#plant cuttings

[huariqueje]

Plant Sample 5 - Nikkie le Nobel

Dutch , b. 1959 -

Oil and embroidery on canvas , 90 x 70 cm .

[citrusbud]

villagers and plant sprigs 🫶

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

I have a totally normal amount of plant cuttings. In unrelated news, who wants a purple heart plant? 😄

[los-plantalones]

this celery is ridiculous

[sarahgrows]

[rawaninamman]

Upcycled glass bottles for plant cuttings 🌱 low maintenance greening for your space ✨

طريقة لإعادة استخدام الزجاجات الفارغة لتجذير أجزاء مقصوصة من النباتات 🌿 تخضير غير متطلب للمساحات الداخلية بحد أدنى من الجهد (لا داعي للقلق بالري الدائم للنباتات!)

[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.

[velveteengreen]

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Livingstone Daisy) cuttings I took from my brother's plant starting to bloom! 🌺

[ardentbonedust]

Day 2 vs Day 8: Looks like they’re ready to be potted!

[reviewinglemons]

Hoya obovata 'splash'

I very much adhere to the Crowley school of horticulture. Only with slightly less theatre. The plant doesn't do what you want it to? We get out the scissors. Such was the case with this Hoya obovata 'splash'.

These two are now looking for new homes because their level of splash was not satisfactory.

[xwzlifestyle]

Beautiful Rose Illustration

Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of this beautiful rose illustration. With its lush, vibrant petals and graceful curves, this artwork captures the classic charm and romantic allure of the rose, often seen as a symbol of love and beauty. Perfect for floral enthusiasts and art lovers who appreciate the enduring beauty of nature's most iconic bloom. 🌹✨

[floraaurora420]

My only philodendron

Just a cutting but hopefully she will grow up nice

[leahhartlarson]

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Bubbles! And yes, I took the leaf out of the water. I don't know how long it would have taken for me to notice if I hadn't been taking pictures, everything was out of the water when I put this together yesterday.

[audley-and-cherry]

I knocked a leaf off of one of the jades when I was moving the succulents outside today, so I did what any plant witch would do and decided to try and clone it.

I've rooted plant cuttings before- most notably my mom's jade (in the green pot) and my ridiculous pothos that I swear has a personality.

["Don't anthropomorphize your plants! What's wrong with you?" Listen, when you get to know a plant well enough that you've seen it move, you're going to start treating it like another animal.]

I'm working with much better soil this time and I ordered succulent fertilizer that should be arriving this weekend, so I have high hopes for that little leaf.

[unrulysynergy]

Got this idea off Reddit to grow cuttings in a big plastic box rather than putting plastic bags over each one. Much easier to check on them.

top: kawakawa from a posy I was given

bottom: scented geranium from the University