Questions tagged [propagation]
The process of producing more plants by seeds, cuttings, root division, etc. If possible use tags to further specify the propagation method used: [cutting], [seed-starting] or [germination], [cloning], [tissue-culture], [grafting].
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How to encourage the callus on plant cuttings to start growing roots?
I am propagating a variety of plants via stem cuttings. Many of my cuttings have soon started to callus over at the base and now there doesn't seem to be further progress - I have been waiting for ...
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I have tried to propagate this Clematis by putting the dandelion-like seed in potting soil. It did not work
This clematis develops dandelion-like seed puffs. Can I even propagate this by its seeds or is it some kind of sterile hybrid?
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How to encourage my Alocasia xAmazonica to make new offsets?
My Alocasia xAmazonica has gone through its second winter and is expected to break dormancy soon.
It has got many new leaves throughout latest growth season, but at the moment just three remained.
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Can trees be propagated from cuttings without roots or leaves?
It's well known that many tree species can be propagated by taking stem cuttings.
It's also well known that many tree species can grow new stems and leaves after having the trunk cut.
My question is:...
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What are the best methods for propagating Alocasias?
Recently I added some Alocasias to my collection of indoor plants. I got two stingrays and they came in pretty bad shape with root rot.
One survived.
Can you snap a leaf off and propagate it in water ...
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Can I propagate a hosta from a leaf?
My friend wants some of my hostas. I have about ten varieties, and they've been growing pretty much wherever they want for many years. As you can see in the pictures, the locations and sizes rule out ...
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Calathea tubers: Any point in attempting to propagate them?
As I repotted my Calatheas, I noticed that some have potato-like structures attached to the roots. Few have detached while repotting so I tried to plant them and see if something sprouts. That was at ...
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Transplant ad/or Propagate wild grasses
We will be moving next year, and I will finally have a small garden!
Near where we live now, there is a HUGE green area, with all kinds of wild grasses. The kind you look at, and you can SEE they ...
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Is this method of propagating echeverias good and fast enough?
I am familiar with the Echeveria (and its allies) leaf cuttings propagation. Normally, when the leaf calluses it can be inserted into the potting medium and be given enough time to root and sprout a ...
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What are the chances to get an edible apple from a tree grown from seed?
I am growing a few good apple trees in my roof garden, in pots. I love growing the trees, and of course love the fruit. Since I am in a warm climate, I grow appropriate apple cultivars which are ...
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Propagating forsythia via cuttings: remove leaf buds?
I am attempting to propagate forsythia cuttings in potting soil. I made sure each dormant twig had one bud underground and one bud above, and dipped each twig in rooting hormone. Then I mostly covered ...
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When rooting cuttings in water, should the water be exchanged regularly?
When my mom roots cuttings in water, she always insist that the water in the glass / jam jar / other container should not be exchanged, only topped up as needed. She even will place newer cuttings in ...
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Can I increase the dahlia tubers yield using the following method?
I bought four potted dahlias (for some reason, they sell better than tubers so it's harder than before to find tubers and I find potted plants instead).
I read this article about propagating dahlias ...
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Propagating a ficus from cuttings--still alive or not?
I cut off three branches about 16" in length and 1/2 pencil thickness from a large, healthy indoor ficus benjamina. I braided them, dipped them in rooting hormone and stuck them into potting soil,...
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Can laurel cuttings be propagated directly into the ground in early winter?
An arborist recently advised me that laurel (common/cherry/English) cuttings are very easily propagated, to the extent that shoots may be cut from an established plant and pushed directly into the ...
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Can I grow an apple tree by planting an apple from a nearby tree?
In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 ...
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How do I grow clovers
So in my yard, I have a patch of clovers (standard white clovers) that give a lot of four leaves and a few five leaves. is there any way for me to grow them inside and mutate them to always be four ...
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Multiply plant from motherplant
I‘ve multiplied a lot of Monstera plants in the past and know, that when you cut of a stem, put it in water, the roots will start to grow and you can pot them.
Now I have a big Monstera Plant which ...
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Why are my pachysandra cuttings dying?
I've never had issues rooting various plant cuttings in water. After a month of changing water almost daily and the cuttings in part sun, I lost half of my cuttings. I tried to root the remainder in ...
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What to do with wasabi flowering?
I'm trying to grow wasabi for the first time. The plant seems to be doing well and has produced several flowers (on long snaking stems).
I'm not sure what to do with them. I know some plants grow ...
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When to Transplant Rose Cuttings
A few weeks back I took some cuttings from a rose bush and potted them following this guide: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/rose-rustling/9430144.
Since then I've learned the difference ...
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Wilting purple passion clipping
I have a clipping propagating in water. I've done this a few times with no problem. This time it looked great for a week, then yesterday started drooping. The color looks healthy and the leaves are ...
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Propagating Large Laurel Cuttings
I have seen many videos of Propagating small cuttings from Laurel.
It seems that this may take quite a while to grow in to something resembling a plant…
Does anyone know if I can take large cuttings ...
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How long should I wait before watering my beheaded echeveria stem?
I recently (yesterday) beheaded an echeveria plant that had grown leggy. The leafy upper part is currently set aside, forming a callous and (hopefully) roots. I can find plenty of information about ...
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What do I do to get this turnip top to grow more?
A few weeks ago, we noticed some leaves on the top of a turnip. For a bit of mild amusement, we cut off the top and put it in a pot of water. Roll on to today, and it's about nine inches tall, with ...
