Propagation of houseplants

Buying seeds of houseplants is not a problem now. Flower or garden shops sell lung seeds in culture of asparagus, some palm trees, begonias, strelithia, gloxinium, etc. If you want to purchase seeds of rarer plants, you can do it through the online store or by ordering on the forum. It is very important to think about whether you can provide the necessary conditions for the plant, its special requirements. For example, strelicia is a beautiful plant, but it requires a lot of space and light. Also always pay attention to the timing of sowing (for example, it is better to sow cyclamens in autumn) and the expiration dates of seeds...

Most plants reproduce with cuttings taken from the upper parts of the shoots mainly in the spring and summer, some plants easily reproduce with cuttings at any time of the year. You can put cuttings for rooting in ordinary water (preferably boiled), while it is better to use dark glass dishes, for example, a bottle of beer, if the cuttings freely pass into the neck. Or a glass jar wrapped in paper, so the water in the container will not bloom. If the walls of the vessel are covered with blue-green algae, the stalk of the handle also often silts up and does not give roots...

This method is characteristic of senpoli, gloxinium, small-leaved peperomia and some types of begonia. To do this, take an adult healthy leaf taken at the base of the plant. The length of the petiole you leave behind will depend on where you root it.
So when the senpolia is rooted in water, the petiole is left at the leaf about 3-4 cm. And when rooted in the ground - no more than 1 cm. The tip of the petiole is cut off strictly across with a sharp knife, dipped in a solution of phytohormone (see phytohormones). The petiole is placed in a recess previously made in the soil so that the underside of the leaf faces the wall of the pot. The sheet itself should not touch the soil, but rise above it. Then the pot is covered with a jar to increase the humidity and must be ventilated twice a day...

There are two options for breeding plants with branches. Each consists in the fact that the new plant receives its own roots, not cut off from the mother plant (otherwise it will be cuttings). While the branch takes root, the mother plant provides it with nutrients.
The first method consists in diverting and bending the side shoot from the bush to the ground, and its re-establishment. I.e. if the bush has flexible or grassy shoots, one of them can be bent to the ground in the same pot or put the pot next to it. Attach the branch to the ground with a paper clip or press it with a pebble, do not cut off from the mother plant until roots are formed. Under the influence of soil moisture and stagnation of sap movement, due to the bending of shoots, they take root...

The method of propagation of plants by division is to divide the bush. This method is characteristic of plants that grow well in width (aspidistra, clivia, calla, cyperus, maranta, agapanthus, asparagus, ferns, passiflora, pineapple, etc.). When transplanted in spring, these plants, taken out of the pot, are divided in half or into more parts. For this, a well-sharpened knife is used. Each of the parts should have a small number of roots and growth buds. Plants that reproduce mainly by dividing the bush, as a rule, have one feature - they love cramped dishes. So, if aglaonem or sansevieria is put in too large a pot, the aerial part of the plant will not grow for a long time. In such a inhibited state, the flower can last about a year...

Svetlana Larsen (svph) shares her experience gained from her own mistakes. I give it verbatim so as not to miss a grain of important information:
So, there is one secret in the cuttings of rhododendrons, which for some reason is very rarely mentioned in the literature. Maybe because so far only specialists are engaged in this. A girl from Riga told me about these features, who wrote a diploma on cutting wild and varietal rhododendrons, and then an American at an international flower forum. The approach is somewhat different, but the meaning is the same...