How Do You Propagate Plants For Profit?
Whether you are interested in landscaping for business or for pleasure, propagating your own plants is a satisfying and economical hobby. By using clippings from your own established plants or from plants of friends or just plants you happen to see growing wild, you will be able to save a lot of money and find a lot of pleasure from clipping and growing your own plants! Find the variety of plant you want to propagate. You can use any type of plant but you should use something easy until you get the hang of it. Try Hostas or another leafy green plant to begin with. Always try to take your clippings from the top growth of the plant. Find a nice branch that is bendy and green and with a sharp scissors or razor blade, snip the branch just below a knobby joint. This is where the new roots will form. Keep a few small leaves on top, if they are too big snip them in half. Use your sharp blade to strip the stem to about 2/3 of the way up, leaving the leaves on top. Dip your cuttings (the stripp
