Morning all
wonder if you can help me with some willow questions
3 years ago I bought and planted about 200 willow cuttings, they have all come through grand and are about 20 feet tall now. They were planted to help with the drainage in part of my garden - and they do a great job in the summer hoovering up the excess rain water.
So much so, I plan to plant some more in another area of the garden
But, how do i take cuttings? I've had 2 sets of conflicting advice
1. Cut the main "trunk" down, cut it into small lengths and plant
or
2. Cut the smaller "branches" that have grown out of the trunk and cut them down
i'm hoping it's option 2, as i want to keep the trees tall and thin - rather than cutting the trunk and thus causing them to grow out the way and more bush like.
Help appreciated as i'd like to try and get it cut and planted in the next few weeks whilst the weather is not too bad and the ground not frozen solid.
cheers
chris