Content
- Is it possible to remove the stinging nettle from cuttings?
- When do you cut the cuttings?
- How to care for the cuttings?
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
Cuttings of stinging nettle can be cut almost year-round
Is it possible to remove the stinging nettle from cuttings?
Not always the desire for a larger number of plants is the trigger for cutting cuttings. In the case of stinging nettle this is a common method of "rejuvenation", because old plants are often unsightly.
Although they grow in height, but form only fewer leaves. The stalk then often remains bare in the lower part. At least now it is time to think about a new plant. The alternatives are buy or pull yourself. From seeds, the stinging nettle can only be drawn with much patience, with cuttings, however, the multiplication succeeds quite easily.
When do you cut the cuttings?
You can cut cuttings from your hawthorn in the garden from spring to fall, at houseplants all year round. Do not take tender shoots with about three pairs of leaves and remove the lower pair. This stimulates the offshoot for rooting. If your stinging nettle flowers just started, then you can use these flowering shoots as cuttings. However, you must cancel the flower approach.
How to care for the cuttings?
The cuttings of your stinging nettle are easily rooted in a glass with water or in a pot with potting soil. So you can, if you wish, monitor the rooting before planting the cuttings in pots. The soil should be kept moist during rooting, but not too wet. Otherwise, the delicate root might begin to rot.
Only when the cuttings have formed roots, they begin to grow visibly. Now and then cut off the shoot tip, then the stinging nettle grows bushy. However, you should only start with this if several new pairs of leaves have already formed. The plants are allowed to grow in the garden as soon as they have become strong and it is warm enough outside.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
If your stinging nettle is getting old and loses its growth in abundance, then it will be time to cut cuttings. Soon you can look forward to vigorous young plants.