How to Take Cuttings

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Growing plants from cuttings, also known as propagation, is a technique that gardeners use to grow new plants from older, healthy plants. It’s great for increasing the number of plants that you have or taking your favorite plants from your garden with you when you move.

To take cuttings for propagation, you’ll need to select a stock plant, carefully take the cuttings, and properly plant the cuttings.

1. 1 Survey your garden for potential stock or “mother” plants. In the spring or early summer, start looking for plants that have plenty of new growth. You’ll want to take cuttings from these plants because there will be a few different stems for you to pick from.^[1]
   • New growth is generally easier to propagate than older growth because it has more “growing” cells that are reproducing rapidly.
2. 2 Visit a nursery if you don’t currently have a garden. If you’re just starting your garden and don’t have any stock plants, visit a local nursery and ask if you’d be able to take a few cuttings of larger plants. Most of the time they’ll let you if you take a small amount.
   • If you have friends, family, or neighbors growing the types of plants you want to propagate, you can always ask them for cuttings, too.
   • Be very careful when transporting your cuttings. Place them in a plastic bag with a few drops of water or wrap the ends in a damp paper towel. Then put the bag in a box to prevent any bumping or crushing of the nodes.
3. 3 Select a stock…

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