How to Propagate Your Indoor Plants

Choosing the optimal time

Do you want to An offshoot from a houseplant cut, you should choose an overcast and mild day in spring. At best, the plants are about to begin the new growing season, so that both the mother plant and the cuttings have good conditions for growth.

Cut cuttings

Choose healthy and strong mother plants and make sure that the cuttings are a few centimeters long and have at least two leaves. Use a sharp and disinfected knife to prevent bruises and the transmission of pathogens.

Establish the basis for growth

Cuttings thrive in a nutrient-poor substrate. If the soil offers too many nutrients, the cuttings will not develop compact roots. You should also ensure that the structure is permeable so that the irrigation water seeps away optimally and there is no waterlogging. If you don't Potting soil want to use from the gardening market, you can yourself make a high quality substrate:

• a part of quality garden soil
• a portion of fully matured compost
• some sand, perlite or lava gravel

Complete the plant pots

Pour the mixture into a clay pot and drill a hole about two centimeters long in the substrate. Put the cuttings in the ground and pile the planting material around the base. The cuttings get more stability by pressing them lightly. Penetrating irrigation ensures that there is better contact between the interface and soil particles.

Proper care is of great importance for the offshoot to develop roots quickly. Place the jar in a bright place out of direct sunlight. Regular spraying ensures a moist environment so that the shoot does not dry out. In the greenhouse the risk of drying out is lower and the ambient temperatures remain constant. However, you have to pay attention to daily ventilation, because mold spores also feel comfortable in this humid microclimate.