Acceptance ends on March 20, 2026. Many people are unable to get cuttings to root, so we will sell pairs of seedlings, presumed to be male and female plants, starting around May. Immediate purchase is welcome. In northern Iwate Prefecture, the cutting work begins from late March to early April. Please do the cuttings before the cherry blossoms bloom, at the latest. It's cold at this time of year, but they will root if managed indoors. If warm days continue, it will become impossible to collect dormant branches. Around mid-March, we will be busy with wild vegetables such as fukinoto (butterbur sprouts), so we will not collect them. These are branches that cats love, the same material as matatabi tea. Only the cutting method is different. The base is more acute-angled. We will collect them for each order. Depending on the weather, it may take 3 to 4 days. We do not hold items. Thank you for your understanding. We take time to ship fresh, good quality items. It seems that matatabi leaves contain ingredients that mosquitoes dislike. Why not make a mosquito repellent green curtain? How to propagate matatabi You can propagate them by cuttings. There are many stories of cats attacking new buds during the cutting process. Please guard them well and raise the seedlings. Since there are no petioles, we cannot tell the male and female plants from the branches we send, so they may all be male plants! Cutting bed Please use red clay, Kanuma soil, peat moss, perlite, etc. for cuttings. Planting Soil that is rich in organic matter, has water retention, and is well-ventilated is suitable. It's okay in sunny areas or in the shade of trees. Only dry areas are not suitable. Seedlings with few roots or seedlings with poor growth should be cultivated in pots for about six months before planting. Yamato Transport This is an estimate of delivery times when shipped on the last flight. Excluding remote islands. It seems that delivery is done from the next morning to the vicinity of Kanto and Sapporo. Delivery to the Kinki, Kyushu, Shikoku, Sanin, and Sanyo regions will be the day after the next. #Matatabi #Fresh #WildVegetables #Cuttings #IwatePrefecture #IchinoheTown