How Do You Take Cuttings From Plants?

By

jess

About the hoya clippings, you should just be able to put them in a clear glass with water and they will root in a couple of weeks. If you buy Rootone and dip them in it first or add a plant food, it will help but isn't really necessary. I have found that hoya and philodendron just grow like crazy in water.

We have a couple of different kinds and would love to get more. Hoyas have the most beautiful and unusual flowers. I think they smell like chocolate.

Jess

By Paul (Guest Post)

whendo I try to take hoya clippings and what do I do with them

By

skbeal

The previous posts contain excellent information. However, I would like to add that if you are rooting something in water, I have had the most success when I do it in a clear glass, and place it somewhere where it will get some light. When I go to plant things that I have rooted, I generally use a potting soil like Miracle Gro. It has fertilizer in it already, so you don't have to purchase a separate fertilizer. There is also an air method of rooting plants. If I am not mistaken, this method is called air grafting. You attach the cutting to a branch on the original plant, and you wrap plastic wrap around the cutting and the branch to which you are grafting it. Dipping the cutting into a rooting compound is a good idea. This works best with plants like begonias. These are plants that are formed from tubers or rhizomes.

By

Meari

http://www.gardenhere.com

By

Meari

Some plants like Coleus you can put in water and it will root in a few weeks. A plant like a Maternity Plant, you just stick in water. Woody plants usually need a rooting compound. A container of it sells at Walmart for around $3 -- and it lasts a long time. I frequent the forums on a site called www.gardenhere.com. The people there are very helpful and friendly when it comes to questions! Good luck.