#how to propagate plants

[livingbewitchingly]

(via Houseplant How-To)

[reddpenn]

Spider plant report: After sulking listlessly all winter like a starving victorian child, Charlotte has suddenly realized it is spring, and she's getting very green and perky about it.

[balkanradfem]

I haven't been posting lately because I've been overwhelmed with depression and medical issues, but this morning something sad happened that I want to share.

It's a year without fruit again, which is pretty harsh on me since I rely on foraged fruit a lot, but I figured I would just collect as many berries as possible and make jams and that would have to be enough. So this morning, I went to collect blackberries, I found a new spot, pretty far away but I could get there by bike. When I collected them all, I realized I still don't have quite enough for even a single jar of jam, and I went to my usual spot, where I've been just a few days ago, figuring I could get more.

And when I got there, I found that the entire huge blackberry plant has been leveled with the ground. I didn't understand what I was seeing, I collected a basket of blackberries there just 3 days ago. How could it all be gone? It was not just cut, but there was no leftovers either, the earth was black, there was not one leaf to be seen. It was like someone both cut and burned the entire thing. But that huge blackberry has been there for as long as I've lived here, and I assume, decades before that. I don't understand. In a year without fruit. You destroy the only local source of produce?

It doesn't make sense to me. It's been happening more and more as the climate changes. Instead of preserving the local sources of food as absolutely priceless and irreplaceable, people are leveling everything with the ground.

It was a huge blow for me, I'm feeling heavy with sadness. I don't want to share a city with people who destroy everything good about it.

[wyvern-babbles]

Day 7 of Fighting Dystopia

I cleaned up my garden this morning. I now have six empty pots ready for my next gardening adventure and two new pothos propagations in repurposed glass soda bottles. Everything is pruned, watered, and cared for. I feel refreshed and fulfilled. Everything is thriving.

[soracities]

So as someone who has been all over the internet for a while and was on tiktok during the whole 'submissive and breedable' fiasco (has since deleted, never been more free tbh) i think a lot of people used it (at first) for their fictional blorbos, most often i saw it for like bl manhwa and any piece of mlm fiction talking about the 'bottom' characters tbh and i was like ah haha ok whatever its just fiction idc but then everyone sort of drifted into calling people or themselves submissive and breedable?? And of course it was also on twitter and here and i was so lost bc why are we going backwards for funsies??? Same thing with like the mommy comments all over twitter and tiktok, a lot of women felt uncomfortable being spammed with mommy mommy and i think its really just a product of these chronically online folks who get waaay too comfortable in their online circles and think the whole world operates like that. They think bc so many progressive folks exist in certain internet spaces that the whole world is just accepting and in on these jokes, but if i said the words submissive and breedable about myself in front of say my neighbors, some would probably have a heart attack while others would have much more disgusting reactions towards me. Im begging the kids to log off once in a while and touch grass please

not gonna lie, even for fictional characters using that term makes me EXTREMELY uncomfortable because I just........I can't even begin honestly. Words have weight!!! This website and IG are like the only social media I'm properly on so I had no idea about this mommy thing and I don't think I want to either because oh my god....

[cowboysmp3]

they should have tested me for autism the moment i started creating data sheets for my houseplants anyways look at my great data sheet

each plant has its own page you can click into with update notes, and they can all be sorted through any of the categories (Name/Status/Watering Schedule/Last Watered)

[xofemeraldstars]

my next experiment 🍍

[ragsy]

Being stalked by a jaguar in the jungle simulator 2024

[athousandmorningss]

My sink has been leaking, and so the maintenance guy came to look at it. He fixed it with ease and was admiring one of my plants, said oh that one is so nice, what's the name of it? Before he could conduct a google search I said I have a propagation right here! Do you want it? And he left my home with the plant in his hands, grinning so widely, telling me how excited he was.

