Propagating a poinsettia is basically possible, but it doesn't always work. The easiest way to grow offshoots is to cut cuttings or moss new plants. However, you need some experience for this. How to grow poinsettia offshoots.
How do you grow poinsettia cuttings?
To grow a poinsettia offshoot, you can either cut cuttings and dip them in rooting powder into moist soil or use the moss method, in which a shoot is cut and filled with rooting powder (€5.00 at Amazon) treated and kept moist until roots emerge.
Draw offshoots of the poinsettia
If you want to propagate your poinsettia, you can either cut cuttings or moss off individual shoots. Both methods are complex. The probability that only a few offshoots will take root is quite high.
Since poinsettias are available very inexpensively, it is only worthwhile for particularly active gardeners to propagate a poinsettia via cuttings.
Cut cuttings
- Cutting head cuttings
- remove lower leaves
- Dip the stem end into hot water
- Apply rooting powder
- Place cuttings in slightly moist soil
- set up warm
- If necessary, cover the pot with foil
Cut cuttings after flowering until May.
Be sure to dip the stem ends in hot water so that the poisonous milky juice cannot escape. As a result, the cutting loses too much moisture and dies.
Very often cuttings do not root, even if you have done everything correctly. Support rooting by treating the stem ends with rooting powder (€5.00 on Amazon).
Grow new plants by removing moss
Savvy gardening fans can try growing cuttings from moss. This method is more complex than cutting cuttings. The shoots take root better.
The best time to remove moss is also after the flowering period. Cut a small wedge into a strong shoot and hold it up with a piece of wood. Add rooting powder to the cutting.
Wrap the cut site with peat moss or cellulose. Keep the interface well moist. You can tell whether the offshoot has developed new roots by the fact that new leaves sprout.
Cut off after rooting
Unwind the bandage material and see if roots have formed. Cut the cutting and place it in a pot with poinsettia soil.
Tip
Growing cuttings from seeds is even more complicated than propagating a poinsettia from cuttings. This method is only used for breeding purposes. This allows new varieties with different colors to be obtained.
