Make More Plants with Cuttings From Your Own House and Garden Plants
By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide
Carefully place the cuttings into the holes you made in your potting mix and gently firm the soil around them. You can fit several cuttings into one container. Space them so that the leaves do not touch one another.
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- Gather What You’ll Need to Make More Plants with Cuttings
- Choosing A Plant for Cuttings
- Prepare Your Planting Containers for Rooting the Cuttings
- Selecting Stems for Your Plant Cuttings
- Taking the Plant Cuttings
- Prepare Your Plant Cuttings for Potting
- Pre-Make Your Planting Holes
- Using Rooting Hormone to Increase Your Chances of Successful Rooting
- Potting Up Your Cuttings
- Creating a Mini Greenhouse to Coddle Your Cuttings
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