Take tip shoot cuttings when you groom and shape you plant in the spring and summer. The cuttings should be about five inches long. Plant them in a soil mixture of equal parts of sand and peat. And keep them at a temperature of about seventy five degrees. It will take the cuttings four to six weeks to strike roots. They can then be moved to a spot with a lower temperature once the cuttings have grown to a reasonable size, they can be moved to individual pots using the same soil mixture. If you don't have a seed tray with a lid you can cover the pots of cuttings with plastic bags to keep the humidity hi enough for the small plants. Make small holes in the bag so the plants won’t rot. A good trick is to bend a small piece of wire over the plants and stick the ends into the soil. Pull the bag over the pots. This way you make your own miniature green house.
Molly Johnson, Smith County Master Gardener
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