Plant the seedlings or the rooted cuttings the same way.

Dec 14, Select a 1-year-old peach tree shoot that is about 9 to 11 inches long with two to three leaf nodes. Position a sharp knife just below a node, then cut off the branch quickly and cleanly. Wrap a. Even a short period of soggy soil can kill a peach tree. If your soil is dense or clayey and poorly drained, consider planting your peach tree in a raised bed or even a container. For a standard peach tree, a raised bed should be about three feet deep and six feet by six feet shrubhauling.barted Reading Time: 10 mins.

May 28, After you've applied the rooting hormone, plant the softwood cutting with one node exposed and the other underground. Plant it as soon as possible in. May 15, In either case, you’ll do best to clip pieces of young branches, those under a year old, for growing trees. To start planting trees from twigs, use a sharp, clean pruner or knife to clip off sections of tree branch around 6 to 10 inches ( cm.) long.

Remove leaves and buds.