Make sure the buds are pointed up.

Jun 03, How to Root Softwood Cuttings Cut a piece of softwood off the plant that is at least 6 inches (15 cm.) long, but no longer than 12 inches (30 cm.).

Remove any flowers or fruit on the cutting. Trim the stem to just below where the bottom most leaf meets the Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Aug 03, Instructions Take Cuttings From a Healthy Plant.

Cut a 3- to 6-inch long piece from a healthy portion of the parent plant's stem, Trim the Leaves and Apply Rooting Hormone. Remove the leaves from the bottom node on the cutting. Usually, you can Plant the Cuttings. Take root cuttings in late fall or early winter while the shrubs are dormant and their roots have most of the plants' energy stored.

The younger and healthier the shrubs, the more readily your root. 52 rowsAug 18, Propagation by stem cuttings is the most commonly used method to propagate many woody ornamental Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. I use pruning shears to cut the stem from the shrub at about one inch below the second leaf node. Since the length between leaf nodes differs from plant to plant, the size of a cutting, using this rule of measurement, will vary. The average cutting should measure between 3 and 5 treeclean.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.