How to take & propagate cuttings: a Stephen Ryan masterclass!

Fasten your seat belts Horti's this is a deep dive into SOME of Stephen Ryan's cutting propagation secrets! As a rare plant specialist he has years of experience AND patience with some of the trickiest of plants. You might want a drink and some snacks and off we go!
The conifer Stephen takes a cutting of is Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'.
The broad-leaf dog wood cutting Stephen works on is from a no ID Cornus.
Stephen mentions two hormone treatments: Clonex rooting hormone gel made by Yates - but any similar liquid or gel treatment will work depending upon what's available in your region. And Rootex-P which is an indolebutyric acid treatment. Again any power using indolebutyric acid will work the same. The waterproof pencil Stephen mentions is from this company : https://www.stabilo.com/com/
Again, try out what ever is available where ever you are to find the best for you.
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0:00 introduction
0:38 getting organised
0:46 use fresh cuttings
1:00 storing cuttings before use
1:50 when to take cuttings
3:03 keeping records
4:24 hormone rooting treatments
5:23 Indolebutyric acid
6:09 which hormone rooting treatment to use
6:28 can you use honey as a rooting treatment?
6:43 to clean pots or not
7:29 which potting medium to use
7:31 using sand as a medium
7:40 using perlite as a medium
8:49 how to label your cuttings
9:42 using a marking pencil
10:06 the tools you'll require
11:01 preparing conifer cuttings
11:11 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
11:27 what is meristematic tissue?
12:11 what size should your cuttings be?
12:24 preparing your conifer cuttings
15:33 preparing broad-leaf cuttings
16:51 potting your cuttings in perlite
17:40 striking your cuttings in a fogger
20:43 creating your own mini fogger at home