[lordsardine]

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[livingbewitchingly]

Houseplant How-To

You’ve decided you want some houseplants to complete the décor in your home. You checked out some nurseries and home improvement stores to see what they have and found some plants that are suited to your indoor environment. Now what? Here are some tips for potting, watering, lighting and propagating your houseplants, as well as general care and enjoyment. Containers There is an endless variety…

[bumblebeeappletree]

Woody herbs are staples in most productive gardens. Being woody herbs, it’s not much of a surprise that they can grow woody as the supple young plants you put into the ground become tough and mature. They also can lose their vigour as they become woody, after a few years not bouncing back quite as well as they once did after a hard prune.

Cuttings are the most common way to propagate plants for home gardeners as well as large-scale propagation nursery. Get this technique down, and you can apply it to almost all plants in your garden!

This can be done any time of year, except for the dead of winter. Undertaking it in spring will yield the fastest results.

Step 1: Taking the cutting

- Use sharp, fine-tipped snips to take cuttings. This prevents damage to the plant using blunt force or ripping the stem.

- Look for nice healthy tips to harvest from. You don’t want to take any stems or leaves that are sad or diseased. If your plant is diseased or struggling, taking healthy cuttings can be a good way to give it a fresh lease on life.

- If it is a hot day or you are taking lots of cuttings, it is a good idea to keep them fresh by storing the cuttings in a container with a wet towel to keep them hydrated while you work. If the stems dry out, they won’t strike.

- An ideal length for cuttings is about 10-15 cm long, or with around four nodes. Don’t worry about the length too much as you can always trim it back when you get to the planting phase if they are too long.

Step 2: Trim stems & excess foliage

- Bring your cuttings into your workstation or greenhouse. Now you can clean up the foliage and trim back the length.

- A minimum of four nodes is ideal for sage cuttings. The node is the area where leaves and stem meet. Josh can demonstrate how to find and count the nodes. Ensure the base of your cutting is cut underneath the node. This area has a higher concentration of the plant hormone, auxin, which encourages rooting.

- Trim or gently pull off the leaves from the bottom three nodes, leaving just the foliage at the top growing tip. Any extra foliage will speed up drying of cutting which is not ideal. If the leaves left are quite large, you can cut them in half to reduce the surface area. This will not harm the plant but will reduce water loss.

Step 3: Place in growing medium

- Fill pots with propagation mixture and wet well beforehand. This mix is a bit finer than conventional potting mix, it should be nice and fluffy and hold onto moisture well. Extra perlite mixed in is also a good idea as it allows the developing roots to push through and access air.

- Dip ends of stem in rooting hormone if you have it or would like to, but it is not required. If you do use it, remember that a little goes a long way.

- Stick the stems directly into the pre-prepared pots, up to the bottom of the remaining leaves. You may put several cuttings in the same pot at this early stage.

Step 4: Managing moisture

- Water in well and place the pots in your greenhouse, propagation station, or under a DIY humidity dome such as a plastic container to keep the soil moist. You can take the lid off of the humidity dome every few days to allow fresh air in and prevent root rot, but keeping the soil moist during the initial growth phase is crucial. If the cuttings dry out, the rooting with cease and the cuttings will die.

Step 5: Separate your plants!

- Rooting time required can take a couple of weeks or up to 2 months, depending on the season. How do you know if you have been successful, and the cuttings have set root? If you see new growth of leaves from the top of the plant. Also, you can give them a tug and they should hold nice and firm in the soil.

- Once your baby plants have grown a bit and developed a good root mass in their pots, you can separate them out from each other and pot up individually. After they have grown healthy roots in their individual pots, plant them out in the garden.

[californiaquail]

most breakable plant on earth omfg. all i did was brush it with my hand on accident 😐😐😐😐

[balkanradfem]

they cut down the giant rosemary bush at college but what they don't know is I took a cutting of it last year and started to grow it inside. the rosemary is small but it still lives!

You saved her!!! I'm so proud, keep it going!

[depresseddepot]

MY SPIDER PLANT IS HAVING A BABY?????????????

[parapsychoiogy]

once my pothos cuttings finish rooting i Really dont know what to name it or if i should add them back to solid snakes or big boss' pots

i Could split the cuttings between the two plants maybe ??????