Propagate magnolia by cuttings

Advantages of propagation via offshoots

Lowering is a useful technique to Plants Propagatewhose cuttings find it difficult to take root - as is the case with the magnolia. Although it takes several months for the sunken shoot to form roots and thus to be separated from the mother plant, these young plants are stronger than Shoots pulled from cuttings. The young magnolias are taken care of by the mother plant until they can literally stand on "their own roots". they are less prone to disease and also already used to the ground and various weather conditions.

Different types of lowering

A distinction is essentially made between three types of lowering:

• Air lowering, in which the growth medium (e.g. B. a flower pot) is raised until the shoot,
• Mossing, in which the shoot is scratched and wrapped with damp moss,
• French lowering, in which the earth is piled up over a shoot
• as well as conventional lowering, in which the entire shoot is deposited in the ground.

How to multiply your magnolia by lowering it

At this point the most common form of lowering should be explained.

• Choose a pliable (i.e. H. not yet or only slightly lignified) and healthy shoot that can be bent to the ground.
• Dig a shallow pit in a suitable location.
• Cut the underside of the shoot about two to three times.
• Apply a rooting preparation to the wounded area to encourage root formation.
• Place the shoot section in the ground (the tip still peeks out of the earth).
• Fill the hole with soil and weigh the area down with a stone.
• Alternatively, the shoot can also be anchored with a piece of wire.
• Water the area well and keep it moist continuously.
• Now you have to wait at least eight to ten months.

Tips & Tricks

Magnolias can best be propagated using so-called mossing.