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Propagate! HowTo: Make Many Plants From One

Mar 25, 2010 10:00 PM

Spring is coming around the corner, and what better to welcome it through the door than houseplants? Design Sponge posts a simple tutorial on plant propagation, the natural process of using plant cuttings to produce more plants. Surprisingly easy (and cheap).

You will need:

  1. Cuttings from a house plant to be propagated (Design Sponge suggests Rex Begonias, Ivy, Spider Plants, Pothos or Wandering Jew)

  2. Clear glass vessel

  3. Potting soil and pot

Click through for the full tutorial.

Gardening shears next to a leaf on a wooden surface.

Plant cuttings in a glass beaker filled with water.

Glass bottles with plants arranged on a wooden surface.

Begonia leaf cutting next to a small terracotta pot with soil.

A close-up of a silver and red begonia leaf emerging from a cracked terracotta pot.

Potted plants with green leaves and a red-tipped leaf.

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