The EASIEST Way I’ve ever Rooted Citrus Cuttings

After a prior experiment rooting citrus cuttings, I decided to build an ebb and flow system (or flood and drain system) to help me root citrus rootstocks more easily. Although I had some success with my citrus rooting experiment, it was way too much work and I wanted to find an easier way. With my ebb and flow system I saw that some citrus rootstocks are easier to root than others. I have now used my ebb and flow setup to root citrus cuttings, root fig cuttings, and root other fruit tree cuttings.

Materials that I used to build my flood and drain system can be found here:

This video shows how to order disease-free citrus cuttings in California:
This article shows where disease-free citrus cuttings can be acquired in other parts of the world:

These are my prior two videos about rooting citrus from cuttings:

The video and photo of Pele’s hair are courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

[ethanpayne]

Great video, very informative and entertaining to anyone who with an interest in citrus or horticulture. Also very nice to see the process of constructing the flood/drain system.

[ganzip]

You really know your stuff. Love the dedication to preventing diseases

[tohopes]

Just when we thought the Fruit Mentor had abandoned us, he is back with a DIY vid.

For me this video opened with an ad of a guy yelling into the camera "Stop watching aquaponics videos!!" who claimed to have the secret to growing bigger peppers and squashes. Maybe I should have clicked his ad and asked him about rooting citrus rootstocks.

[donk.johnson]

smart guy, well shot and edited videos.

[Shaun.Stephens]

Hi Dan, thanks for this and your experiments. I've just come back and double-checked your channel to ensure I was till subscribed as I'm looking forward to the follow-up video to this (I see there's still a place-holder in the corner at the end). Cheers.

[Shaun.Stephens]

Hi again Dan. Are you still intending to do the follow-up telling us which varieties root well from cuttings? I've made a system like this and could really use that information. Thanks.

[foxtrot]

I was looking forward to this video, I want to do this type of grafting but I had doubts, thank you and a save from Brazil

[sciencetopics]

I've been using air layering methods to great success, low-effort and high-rooting rates!

[mihaiilie]

Verry interesting and a lot to learn from this.
I was thinking to use ultrasonic misters but this seems just as good.

[jacopodanglars]

Hello, thanks for the video. Ive tried several ways trying to clone citrus, the one that works the best is air rooting for me, but sometimes air rooting isn’t an option.

[XaViEr]

Great idea! I just don’t se myself building a ebb and flow system 😅 I’ll just keep growing rootstock from seed and grafting the old school way 😬

[DtsProjects]

I really appreciate your videos and advice. Thank you!

[GrimReaper-krje]

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[restoredbywill]

Such an awesome video, I wonder how this system performs compared to an aerocloner often used in the cannabis industry. Also, curious if adding a nutrient such as clonex would yield stronger cuttings.

[SherrisPlants]

Thank you so much brilliant information

[timingisperfect]

Which rootstocks grew? I have only had rooting success with Volkameriana, which could be what you found as well. Beautiful system and so well captured on video!

[cosmicallyspeaking]

A friend of mine has a unique mandarin tree in her property in Santa Monica, CA. The flavor & taste of the fruits is unbelievable! But nobody knows what type of mandarin it is. I tried to compare it with all kinds of mandarin I can get my hands on from grocery stores & other trees, just to figure out its type. I tried to take the fruits to the nurseries in the neighborhood. No success. The people at the nurseries would not even entertain such a thought or help. It is extremely juicy, very sweet, has a unique flavor, has lots of seeds. How can I find out what kind of mandarin it is? Any direction, help, pointers appreciated. Thanks.

[lorenbush]

What variety of Orange is very sweet like the sweet flavor of a Valencia orange but has no acid and no tartness? I had 4 trees that I grew from seeds that I got from oranges that tasted like that but they all died last summer and I don't know what variety they were. Much Thanks

[donk.johnson]

I am trying to graft cuttings from my family naval orange tree. I sold the house. The tree is over 50+ years old and I want to graft it to a new tree I just got at a nursey. I've tried the T bud technique, and that didn't work. So I am trying to root the cuttings as well as all the other ways I've seen here. What product are you using for your hormon mixture for rooting. I'm in southern CA right now, but thinking of moving to Northern CA soon, where I hope to plant my tree. Thanks.

[chelsealove]

What rootstock do you think is best for Meyer lemon trees? For container growing a dwarf tree?