Spider plants can easily go from 1 pot to 10 with just a gentle pull, filling your balcony with ease

Now that temperatures have dropped these past few days, your spider plants, succulents, clivias, tree peonies, Chinese peonies, crabapples and so on at home can all be divided. Today Huahua will show you how to turn 1 pot of your plants into 10!

Spider plant division, exploding into pots like crazy

Division methods

There are two types of spider plant division: one is stem-and-leaf division, which means separating the little spider plants on the runners; the other is root division.

Stem-and-leaf division

1. After the mother spider plant produces little offsets, wait until the small spider plants on the runners grow to about 8cm, then cut them off, keeping two stem nodes.

2. Prepare loose, fertile soil, bury the cut small spider plants 1~2cm deep in the soil, water to keep moist, and they will root in about 3 days.

3. After rooting, water once a day, provide plenty of ventilation, keep them in scattered light, and with no special care they will quickly fill the pot!

Below are the results of flower lovers dividing again and again and filling pots again and again!

Root division

1. Choose a robustly growing spider plant, use a small trowel to gently loosen the soil around the plant, take the whole spider plant out, gently shake off the soil, and be careful not to damage the roots.

2. Separate part of the roots from the main root system, divide them by hand, and after separating, cut off yellow and withered leaves to reduce nutrient consumption.

3. Move the separated spider plants into potting soil, keep the potting soil moist, and after 2~3 days the spider plants will adapt to the new environment and begin to root and grow leaves.

Succulent division, easier to survive than beheading

Prerequisites for division

The prerequisite for succulent division is a clustering succulent that has its own root system; otherwise it cannot be called division, only pulling off side shoots.

Division steps

1. Unpotting: dig the robustly growing succulent out of the soil, without damaging the roots.

2. Division: clean off the soil, and you can directly pull the clustered succulents apart by hand with their roots attached.

3. Potting: let the roots dry for 2 hours, then plant the separated mother plant and small plants in flower pots respectively, keeping the soil slightly moist, not too wet.

4. Care: place the pots in a ventilated spot with scattered light, and increase light after a week.

Tree peony division, the more the roots grow the stronger they get

Benefits of division

For spring-blooming woody plants such as tree peonies, Chinese peonies, winter jasmine and redbud, autumn is the best time for division. The temperature is suitable, rooting is fast and abundant, and the growth the following year will be much better.

Prerequisites for division

Tree peonies for division must have grown for more than 3 years; 4~5-year-old original plants are best. If the plant is too young or is a grafted seedling, division is not easy to survive.

Division steps

1. Dig out the whole tree peony, remove the soil, and dry it in the air for 1~2 days so the roots lose water and soften, making it less likely to damage the roots during division.

2. Begin splitting from where the root veins meet; daughter plants generally have 3~4 branches, and complete roots should be kept.

3. Apply a small amount of sulfur powder to the wounds, then replant the mother plant and daughter plants back into the soil. Note that the roots should be upright, press the soil firm, and water several more times.

Today Huahua has introduced division propagation techniques for foliage plants, succulents and woody plants. For plants such as clivias, asparagus ferns, orchids and Chinese peonies, the division techniques are similar to those above, so you can refer to them~

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