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I was responding to her question on plum cutting. I agree - no chance on the beech.

i did get a few plumb cuttings, not quite a half inch. some from a half dead apple tree (apple trees need to be babied, not left in the woods, but since it was left there...)

ok an autopsy... or a tree ...

A quick update on the beech cutting:

Today was first watering since initial collection. This is still basement kept for now. Good humidity and gentle air circulation. Next to north-side window. I have been misting once daily with a bit of nutrient mixed in water. Product is Superthrive (kelp and vitamin derivative), mixed according to instructions.

Initial observations: the most tender leaves have some browning, which may be from either collection damage or too much water. The more hardened leaves are faring better.

Next step will be acclimating this beech back to outdoors starting next weekend. I'm out of town for the coming week, but have left detailed instructions (my trees are in good hands). We shall see. Thoughts?

I like people that do things out of the box, looks good so far and I believe it will survive, best of luck.

really, it's growing, so quickly too. This is so cool.

_{as for my plumb cuttings :dry:}

It looks promising.

Update May 20, 2016:
One tender leaf dried, crispy and fallen. Another two on the way. More hardened leaves doing fine. It was misted this week same as last, once a day. Second watering occurred two days ago. Starting to acclimate back outside.

May 29, 2016
Acclimated outdoors now. Shaded area. Still plenty of dieback going on, but some new growth coming, too. Latent buds are swelling and opening up. Sign of good things to come? To be real about it, it's exciting to see what's happening here. I didn't expect too much and still don't. A full year of care is really going to be the teller. Will it make it through summer? Winter? We'll see.

Harry Harrington mentioned this for propagation of beech: Air-layer in late-Spring after spring growth has hardened.

Makes some sense in this trial. The hardened growth is doing better than the younger (note all the browning crispy young leaves).

GREAT sohin/mame material! Good luck...

Harry was writing about airlayering, not cutting off branch and expecting it to root.
If this works, you should start a new church based on this miracle.
When I was collecting tiny birch last year, I managed to break off the trunk completly, but just for fun I went to stick it in the ground in the garden.
Many leaves opened and it looked beautilfull, and I thought for a sec - is it possible it could root?
Off course it didn?t, leaves dried out soon and the tree was dead.
After you cut off roots, the tree still have some energy in the trunk and could break leaves, but it is it?s swan song and a way to show us what a beauty we destroyed.