Common House Plants

A good gardening tip is that you simply can build additional plants from your existing house and garden plants. cut out the expense of buying new house and garden plants. healthy plants to take the stem cuttings from to plant in a very peat moss mixture using rooting hormone. referred to as the mother plant. ensure the mother plant has enough stems so the cutting will not kill the mother plant.

If you begin house and garden plants from stem cuttings instead of seeds it'll take  the time to root. a just many things will want : a mother plant, a flat for potting with a peat moss mixture, a pointy knife or razor blade, rooting hormone, containers for holding water and rooting hormone, pencil or a stick, and a plastic bag.

Common sense tells should take a stem cutting from the plant’s thickest green non flowering stems. spot where the leaf attaches to the stem, called the node, are the most effective place for to take the stem cutting. plants growth rooting hormones are focused there. green, woody stems for taking the stem cuttings from the mother plant. Newer growth is simpler to root than woody stems.