Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
🌱 Propagating your plants: the gentle art of multiplication - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
Taking a cutting means extending a plant's life, giving it a little sister, and connecting with nature. It's a simple, accessible, and magical gesture that allows you to multiply your plants without buying anything, just with a little patience and love.
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Houseplants for Beginners
🌿 Why take cuttings? - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
Cuttings are a natural method to identically reproduce a plant. It allows you to share, give, or simply expand your indoor jungle. It's also a way to save a damaged plant, or recycle a broken stem. And above all, it's a beautiful way to connect with the plant world.
🪴 Signs that a plant can be propagated - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
– It has long and vigorous stems
– It develops aerial roots or visible nodes
– It grows quickly and looks very healthy
– It starts to outgrow its pot or become sparse at the base
🌿 Pothos, monsteras, tradescantias, pileas, hoyas, and succulents are perfect for beginners.
Find our tropical plants perfect for propagation.
Monstera – indoor tropical plants
☀️ When to take a cutting? - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
Spring and summer are the ideal seasons: the plant is in full growth, rooting is faster, and conditions are mild. Avoid taking cuttings in winter, unless indoors with good heating and light.
💡 Gentle tip: choose a calm, stress-free day, and take the time to observe your plant before cutting.
🌸 How often can you propagate? - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
There's no strict rule. You can propagate as soon as a plant offers a healthy and sufficiently developed stem. Some plants can be propagated several times a year, others only once every two years. The main thing is not to weaken the mother plant.
✨ Gentle guide to successful propagation - Plant Cuttings – Easily multiply your plants
- Choose a healthy stem, with at least one node (a small bump from which roots or leaves grow)
- Cut just below the node, with a clean, sharp tool
- Remove the bottom leaves so they don't soak in water
- Place the cutting in a glass of water or directly in a light substrate
- Place it in a bright spot, out of direct sunlight
- Change the water every 3 to 5 days if it's in a glass
- Wait for roots to appear (this can take from a few days to several weeks)
- Once the roots are well formed, repot into a small pot with suitable potting soil
Good substrate promotes rooting of cuttings.
Soils and substrates – choosing and composing the right mix
🫧 Water propagation or soil propagation?
In water
This is the gentlest and most visual method. It allows you to observe the roots forming, and easily monitor the condition of the cutting. Ideal for tropical plants or thin stems.
In soil
The cutting roots directly into its future substrate. This requires a little more vigilance (humidity, light), but avoids transplant shock. Perfect for succulents or more robust stems.
Some accessories facilitate propagation and root monitoring.
Accessories – tools and maintenance
🚫 Common propagation mistakes
– Cutting a stem that is too young or too weak
– Forgetting the node, essential for root formation
– Letting leaves soak in water
– Placing the cutting in a spot that is too dark or too hot
– Changing method or container too often
– Repotting too early, before roots are well formed
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