UC Davis cutting report

19 years ago

Today I labeled all the surviving cuttings with metal tags-which means they are officially "real plants!"

As most of you know, UC-Davis has a clonal germplasm repository of a wide variety of fruiting plants that they will share at no cost. I ordered last year, got my cuttings by FedEx in late February of this year.

Out of 13 Fig varieties, only 3 (Ishia Green, Genoa and Kadota 1) did not root.

The ones that did well are:

Mission

Santa Cruz Dark

Excel

Calimyrna

Violette De Bordeaux

Osborn Prolific-this one fruited already!

UCR 337-3 hybrid

Roeding 3

Golden Celeste

White Texas Everbearing

Out of 4 Mulberry varieties, 1 did not root (Saharanpur Local), 1 still has green bark but has not leafed (Tehama), and 2 have done well (Florida, and Florida Giant).

Of the 12 Pomegranate varieties, 2 did not root (Rosamia and Eve) but the rest are all doing very well.

The easy ones are:

White Flower

Ambrosia

Blaze

Golden Globe

Loffani

LouLou

Purple Heart

Wonderful

Dewey

Gold

I don't have a mist house, or mist set-up. I watered twice/three times a day by hose. The cuttings were in afternoon sun, in 1 gallon pots.

I'm thrilled that any survived! Sometimes when I watered, I found the soil was baked hard by mid-day. It is amazing that the cuttings did so well.

How have they done for you?

Lisa

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Comments (14)

jardinerafloridana
19 years ago
Lisa,
Do tell more about UC-Davis......
I have no clue what it is.
Thanks
gcmastiffs
Original Author
19 years ago
Below is a link to the website. It can be difficult deciding which varities to choose, as some are rare and others are hybrids.

Lisa

Here is a link that might be useful: UC Davis
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jardinerafloridana
19 years ago
Thank you Lisa. I will look into it.
By the way...The Budda Belly Bamboo you brought me (at Ricky's last year) is doing really nice.
Thanks again.
Susana
ariel73
19 years ago
Very nice! Now I am wishing I had ordered some of the cuttings. I didn't because I figured I would kill them.
Great job!!!
cindeea
19 years ago
WOW Lisa, that's some awesome results, if you ask me.
an_ill-mannered_ache
19 years ago
lisa, i'm sending you MY cuttings next year. all my blueberries had roots, and i think i was overeager to take them out of their shady, steamy makeshift greenhouse... they fried, all except one. blueberries are notoriously difficult to start, but i thought i'd get more than one of 24! any advice?
olyagrove
19 years ago
boy, gotta love this forum!

thanks so much for the link, Lisa!

Olya
patusho25
19 years ago
do they charge you the shipping??? or is it completely free??

itÂ´s a shame they donÂ´t sned fig cuttings during summer anymore!! >=/
gcmastiffs
Original Author
19 years ago
Patusho, they will ship outside the US. It looks like they would prefer the recipient pay shipping, but it is not required?

Please read the page below.

Lisa

Here is a link that might be useful: Info
gcmastiffs
Original Author
19 years ago
Ill, you got Blueberry cuttings from UC Davis?? I must be blind, I don't find them on the website.

How did you find them?

My cuttings survived in spite of me, and in spite of the drought.. I am amazed!

Lisa
trinigemini
19 years ago
So just to get this straight.....the next order is due in dec?.....they won't send out until jan? or can i send an order now?
an_ill-mannered_ache
19 years ago
lisa,
here's the blueberry link from my blog. it's a different National Clonal Germplasm Repository, but same deal. there are some other plants available from them, incl many in the rubus genus

Here is a link that might be useful: blueberry cuttings
forever_a_newbie_VA8
19 years ago
Lisa:
I'm going to make a request at NCGR for some pomegranate and persimmon cuttings. There are a lot of different varieties on the site.

I would like to know hom many one normally orders? Will they just send one cutting for each variety you specify?

You mentioned that "White flower" is easy to root. So this one has white flowers? I would love to see but searching on the google I don't get anything.

Thank you very much.

Changsong
barbcoleus
19 years ago
Lisa
I skimmed over those websites and I didn't see any blueberries that would thrive in zone ten where there is between 50 and 100 low chill hours or less. DId I miss something?
Barb