Succulents: How to reproduce your rosary plant by cuttings?
One of the succulents that we like the most for its strange shape is the senecio rowleyanus, better known as Rosario plant or pearl necklace, this because its leaves are shaped like little balls that hang as if it were a rosary.
This plant is ideal for those who are new to gardening, since its ball-shaped leaves are responsible for storing water, so these plants are enemies of excess watering and, therefore, are ideal for the clueless who are learning to take care of a succulent
In addition, this plant does not require a lot of care or direct sunlight, since it can easily be grown near a window indoors. You can place it in a hanging pot, which will give a very elegant look to the space in your house where you decide to put it. Likewise, its reproduction by cuttings is very simple and, today in The Truth News We will explain step by step how you can do it.
Easy trick to reproduce a rosary plant by cuttings
The Rosario plant is one of the succulents that is easiest to reproduce by cuttings, since practically any of its stems can be made and you will be able to see a new plant grow.
To get a cutting of the Rosario plant and reproduce it, you just have to follow these simple steps:
Materials
- Rosary plant stems
- Small container with a minimum height of 6 cm, with several holes.
- Substrate for succulents.
How to do it?
- Cut about 5 cm from any stem of your Rosario plant
- Then, remove two or three leaves or balls from each of them.
- Choose a container that is at least 3 cm deep and place a substrate that contains at least cactus soil, worm humus and perlite.
- Bury the part of the stem without balls in the substrate
- Water very little around the stem (make sure the water doesn’t get all the way down.
- Place the pot in a bright place and wait for the soil to dry before watering again. Do it only three times a week with very little water.
- When a couple of weeks have passed, you will notice that the roots are growing on the stems, so it will be a good time for you to take them to the pot where they will live.
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What are cuttings?
The cuttings are small fragments of plants that will be separated from the mother plant, for example, a stem, a branch, or a segment, a leaf together with one of these parts of your plant, you can reproduce it or multiply the species.
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