Whew, you are one busy person. We also have to keep all the shrubbery well away from the house to keep the critters at bay.
I like to air layer camellias but if you have to trim quickly, I would try the bucket of sand. I believe it was Stono who told me he uses the sand bucket method. If my memory serves, you fill a bucket with damp sand, stick your cuttings and put it aside in a shady place for a while. I imagine you would use a rooting hormone and be sure to keep the sand moist. Good luck.
What do you think?
thnx
Ardesia's got it right, bonjon. I used a 5 gallon bucket that once held "Strongicid" (some horsey medicine) that a friend donated. Drilled a few small holes in the bottom, put about 8" of sand in it, filled the bucket with water and let it drain out. The cuttings were "green wood", and I did use rooting hormone on them. I covered the top of the bucket with translucent plastic (tied tight), and put it in the woods behind the greenhouse (dappled shade, no direct sun). Two months later I had 27 out of 30 very healthy rooted cuttings. To get the cuttings out without totally destroying the nice new roots, I gently filled the bucket with water and poured them out. Mistake. I couldn't pot them fast enough to keep the roots moist. So I potted as many as I could, left 12 plants in the bucket, misted them thoroughly, covered the bucket with the plastic, and went to make more potting soil... They all lived, though.
got buckets galore^_^
Anyone with "buckets galore" is a very lucky person, bonjon... Most usefull creation since the wheel, IMHO...