Garden Care Simplified: Why plants don't grow from cuttings? Easiest tip for growing plant from cuttings Purple hearts Tradescantia pallidia

17.6.18

Why plants don't grow from cuttings? Easiest tip for growing plant from cuttings Purple hearts Tradescantia pallidia

easiest tip for growing plants from cuttings

While you buy new plants, some rare ones, are difficult to find. I always keep searching for rare ones, and maybe try to get cuttings. From shifting to a new home, the Terrace garden sun is no more with us and with our new entry way garden special care has to be taken of plants. added a few new ones.
So the purple hearts was on my wish list since we lost every piece of it few years back, so took a few cuttings.

Purple hearts have beautiful soft baby pink flowers.

cascading plants Purple hearts Terrace garden

I have noticed so many plants disappearing from gardens and plant nurseries, I don't know why, but reds, and purples are difficult to find now in common plant nurseries.
Bought new crotons, spider ribbon grass, chinese roses, from a road side plant nursery. Then spotted some purple Hearts Tradescantia pallidia, and my eyes got a sparkle, so took a few cuttings, over the years I have found it very difficult to grow plants from cuttings. So I got Raat ki Raani, Purple hearts, and bought a few new plants. Purple queen.

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Always I would bring cuttings and just pop them in containers. Even in some large containers and this never worked.
Not so much luck with cuttings, I found this simple tip,
1) wash the cuttings and let them dry well for a day. This helps heal the wound. I am very impatient soul, but still my plants have blessed me always. Trying my best even this time as this tip has worked for me recently.
2) Choose healthy stems, sick ones dry off.
3) Wash them and put the cuttings in some water.
For a day or two at least. there are tiny roots coming out. Be careful to avoid plant rot. as this time is crucial. Then you will be able to grow them faster.
4) Now plant the cutting in small containers, large sized pots or containers for small plants drown the small plants.
5) Avoid a very sunny place for new cuttings. Allow them indirect sunlight only.

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this is a happy one with us, Growing Anant with cuttings

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Lets see how the entryway garden progresses, meanwhile there is always magic going on with nature spirits and fairies. Fairies of Luck paintings for sale.
love and blessings from Rizwana!