Propagate Christ thorn over offshoots

How do I cut offshoots from the Christ thorn?

Of the Christ thorn is quite cut compatible. You can prune it practically anytime. Recommended is a cut but especially in spring. If you want to get the plant into shape, use this opportunity to create offshoots for the Multiplication to cut.

If you only want to cut offshoots in a targeted manner, then do this in spring as well. Choose some vigorous healthy shoots, from which you cut head cuttings about eight to ten centimeters in length. Your tools should be absolutely clean and sharp so that you do not injure or unnecessarily damage the plant Diseases transfer.

Carefully wrap the interface with kitchen paper or put some charcoal on top to dry it. Remember that the milky sap is as well poisonous is like all other parts of the plant. It can cause severe irritation and should therefore not touch your skin.

How do I care for the offshoots of the Christ thorn?

Let your cuttings bleed for a while in a vessel filled with water and then let them dry slightly for a few hours. Then put the offshoots in pots with Potting soil or a mixture of sand and Cactus soil.

After about a month in a warm place, they should be well rooted. Keep your cuttings evenly moist during this time. Later, you shorten the tips of your young plants above the fourth or fifth leaf so that they branch out better.

The essentials in brief:

• Cut cuttings about 8 to 10 cm long
• use sharp and clean tools
• Dry the interface with paper towels or charcoal
• Let the cutting "bleed" in water
• then dry slightly
• put in potting soil or a cactus soil-sand mixture
• place warm
• Rooting time: approx. 30 days
• stimulate branching if it develops well