You Can Also Propagate Plants by Cuttings in Low Spring Temperatures - Pay Attention to These Points

Spring is a very suitable season for taking cuttings, but in some places the temperature is still relatively high, so if you want to take cuttings you can only cultivate them indoors. What should you pay attention to? How can you make it easier to succeed?

1. Preparing Materials

1. Choosing a Container

First of all, use a flower pot with good drainage and enough drainage holes. Prepare bottom-layer gravel and small pebbles, and choose loose potting soil as well.

Some people like to use a semi-transparent container, thinking they can see the plant roots growing and the condition of the root system, but for drainage and air permeability, a clay pot is still quite good.

2. Soil Medium

If you only want the plant to root, in the early stage you can first prepare perlite or river sand, insert the plant cuttings and keep them warm and moist, plus cover them with a bag; the success rate will be a bit faster than rooting in soil.

3. Rooting Powder

Whether to decide to use a rooting agent still depends on what plant you are taking cuttings of. If it is something easy to root, such as rose, tomato or herb plants, then there is not much need for it.

After all, it is a chemical substance, so it should not be used too much; using too much will definitely affect rooting. (However, you can use willow branches and leaves soaked in hot water or honey instead.)

2. Plant Cutting Process

1. Soil Preparation

The soil can be mixed with some river sand or perlite to increase drainage and air permeability. Then spray the soil moist; it should be moist but not soaked through. If it is too wet, that is not very suitable either.

2. Treating Plant Cuttings

The scissors used to cut the cuttings must of course be sterilized, and they must be sharp. Cut diagonally along the plant stem. Here I am using cactus to demonstrate.

Cutting diagonally can increase the contact area between the cutting and the soil, and its rooting area will also be larger, making it easier to root.

If it is other cuttings, remove the lower leaves and keep only 4 leaves at the top. Also remove excess flower buds; do not keep flowers on cuttings.

You can dip it in rooting powder (just dip a little at the bottom). If you decide to use it, just dip a little, or you can mix it with water and soak it in the solution for a few minutes.

3. Cutting Treatment

Use your finger to make a small hole, bury the plant stem into the soil, burying about 1/4 of it, and press the soil down slightly.

If the temperature where you are is still very low, below 17 degrees, then propagation by cuttings is not so easy. In that case, we can cover it with a bag. The cactus cutting is not tall, so I directly cover it with plastic wrap.

If it is another, taller cutting, then you need to use a standing plastic bag to avoid the plastic bag touching the cutting; you can make some supports.

4. Placement

Place the potted cutting in a warm, ventilated place with scattered light, and uncover the film for it for 3 hours at noon every day. (You can also poke a few more holes in the plastic wrap.)

Spray water often to keep the potting soil slightly moist but not wet; it must not accumulate water. Spray the plant with a little misty water every day, and in 1~2 weeks you will be able to see them begin to grow roots.