Plant propagation
@allknowing (130064)
India
September 27, 2022 9:26pm CST
There are many ways plants can be propagated and one way is through cuttings.
I saw this branch of the tiger tail plant (acalypha) bent with several side shoots stuck to the branch. A great way to have more cuttings that could be gently snapped once they attain a certain size and planted elsewhere.
While some do not propagate through cuttings if a flowering plant is bent it gets side shoots and those shoots start flowering. I have seen this with one of our marigold plants.
What methods do you use to propagate plants?
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@rsa101 (37961)
• Philippines
28 Sep 22
Am a frustrated gardener since there is limited space where I live I could not plant. But my Grandfather I know he is a genuine green thumb kind of a person since he can grow plants easily. He knows where/when/how to cut a plant so that it survives and propagates.
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@rsa101 (37961)
• Philippines
28 Sep 22
@allknowing Unfortunately the land is no more. After the fire ravaged it many decades ago no one took care of that anymore and the land was eventually sold.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
29 Sep 22
I just see a marigold in the garden I must remember to remove it when it dries up
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
30 Sep 22
@LadyDuck I have become an addict and no matter how many times I make up my mind never to buy seeds I get the feeling I will do it again
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
30 Sep 22
@allknowing I have lost all my marigolds two years ago. The next Spring I will seed again.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
28 Sep 22
I read somewhere you do gardening in pots and what you see in the photo is a branch jutting out from a plant in a pot.
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
28 Sep 22
@allknowing Yes, but I have no space left to place another pot. Also, don't find time to spend on gardening these days.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
28 Sep 22
@sjvg1976 I wish you made time As gardening is such a peace providing hobby.
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@RebeccasFarm (86769)
• United States
1 Oct 22
At this time, I do not use any methods. Maybe one day I will. Usually it is in water if I can.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
1 Oct 22
Do you have space for gardening where you have just shifted?
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@RebeccasFarm (86769)
• United States
4 Oct 22
@allknowing No but if I could sneak some into the plants in the front here
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
29 Sep 22
@magallon There you are. You too are happily occupied.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
28 Sep 22
There are many like you who are not interested in gardening but have other hobbies. What is yours?
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
29 Sep 22
@allknowing hobbies?
I enjoy watching movies in netflix and i love cooking
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
28 Sep 22
I trim a whole lot of plants each year and they are just discarded.
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@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Sep 22
I do seeds and some cuttings. Depends on the plant
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