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This easy-to-grow flower can be propagated from cuttings: cut 1 stem into 8 segments, and it roots as soon as it goes into the pot.

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Since the Chinese New Year, temperatures have gradually risen, and flower lovers can no longer hold back their hands and are getting ready to take cuttings! Plants like snake plant (Sansevieria), pothos (Epipremnum aureum), and kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) need no effort at all: just 1 stem, gently cut into 8 segments, tossed into a pot, and they live. Turning 1 pot into 100 pots is not a dream at all!

Cut the snake plant into 8 segments, and it sprouts white roots like crazy!

Some flower lovers' snake plants freeze to death right after the Chinese New Year. At this point, we can cut off the leaves and root them directly as cuttings, and they quickly become several new pots of snake plants!

How do you take cuttings of snake plant?

1. Find a sterilized knife and cut the entire snake plant leaf off the mother plant.

2. If the cut snake plant leaf is too long, use the knife to cut it into small segments of about 5-7cm, then place them in a cool, ventilated place to let the wounds dry.

3. Prepare the soil needed for cuttings; just make sure the soil is loose and breathable. You can use peat soil and perlite mixed at a 2:1 ratio to make a nutrient soil.

4. Insert the snake plant leaf segments with dried wounds directly into the soil, with the part inserted into the soil being about 1/3-1/2 of the leaf.

5. After taking the cuttings, place the snake plant leaves and the pot together in a cool, ventilated place, and normally just keep the potting soil slightly moist. If the temperature at home is high, in about 20-30 days the snake plant leaf cuttings will be able to root.

6. Once you see that the snake plant leaves have rooted, simply transplant them into a pot. After transplanting, first place them in a cool place for 1 week to let the roots recover, then place them in a bright indoor spot to continue caring for them. If you want the snake plant to grow vigorously, you can also bury a few granules of compound fertilizer in the pot.

Note:Whether it is a golden-edged snake plant, a silver-edged snake plant, or even other varieties of snake plant, as long as it has patterns, the patterns will disappear after leaf cuttings. Flower lovers must pay attention when taking cuttings!

Cut pothos into 8 segments, and it sprouts in 5 days!

Once spring temperatures warm up, pothos also grows faster. If you don't want your pothos to become messy, you can choose to prune it, cut the pruned stems into short segments, and root them directly as cuttings!

How do you take cuttings of pothos?

1. If you want pothos cuttings to root quickly, it is best to choose vigorous stems and make sure the stems have aerial roots, so the survival rate can be greatly increased.

2. Use a sterilized knife to cut the pothos stems into small segments, each about 3-5cm long, soak them in a carbendazim solution for 20 minutes, then take them out and place them in a cool, ventilated place to let the wounds dry.

3. Prepare the nutrient soil needed for pothos cuttings; any loose, breathable nutrient soil will do. You can mix peat soil and perlite at a 1:1 ratio, and you can also add a little vermiculite or sand to improve water permeability and breathability.

4. Lay the pothos stems flat on the soil, water thoroughly once, and place them in a cool, ventilated place. Normally be sure to keep the soil moist. If you see the potting soil is a bit dry, you can use a spray bottle to spray a little water on the stems and the soil surface.

5. If the temperature at home stays above 15°C, it will take only about 20 days for the pothos cuttings to root and sprout 1 leaf.

6. In only about 1-2 months, the pothos leaves will fill the entire pot, looking lush and especially delightful!

Note:If you lay the pothos stems horizontally, then after the roots take hold in the soil, what grows out will basically be a full pot of leaves, but they will not hang down, nor will they climb walls; if the stems are inserted vertically into the soil, the soil must cover the nodes, so that after the pothos fills the pot it will climb walls or hang down.

Cut kalanchoe into 8 segments, and harvest 100 pots in 2 months!

Every time I visit a friend's house and see kalanchoes of different varieties, my heart is especially moved. When I am too embarrassed to make a friend part with a beloved plant, I can only pinch off a stem and bring it home, rooting it directly to get 1 new pot!

How do you take cuttings of kalanchoe?

1. Place the kalanchoe stems pinched from a friend's house in a cool, ventilated place for more than 8 hours.

2. Cut the stems into small segments, keeping aerial roots on each small segment, so it is easier to sprout and root. Then soak the stems in a carbendazim solution for 4 hours, take them out, and place them in a cool place to dry.

3. Don't throw away the leaves pulled off the stems either. Place them in a cool, ventilated place for half an hour. After the wounds dry, they can also be used for leaf cuttings.

4. Prepare the soil needed for cuttings. You can mix peat soil and perlite at a 9:1 ratio. Peat soil helps the stems root, while perlite plays a role in water permeability and breathability.

5. Insert the kalanchoe stems with dried wounds into the soil. It is best to keep the humidity above 80%. If you are worried the humidity is not enough, you can also put a sealed box over the seedling tray of kalanchoe stems.

6. It takes only about 1 month for the kalanchoe stem cuttings to grow roots.

7. After rooting, transplant the kalanchoe stems directly into a pot, first place them in a cool place for 1 week to let the roots recover, then move them to a bright indoor spot for care. Normally you can spray a little compound fertilizer on the leaves, and soon the kalanchoe leaves will become green and shiny!

8. If you want the kalanchoe to bloom as soon as possible, you can also spray a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution on the leaves before flowering, which will make the kalanchoe blooms bigger and more numerous!

Cut the heartleaf ice plant into 8 segments, and it fills the pot in 1 month!

At my home there is a pot of heartleaf ice plant (Aptenia cordifolia). Previously I casually stuck a few stems into the soil, and as a result they grew more and more, and in the end the whole yard was filled with it. Later, my mom simply picked the stems and made a cold salad with them, and the taste was really quite good!

How do you take cuttings of heartleaf ice plant?

1. From the mother plant of the heartleaf ice plant, pinch off vigorous stems, then use a knife to cut them into small segments of about 3-5cm, and place them in a cool, ventilated place to let the wounds dry.

2. Heartleaf ice plant is especially easy to grow. Even if you do not prepare a special nutrient soil, it can still root quickly.

3. Insert the heartleaf ice plant stems with dried wounds into the soil, water thoroughly once, and place them in a cool, ventilated place. Before the heartleaf ice plant roots, there is no need to water again.

4. It takes only about 15-20 days for the heartleaf ice plant cuttings to root and survive, and the leaves gradually grow larger.

5. Once the heartleaf ice plant has rooted and grown new leaves, repot it a second time, placing it in a slightly larger pot. After adding nutrient soil, it can continue to grow. If you want the heartleaf ice plant to bloom quickly, then subject it to water control treatment and spray a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to force flowering.

That is all for today's introduction.

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