Plantlets and Runners: Rooting Baby Plants Still on the Parent
Spider plants, strawberry begonias, mother of thousands and piggyback plants grow miniature copies of themselves. Here is how to root those plantlets, attached to the parent or detached.
Simple Plant Propagation Guides and Techniques
How to divide clump-forming houseplants, separate offsets and pups, and root plantlets and runners, and which plants cannot be divided at all.
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Spider plants, strawberry begonias, mother of thousands and piggyback plants grow miniature copies of themselves. Here is how to root those plantlets, attached to the parent or detached.
Aloe, haworthia, snake plant, pilea and bromeliads all make baby plants at their base. Learn how to tell when a pup is ready, how to cut it free and how to pot succulent and leafy pups differently.
Find out which houseplants can be split and which cannot, then follow clear steps to take a crowded clump out of its pot, separate the crowns and settle each division into its own pot.