Like NunyaBidness (npub1vwy…zugd) had mentioned... this is like printing money out of nothing, but we're printing value through biological processes and our own resources.
Hardwood cuttings are pretty simple.
You just cut a dormant branch into a size you want and stick them in the ground, literally. Make sure they are the right side up!!!
Trees such as poplars and willows can be propagated by this method.
Here are some basket willows planted from 8" cuttings to get you thinking. I use them as a wind break:
About a month ago, I planted some 1' OP-367 Hybrid Poplars.
Here they are planted into some landscape fabric to keep down the weeds, about a month ago:
Now here they are 1 month later, I'd say average 2 stems, each 18" to 2' tall:
Here are some Silky Willows (Steamco) I planted last Thursday. Already putting on growth. Planted in 3' wide landscape fabric with drip irrigation under the fabric.
That's a black walnut in the background. Printing more trees via propagation from nuts.
Now let's look at the economics. 1 month in I have 4x'ed my cutting length on the poplars, which I bought for $2.50. In the fall if they grow no taller than they are now, I have $10 worth of cuttings.
This is the 2nd year for those basket willows. I cut them down to the ground in March and they've put on 7-8' of growth already on conservatively 30 stems on each plant. Say conservatively we have 210, 1' cuttings. So now I have $500 worth of cuttings per year possible from that one plant.
Let's say we pot them up and sell them like "fastgrowingtrees.com" does for $86.95 a plant! Now we have our single "parent" plant making us $15,000+.
At this point it's a marketing game.
Or all you chicken and duck farmers, use these plants in your chicken and duck yard for cover for your birds as well as to soak up the nitrogen in their poop. The birds will weed the trees for you and help them grow faster. Stack functions in your businesses and life.
Also as an aside.... these cuttings should go in the ground earlier than July! But they still work. Pretty forgiving.
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