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Do Hosta grow from root segment?
I've successfully split rhubarb by root segment, but have never tried splitting a Hosta by a root cutting. Would this work for Hosta like it does Rhubarb?
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How can I propagate a rubber tree plant from a cutting?
I wanted to propagate a cutting from my rubber tree, so I followed the instructions in the guides below:
Garden Guides
eHow
Gardening Know How
Garden Web Forum
I trimmed a long branch off of my ...
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Citrus tree cutting preparation for propagation
I have an indoor potted citrus tree (grown from a seed) that has a great sentimental value for me but that I have cared for improperly and it has been in a very bad shape. It has recovered now but ...
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Roots growing up in newly potted propagate
I tried propagating my first plant: a fiddle leaf fig. I propagated in water and when roots were about 2 or 3 inches I put it in a pot with soil. I noticed some roots started showing above the soil. ...
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How to turn one long string of hearts into a pot?
I have a string of hearts plant growing in a small pot. It is currently just one very long (~1m) string, dangling down.
I'd like to start turning it into many different strings, filling a pot. What's ...
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Keeping primroses compact when dividing
Primroses form a beautiful rosette with flowers in the middle, but over time, with regular pruning, they become cluttered with pruned-out stumps and need dividing.
Somehow my divided primroses never ...
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Increasing pomegranate production with second tree
We have a single pomegranate tree we planted recently. We’ve read that adding a second can greatly increase your harvest. I assume this means more than just accounting for the extra tree.
How does ...
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Dormant Grape Cutting Callus Timeline
I’m currently trying to propagate grape vines using dormant cuttings. I understand that these cuttings are supposed to callus and form roots before the buds break. I am accomplishing this by using ...
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Is dry sphagnum moss dead?
When you buy dried/dehydrated, compacted bricks of sphagnum moss from gardening suppliers and stores, etc., is it supposed to be alive, and/or able to grow, upon rehydration? Or is it dead?
I bought ...
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Can I save the berries from a Big Blue Liriope (Liriope muscari) and plant them next spring?
I have a big blue liriope (Liriope muscari) in my yard, and the flowers have changed to berries. I imagine the normal propagation method is to split the adult plant after it grows large enough, but if ...
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What is preventing northern whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis) from growing from seed in regions south of its native range? Any way to grow it from seed?
In northern Delaware, southeastern, and south-central Pennsylvania, northern whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis) is widely planted in landscaping, and it generally thrives in these regions. I sometimes ...
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Are all plants able to be cloned?
Do all flora possess the capacity to be cloned or viably reproduced from their trimmings, offcuts, and so on?
Or is this trait exclusive to certain varieties; or specific (cultivars) taxa?
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Variegated monstera cutting propagation
I have a variegated Monstera cutting (shown below). I want to promote root growth so it can be potted. I live in Australia, currently going into spring.
The cutting was left out for a day and a half ...
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Trying to propagate a rose using the air propagation method. When should I cut and plant the propagated segment?
I have had one of those plastic balls attached to a climbing rose since May this year
Is it now a good time to cut the segment and plant it in the ground ?
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Why is my copper/purple beech not producing nuts?
In our property in England we have several mature beech trees (100' tall, 50+ years old). All but one are the common green beech and these fruit quite prolifically - the ground is absolutely covered ...
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Please help me identify this
My neighbor gave this to me right before she moved out of state she didn't know anything about it except that it would make a beautiful flowering plant. This is just the bottom of the start that I ...
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How long can celery grow from water alone?
I bought some celery and placed the small remaining stalk in a glass of water. It's been growing pretty decently but still has no roots. Still mostly green maybe a tiny bit a yellow on a couple leaves....
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Can you propagate a Hosta by a root cutting?
I recently purchased my mom a Victory (species) Hosta (so it was free for her), and it got me to wondering if I can propagate a Hosta by a root cutting like rhubarb, and comfrey for when it comes time ...
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My indoor strawberry plants stopped producing runners, could fertilizer be the reason?
I germinated some strawberry seeds from strawberries that I bought from the fruit guy on the corner sometime in October of last year. Once the plants got big enough to flower, they started producing ...
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Propagating a yucca houseplant from leafless portions of stem?
I'm planning on pruning back a very tall yucca houseplant, shown below. Since it is so tall it seems like I have some options about how I could cut it to potentially to propagate it to several ...
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Leggy and etiolated Aglaonema or just mature?
My friend is kindly gifting me this Aglaonema that no longer works for her space.
Though it is beautiful just the way it is, is its legginess a sign of etiolation or simply maturity?
What would you ...
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Slip left in water to take root for too long
I have left a large healthy Morning Glory (not sure if Ipomoea macrantha or Ipomoea violacea) slip in a cup of mineral water for it to take root. But I delayed to plant it for many days and now it is ...
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What is the fastest way to multiply snowdrops?
I would like to multiply my snowdrops as fast as possible. I have about five plants right now. They normally double in size every year. Is there a faster way to do it? They are a little small for twin-...
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I cut the top of my schefflera plant and it's been droopy since then
I had 3 stems of schefflera plant but 2 of them died and I was left with one. It was doing well but the roots were minimal and I found some worm in the soil that may have damaged the stem right above ...
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When to plant a cutting
I have a hoya cutting that started rooting a couple of weeks ago. I read online, that I should plant a cutting when the roots are about 5 cm long. But those roots in the photo in the article were very ...
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