I am trying to start a forsythia golden bell?

my neighbor said that i could get clipping off her forsythia but not sure how or where to cut it? or what to do any one can help please

I am trying to start a forsythia golden bell?
Purdue U. explains %26amp; illustrates how to get new plants from cuttings:


1. Cut off a piece of stem, 2-6 inches long. There should be at least three sets of leaves on the cutting.


2. Make the bottom cut just below a node (a node is where the leaf and/or the bud joins the stem)


Remove 1/2 to 2/3 of the leaves, starting from the bottom of the cutting. Cut large leaves in half. Remove all flowers, flower buds, and fruit.


3. (optional) Dip the lower inch of the cutting in rooting hormone.


4. In a pot of damp, but drained, rooting mix, make a hole for the cutting using a pencil. Put the cutting in the hole and firm the rooting mix around it. If any leaves are touching the surface of the mix, trim them back. Several cuttings can be placed in the same pot as long as their leaves do not touch.


5. Enclose the pot in a plastic bag, making sure the bag does not touch the leaves.


6. Place the pot in a warm, bright spot but out of direct sunlight. Every few days, check the rooting mix to make sure it is damp, and water as necessary. Discard any water that collects in the bottom of the bag.


7. After two or three weeks, check to see if roots have formed by working your hand under the cutting and gently lifting. If no roots have formed, or if they are very small, firm the cutting back into the mix, rebag, and check for roots again in one to two weeks.


8. Once roots have formed, slowly decrease the humidity around the plant by untying the plastic bag and then opening it a little more each day. When it is growing well without a plastic bag, pot in a good quality potting mix and move to its permanent location


http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-37web....





This also illustrates how to start cuttings:


http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/how...





You may get some ideas from these videos. It can be as easy as placing the stem in water to get them to take root ...or you can use a recycled plastic-domed food take-out container for a greenhouse to get the plants started.


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I've even had luck with forsythia rooting after I cut a branch to force it to bloom indoors. Why not try several different methods..%26amp; see what develops?





Good luck!!! Hope this helps.
Reply:Cut in many different location along the Stems...Closer to main shoots Lower and highter... try larger Caliper Cuttings than that of the Twigs. And try just a dark cup with water, with the stem all the way touching the bottom of the glass. Or if you have flower foam (green bricks that you cut and submerge in water) and Rooting Hormone you could try that as well...Good luck i'm sure someone will be by to really answer the question But thats what I would do...and I have Five years of plant luck...

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