Right now the tree that will supply the cuttings is dormant. Not really dormant as citrus never becomes truly dormant, but not growing. Should I wait for it start growing in the spring before taking cuttings? Last year I successfully rooted a meyer lemon cutting but the plant was run over by a lawn mower.


The cuttings will go in pots this time as I do not have much more space for new citrus plants. I would like to try growing some citrus in pots as most of my citrus grows in the ground.

for what its worth i took cuttings from new growth about 2 feet long off my lemon during the summer months and 1 out of 4 took. it has 2 pretty little branches and about 20 leaves in a pot, and survived this southern louisiana winter also.

not much help i know, but i dont think it matters much, just plant a few in your pot, 1 is bound to survive


red

I would say that the best time is any time that the soil is warm....probably March/April, depending on where you live....but I wouldn't hesitate trying it now.

I am trying it now. they are in pots. i have done it before but for what ever reason i start to get growth then i mess with it and it dies. this time i have them in a pot with a bag with some holes in it to help keep the humidity up and to remind me not to mess with the plants.

I accidentally broke a branch off of a Genoa Lemon last October or November. I rooted it in a one gallon ARP container covered with a plastic bag. The container was set on top of the heated table (an old 200-gallon dye vat) with the temperature set at 96F, and put near a slot so that steam came up into the bag. The cutting rooted very nicely, and is now on its own. - Millet (699-)

I just find this topic and because I was trying myself to root a Meyer lemon cutting these days, I wondered if there is a perfect way to root or more exactly a more guaranteed way to root them .Also if someone have some pictures would be great to share.

thanks

I have a lot of rooted cuttings from Amalfi lemon. I have visited Amalfi several times in December and always bougt Lemons with twigs on them. At home I put them in plastic (pet) bottles (cut off the bottom and insert little pots filled with perlite). I kept my bottles above the heating near window. Lemon always worked perfct. Mandarin and citron did not.
/Robert