Push your fingers in and try and tease the plant apart. Have a good look at the plant to see where it naturally separates. The process is similar to the “shovel” method, but the plants are generally smaller in pots, meaning the roots and rhizomes aren’t as tough to get apart. See the photos of a West Indian Arrowroot I propagated this morning (below). If you’re growing your mother plants in pots, propagation is easier. Look at the photo below to see what I mean. Position the shovel so that when you cut it, you have a piece of root with some stems or new shoots. Place your shovel in one of these spaces, near the outside of the plant clump. Heliconia’s and Gingers have several stems with distinct spaces between them. You’ll also need a decent pair of boots and someone strong, someone that can apply plenty of foot pressure. If you are growing your plants for propagation in the garden, you’ll need a nice, sharp shovel or spade. A rhizome will produce a nice-sized plant in no time! Rhizome division is one of the more brutal propagation methods, but it is also the most rewarding. ![]() You propagate Heliconias, Gingers, and Canna from rhizome division. Let’s talk about how to propagate these plants. Heliconia’s, Gingers, Bamboo, Philodendrons, Canna, Monstera, Cordyline, Croton, Coleus, and Hibiscus. When you think of tropical plants, certain plants come to mind. I started out with succulents and cacti but soon realized I wanted big leaves, big flowers, and big, wild jungle. ![]() I’m starting with tropical plants because I’m biased. From seed, cuttings, layering, grafting, rhizome division, bulbs, offsets… Some plants will grow from a piece of leaf! How to propagate depends on the type of plant you want to grow. There are quite a few different ways of plant propagation. The more you propagate, the higher the chances of success. Besides soil and water, home-propagated plants don’t cost you anything but a little time. Propagating your own plants feels a bit like magic! It is also very cost-efficient. You’ll get to watch the plant grow from seed to plant, or from little cutting to beautiful flowering shrub. Much more rewarding than ordering plants from a wholesale nursery! It is very rewarding to propagate your own plants. Today, in part 4, we’ll talk about how to propagate plants for your nursery business. ![]() In part 3, we covered equipment needed and fertilizers, including Dan’s Liquid Microbe Fertilizer. In part 2, we talked about how to grow your nursery plants. In this series, we talked about how to choose plants to grow in part 1 of the Start a Backyard Plant Nursery Business series. To expand your backyard plant nursery, learn about propagating tropical plants! Use heliconia, bamboo, and hibiscus to their fullest potential. So be sure to read up on your plant before you do any cutting.Heliconia Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum x Heliconia spathocircinata) Some plants will need specific nodes included in the cutting in order to form roots. How many stems you should take and how many leaves they should have on them will vary from plant to plant. I’ve also included in this section the plants that you propagate by cutting the tip-off of since the idea is pretty much identical. This is by far the most common way to propagate plants from cuttings. Cut off a piece of the stem of the plant with leaves on it then put it in either soil or water and watch the roots grow. Stem cutting is exactly what it sounds like. Growing from cuttings is not only cost-effective, but it's also beautiful too.
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