Winter Cuttings + A Crazy Spiral Ginger Experiment! | Suburban Life Permaculture

Don't let your winter prep prunings go to waste! In this video, we're diving into the art of leveraging winter cuttings to expand your suburban food forest garden. We cover the "Why" behind winter propagation, the "How" for several different species, and when we use rooting hormones.

Whether you're in Zone 9 like us or a cooler climate, these winter prep strategies can save you money and help you build a more resilient permaculture system.

Also, in this video I’m testing a theory—can we root spiral ginger cuttings in water and successfully trigger rhizome growth? Follow along as we start this experiment to see if we can multiply this tropical beauty during the off-season.

🌿 Question of the Day: What are your favorite plants to make cuttings from? Let us know in the comments!

Videos mentioned in the video:

Winter preps we do in zone 9:    • Winter Preps in the Zone 9 a/b Food Forest...  
Longevity spinach:    • Grow a Perennial Superfood: Longevity Spin...  
Cranberry hibiscus:    • The Amazing Cranberry Hibiscus: Great Shru...  

00:00 Dad Joke Open
00:17 Channel Open
00:56 Intro: Leveraging Cuttings as Part of Winter Prep
01:10 Why Make Those Cuttings Now?
01:58 What I Did This Year
02:43 Step-by-Step: Cranberry Hibiscus Cutting & Potting It Up
04:54 Step-by-Step: Longevity Spinach Cutting & Potting It Up
06:23 Spiral Ginger Surprise
07:13 THE EXPERIMENT: Water Propagating Spiral Ginger
08:17 Sowing Seeds of Kindness & Positivity
08:32 Rooting Hormone: When Do We Use It?
09:15 Collecting Water From Our Rain Barrel & Watering In Our Potted Plants
09:52 Question of the Day


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