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BrianDaWheelman

I took some cuttings today and tried my hand at propagation for the first time!

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  1. Kelly

    Awesome! I’m experimenting with it too! Good luck!

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    • BrianDaWheelman

      Thanks! You too! I’ve heard different methods like drying out the cutting for a few days so the cut end makes a callous, and then potting it in dry soil. Or just immediately planting the cutting. I used the second method. I follow someone on TikTok who is very good at bonsai in my opinion.

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  2. Kelly

    I would have done the same. I am propping a donkeys tail right now. Slow but good progress.

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    • BrianDaWheelman

      Not gonna lie, I had to Google donkeys tail. Haha. It looks cool!

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    • Kelly

      Believe me I get it! I’m new to plants so I read a lot of these posts and do the same thing. Yes, they are really cool!

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  3. Lachlan

    Yeah I’ve tried planting cuttings but I’ve only had one successful one so far. Everything I’ve read said not to water them but they always die. The cutting that I watered regularly (every second day or so) was the only one that actually grew roots. Hope you have better luck than me haha.

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    • BrianDaWheelman

      That’s interesting, and the complete opposite of what I’ve read to have successful cuttings. This app tells me to water my main tree in 12 days. That’s when I also planned to water my cuttings. Trying to keep on the same schedule. But I’ll watch the leaves and adjust as needed.

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    • Lachlan

      Mine live outdoors in full sun so I water them everyday and they suck up all the water. They don’t grow as fast indoors so they aren’t as thirsty, 12 days might be okay.

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    • Lachlan

      But I leave cuttings in shade until they grow roots

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  4. El Oso Polar

    Propagated a cutting by putting it directly into soil an hour or so after the cut. Worked out well.

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  5. BrianDaWheelman

    I’m already getting new growth on my cuttings and I haven’t even watered them yet! This plant is so easy to grow. Haha

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  6. BrianDaWheelman

    I watered my two cuttings today because the leaves were showing slight signs of wrinkling. The water went right through the soil. There’s no way that any water was soaked into the soil mix. Are my pieces too large? I know it has to be well draining but it seems like it’s too well draining!

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    • BrianDaWheelman

      I don’t know specially what soil the main tree in the photo is using. My wife bought the main tree for me at our local nursery.

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    • Lachlan

      Your soil just looks like bark I’m not too sure

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    • BrianDaWheelman

      This is the soil that I currently have in my two pots with the cuttings.

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  7. BrianDaWheelman

    I bought this one. It arrives today. I thought I might mix the two together.

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