Depending on the key in of plant, there are several techniques for making many new ones from it.
Use these tips to get started.
Step 2: Dust cut end withrooting hormone powder.
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Then insert the cut stem into the moist potting mix, and gently press the soil around the stem.
Or, you could skip the rooting powder and place your cutting in a vase of water.
Step 3: Provide indirect light and keep the potting mix moist or the water topped up.
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Step 4:Whencuttings planted in soilresist a gentle tug, they have rooted enough to repot.
Dig up gently and pot up into thefinal container for your new plant.
If you leave cuttings in water too long, they will have a harder time acclimating to potting soil.
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Step 1: Remove the whole plant from its pot.
For each pup,gently pull it away from the main root ball.
You may need to use a trowel or soil knife to slice through stubborn roots.
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make a run at keep as many roots as possible with each pup.
Step 2: Immediately place the separated pups into new containers of potting soil.
Keep the soil evenly moist for the next few weeks to help the disturbed roots begin to grow again.
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Step 3: Place plants out of direct light.
Insert the petiole into either water or a moist potting mix.
Pot up leaves that have been in water as soon as roots form.
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Keep moist, covering the pot with a clear plastic bag to create a mini greenhouse if you like.
Pot the plantlets that grow from each cut, once they have a few leaves on them.
Snake Plant
To propagate asnake plant, cut a leaf into sections with clean pruning sheers.
Make angled cuts so the bottom ends come to a point in the center.
Dip bottom ends in rooting powder; insert in moist potting soil.
New plants will form to sides of leaf sections.
Cut halfway through the stem.
Place a toothpick or matchstick into the cut to keep it open.
Dust area with rooting hormone powder.
Step 2: Place moist sphagnum moss around the cut and cover it with plastic.
Wrap wire twists at top and bottom.
Mist moss regularly so it stays moist.
When roots appear, cut stem several inches below original cut and pot it in a new container.
The mother plant will eventually sprout new growth on its now bare stem.
Step 1: Fill tray or pot with moist potting mix.
Sprinkle seeds across the surface or into shallow rows.
Larger seeds can be shallowly buried in the mix.
Mist well to help the seeds settle in and rehydrate.
Place in lighting conditions suggested on packet.
Mist daily to keep the potting soil moist.
Step 3: Remove plastic whenseedlings begin sproutingand move them into brighter light.
Transplant into individual containers when the second set of leaves develops, making sure not to bury the leaves.
