With the right know-how, you can theoretically easily grow an entire forest from a single pine tree with a little patience. Although this would certainly exceed the capacity of your garden, a home-grown tree will still make you proud. Try it, you can find the instructions for propagating your pine trees on this page.
How to propagate a pine tree?
There are three methods available to you to propagate a pine tree: grafting (grafting), growing from seeds or growing from cuttings. The best results can be achieved by carefully selecting the starting material and observing the ideal season for each method.
Various options
To propagate a pine tree yourself, you have three options to choose from:
- the grafting
- growing from seeds
- growing from cuttings
The grafting
Grafting, also known as grafting, is somewhat laborious and requires a little experience. Here you put three different parts of the pine together:
- a piece of the trunk
- Roots
- and the so-called rice (the upper part of the trunk including some branches)
The technique is primarily used in bonsai care. The ideal time to graft a pine tree is winter.
Propagation from seeds
To grow a pine tree from seeds, you can
- buy the seeds at the nursery
- or collect it yourself
It's best to go looking on a dry day in late winter or spring. Make sure to collect seeds that are as fresh as possible, as weather conditions such as humidity or rain affect the likelihood of germination. Then proceed as follows:
- dig a small hole in the desired location (if possible sunny)
- put the pine seeds in and cover them with soil
- water the soil regularly
Pull cuttings
It's best to choose a day in spring or summer to propagate a pine tree from cuttings. Use shoot tips that are no longer soft but not yet woody. It is important not to cut them off, but to tear them off. Better roots form at the wound, the so-called bark tongue, than at a straight interface. Now all you have to do is remove the side shoots. The first new shoots will soon appear in a cultivation pot in a bright place. A film also promotes the growth of your new jaws. The following spring the cuttings will be sufficiently developed that you can put them outside.
