Privet is very popular as a robust hedge plant because it can also cope well with the urban climate. Propagating the shrub from cuttings is very easy and even beginners can do it without any problems. How to pull privet cuttings yourself.

Cuttings are best obtained by pruning in spring

Propagate privet by cuttings

The easiest way to propagate a privet is by cuttings. Young shoots, which you can use for this, are abundant in spring and summer.

Other ways to grow privet plants yourself are sticks and sinkers.

The best time for cutting cuttings

In the spring you usually cut back a privet significantly. Then there are a lot of cutting residues that you can use as cuttings.

The shoots should be as long as 20 cm and must not yet be lignified below.

Prepare cuttings properly

  • Cut off the cuttings cleanly
  • remove lower leaves
  • cut large leaves in half
  • Cut off the tip of the shoot

Use clean and very sharp cutters. Unclean tools can transmit diseases. Blunt cutting edges tear the skin of the privet shoot and thus offer fungal spores an opportunity to penetrate the offshoot.

Put privet offshoots in pots or outdoors

You can put privet cuttings in prepared pots. To do this, use slightly deeper planters, which you fill with a mixture of garden soil and mature compost. There must be a drainage hole to prevent waterlogging.

You can also place the cuttings directly in the desired place in the garden. The soil must be permeable to water and should be improved beforehand with compost and horn shavings (32.93€).

Insert the cuttings about five cm deep into the substrate and press the soil firmly so that the cuttings grow straight.

Maintain cuttings of the privet

Shorten the shoots by about one to two thirds at the latest after sticking them in. Only then can the offshoots branch out well from the start.

Water regularly, but avoid waterlogging.

If the cuttings are outdoors, you should spread a layer of mulch around them. This prevents the soil from drying out and protects the privet offshoots from the first frosts in winter.

When can you transplant cuttings?

You can tell that the cutting has formed roots by the fact that it has new leaves and side shoots. You can now take the offshoots out of the pot and transplant them to the desired location.

Rooting usually takes place very quickly, so that you can often transplant the young plants in autumn.

Propagation of privet by cuttings

Cuttings are incurred with a strong pruning. They are already lignified below and simply have to be stuck into the ground in the designated place and watered well.

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In the wild, a privet bush can reach a height of up to five meters. In the garden, it is seldom raised as high as a hedge.

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