Leaf cuttings can grow new plant

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 12, 1999 ;     97 words ......To make new plants, these so-called leaf cuttings must grow both roots and shoots. A...begonias both multiply readily from leaf cuttings. Use whole or even parts of leaves. Leaf cuttings can be used to multiply African violets...

Easy steps to propagate violets

New Straits Times;  August 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......tion are: Cuttings: Stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, root cuttings Layering: Simple layering...to sustain the young plants' growth. Leaf cuttings This distinctive method of plant propagation...can be easily rejuvenated by taking leaf cuttings (you can easily take out same of the...

question time: Pot luck will keep plant flourishing.(Features)

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 2, 2007 ;     69 words ......coarse compost mixed with perlite in a container a size up from the existing one. You could also propagate some new plants by leaf cuttings. Remove a leaf, cut into three sections and insert the base into compost. In 4 to 6 weeks a plantlet will appear and when...

Plant of the week: christmas cactus.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  December 27, 2003 ;     347 words ......average windowsill so it is best to grow new plants from leaf cuttings in spring, to provide a continual supply of appropriately-siz...angle into the surface of a pot of gritty compost. A few leaf cuttings can be inserted in a circle into the same pot,angled outwards...

SCIENCE-FOOD: SPACE POTATOES ANYONE?

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 6, 1995 ;     700+ words ......grow five tiny tubers out of potato leaf cuttings. The scientists found that the "extraterrestrial...and of feeding a nutrient solution to leaf cuttings. The device, developed by University...do that." Croxdale and Tibbitts used leaf cuttings from a matured Norland variety of ...

Mother-in-law's tongue answers abuse with unusual flowers

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......two ways. Plants can be divided from late winter to June. Leaf cuttings can be taken almost anytime but have a peculiarity that makes...another plant that duplicates the variegation of the parent. Leaf cuttings will not produce variegation, just green leaves. This is...

Don't forget your indoor garden; Charlie Dimmock says now is the time to...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  May 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......house plants grow very easily from leaf cuttings ? things like Christmas cacti and some...old plant. African violets grow from leaf cuttings too. Some people cut a leaf off with...the leaves. Other plants to grow from leaf cuttings are Begonia rex and streptocarpus...

callus

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      67 words ......serves to reunite the parts 3. a disorganized mass of cells that develops over cuts or wounds on plants, as at the ends of stem or leaf cuttings--vi., vt. to develop or cause to develop a callus Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

The Green Thumb.(answers to questions about gardening)

Consumers' Research Magazine;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......tender loving care for blooms. Blooms are fragrant at night. You can start new plants from division and leaf cuttings. Note: Leaf cuttings from variegated types do not propagate true to type. They lose their variegation from cuttings. Q. I heard...

Violets 101.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  September 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......specimens. A variety of small plants and leaf cuttings also can be purchased. To start off...mother violet and pot it up. Or take leaf cuttings. Remove a healthy leaf from the plant...Judged show and exhibition; plants and leaf cuttings for sale; members on hand for questions...

How to do it.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 10, 2004 ;     74 words ......cuttings about 10cm (4in) long, pull off the lower leaves, trim below a leaf joint and insert the cuttings in water. When roots start to grow, plant them in pots of cuttings compost. Leaf cuttings of Christmas cactus will root directly in compost.

How to do it: Take water-cuttings.(Life Gardening)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 10, 2004 ;     71 words ......cuttings about 10cm (4in) long, pull off the lower leaves, trim below a leaf joint and insert the cuttings in water. When roots start to grow, plant them in pots of cuttings compost. Leaf cuttings of Christmas cactus will root directly in compost.

DIVIDE & MULTIPLY Propagating your own plants is a garden bargain

The Boston Globe;  September 4, 1992 ;     700+ words ......kalanchoes and philodendrons, are best increased through leaf cuttings. African violets and gloxinias can be multiplied by placing...where they fork, and new plants will develop at those points. Leaf cuttings won't work for most herbaceous perennials, with the notable...

LEAF CUTTINGS CAN START BEGONIAS.(Stars)(Column)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 27, 2008 ;     476 words ......flowers, although the small whitish flowers with reddish stalks appear periodically. Begonias are generally easy to start from leaf cuttings, if you happen to know someone who has an iron cross plant. It has been a favorite for a long time. It's available by mail...

No shrinking violet

New Straits Times;  October 1, 2004 ;     461 words ......for house plants. Follow instructions on the label. African violets can be grown from seeds and also from leaf cuttings. Leaf cuttings are taken from mature leaves. The rooting medium must be kept moist at all times until roots are formed...