ENN: Environmental News Network [[ ENN Garden Tutorials ]]
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What you need:
The first step is to select a healthy growing shoot. Next, trim off all of the lower leaves. |
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| Once you’ve trimmed off the lower leaves, place a plastic sleeve over the stem and fasten it with tape or a twistie. |
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| Fold the plastic sleeve back and make an incision 1/4″ deep and 1″ long in an upward motion. (Make sure the knife is sharp.) |
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| Pack the incision with moist sphagnum moss. This will prevent the cut from healing. |
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| Roll the plastic sleeve back up and fill it with moist sphagnum moss. This is the medium the roots will grow into. |
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| Secure the sleeve with a twistie or tape forming a ball around the stem. |
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| Once you can see roots forming through the plastic, remove the new plant from the parent plant. Use pruning shears to make a cut just below the plastic sleeve. |
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| Remove the plastic and tease out the roots a little. Fill an appropriately sized pot with soil, and plant normally. |