cutting propagation with cowpat

Do you mean use RAW cow manure to encourage better rooting.
I personally would not do that as the raw manure would be too strong and may even cause damage to roots.But that is only my opinion

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Alexandre - well-rotted manure is very good as a mulch, but don't use it until it has rotted for at least 6 months - longer over the winter.

Hello again Alexandre. Cuttings are often better in a mixture of low nutrient components. John Innes number 3 (I don't know if you have John Innes as a name in France) with added grit is common. If you give cuttings too much food they will not try to root at all. They will just use the nutrients and then, because they have not rooted just die. I usually use (because I do not use John Innes) 1 part garden soil, .5 part perlite or vermiculite, .5 part sharp (horticultural) sand and .5 part grit. I think Spritz has misunderstood the question (or I have) but until they have rooted do not give them any manure.

John.

Yes - I did. Sorry, Alexandre. The answer is a definite 'No'.

Use the well-rotted manure round other mature shrubs, Clematis, or roses in your garden in the spring.

Thanks John - that's what comes of answering questions when dinner's ready! I didn't read it properly. :-(

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Alexandre552, I was wondering if perhaps your source was talking about using manure TEA...put a cow pat in the bottom of a barrel...add about 12 inches of rainwater and allow to steep...then when watering seedlings use a very dilute solution and your seedlings will root well and have strong shoots! It has worked for me! Horse manure is very warm while it's breaking down...have you tried 'hot beds' for your seedlings?

Seedlings yes Alexandre but not cuttings which is what you asked about.

Why would it be any different for cuttings?...just don't put the cuttings in the cowpat, place them in sandy loam...use the cowpat to make tea...and water them with that! small difference, I think. but as to putting them directly into a cow pat...no...the uric acid would burn tender cuttings.

Lori see my comments on why you don't feed cuttings above. They would never root.

John.

guilty of another assumption I guess... once they're rooted...of course. sorry...Alexandre552.

Ooops! Lori - that's both of us apologising to Alexandre on one question! Ooohhh dear.

Lol. I'm sure Alexandre will forgive you both. I (fortunately) managed to spot the word 'propagation' in the title. I'm clever like that (in my more lucid moments).

John.