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Cover the Cuttings with Mulch

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How to Propagate Elderberry Cuttings on your Property! Free Food! #homestead

What happens here

Once the cuttings are positioned, cover them by mounding up the natural debris, soil, and mulch that was cleared from the trench. Use a shovel to add additional natural mulch or wood chips on top, ensuring the cuttings are completely buried. The speaker emphasizes using 'all-natural stuff' and advises against 'dyed crappy mulch from the store' for best results. This layer of mulch will protect the cuttings and help retain moisture.

Goal: Bury the laid cuttings by covering them with natural debris and mulch, creating a mound over them.

Tools and materials

  • Shovel
  • Natural mulch/wood chips Unspecified

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one there. Get that stick out of the way. Going to lay this one here. I'm just going to bury these. Okay. Just going to cover them up. All we did was mound up some of that debris or that mulch right on top of our elderberry plant. You don't want that dyed crappy mulch from the store. You

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