cloning a Christmas tree?

Wanna try it, assuming i can throw a cutting in phed water in the veg room, keep it wet and wait for roots. frasier fir is the type im going to try, can this be done or is it a waste of time?

One way to find out aye?

i say go for it, i doubt it is a waste of time

some xmas trees can only be propagated by clone, but this one is usually grown from seed and may be tricky, but can be done.

Take several cuttings.

propagation of Abies fraseri
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/xmas/research/hinesley/Prop-JEH-1994.pdf

Every year I buy 2 trees 1 for inside and 1 to put outside and decorate

The outside one I trim the lower 14'' off the trunk and plant it in the ground , By the time the holiday season is over the ground is usually frozen so I cut the tree down a few inches above the ground level. By the time spring rolls around the stump is sometimes growing again, this has happened to me at least 4 or 5 times in about 15 years. Mater of fact one of the first ones I transplanted and is a good looking shapply 8 footer.

I would say do it. I wonder if Christmas trees are the type of wood that is used for framing houses.

I thought you can only clone plants that are soft woods, like cannabis and veggies, but not a true hard wooded tree like a maple, oak or even a pine?
This is why you're better of using a newer branch to.clone from as it's not as woody as an older, more developed plant, no??
Shit, I'm going to have to.go Google this now, but yeah, I though hard wood trees weren't clonable, you have to take and grow out grafts, like apple and oranges.. hmmm.. Brb now I'm all curious and shit..

Huh, looks like in was wrong! Imagine that, lol..


https://fp.auburn.edu/sfws/sfnmc/class/clones.html

You can even take tissue cultures of a pine tree.. who knew.??

you think putting one in my aerocloner will mess with the water (sap) and ruin the others?

I've recently been tempted by some family friends to consider buying some cheap land abroad somewhere and growing out trees. They did it on the spur of the moment and now they work 2 months of the year getting them to market, and spend the rest of the year with their feet up.

there is a process called air layering ,where you strip back the bark on a limb and put moss around it and wrap that with plastic wrap and tape the ends,eventually the moss will help the branch produce roots there and then you just snip below the rooted part.. i inquired about this due to wanting to clone a rare breed of Japanese maple tree and thus is what i found..
http://www.instructables.com/id/Propagating-Plants-by-Air-Layering/ hope it helps ya out

bass1014 said:

there is a process called air layering ,where you strip back the bark on a limb and put moss around it and wrap that with plastic wrap and tape the ends,eventually the moss will help the branch produce roots there and then you just snip below the rooted part.. i inquired about this due to wanting to clone a rare breed of Japanese maple tree and thus is what i found..
http://www.instructables.com/id/Propagating-Plants-by-Air-Layering/ hope it helps ya out

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I've seen this done with cannabis using rockwool instead of moss.

Toolage 87 said:

I would say do it. I wonder if Christmas trees are the type of wood that is used for framing houses.

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Pretty much. They grow fast, straight and dont take up too much land. The wood itself is a good product for what it is used for.

I live in a Christmas tree house.

greenlikemoney said:

I live in a Christmas tree house.

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I want what he's smoking.

Sierra Nevada's been doing this shit for years.

ProdigalSun said:

I want what he's smoking.

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It's homegrown....just sayin'.

I live in area where the most Christamas trees are produced in North America, they take up tons of land and productive farmland to boot. I am jaded no doubt, but cutting down a tree to display in your home for 2 weeks to then just throw it out, seems so illogical to me. It is counter-productive. Especially when they CAN go to permaculture and harvest so much more in those other ten months, like Truffles.

I recall seeing a documentary a while back (maybe a Nova episode) where some botanists were trying to clone some very rare California monster evergreen in California. They were successful but it took them a while. I recall thinking that they were using the wrong Californians.

From what I recall, success depended on getting the right tree material at the right time. I don't think they could just snip a piece from anywhere at anytime and get it to clone. They had to go to the very top of the tree for a growing shoot, in spring I think.

You should be able to dig around a bit and find info on it. Perhaps which hormones and medium worked. Seems like grafting could be an option too.