How to Cut a Jasmine Starter Vine
Like most herbaceous perennials, new jasmine vine plants can be started with harvested cuttings from a favorite variety. As any sub-tropical to tropical evergreen, the plants grow vigorously in compatible climates, so there will always be plenty of vines for harvesting. Cuttings should be taken immediately prior to planting them so that they are fresh and the cuts will not have calloused over. Cuttings are best collected in the summer and early fall and can live in their rooting pots until the following spring or beyond. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Jasmine plant
- Sterilized secateurs
- Pot
- Sterile potting medium
- Water
- Rooting hormone powder
- Clear plastic bag or sheeting
Instructions
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Harvest a semi-hardwood cutting from your favorite jasmine plant in the later growing season from late July through September. Choose a cutting (or cuttings) from the current year's growth that is semi-woody with full-sized leaves and not the floppy, green and very tender fresh growth.
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Cut a tip section of the vine that appears somewhere in the upper third of the plant, has all of its healthy leaves attached and is roughly 4 to 6 inches in length.
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Clip or pinch off any flowers or buds on the cutting so that no energy is wasted on bloom when you need the cutting to root. Pinch or trim off the leaves that appear on the lower half of the cutting.
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Dredge the bottom end of the cutting into rooting hormone powder and place it into sterile and very moist to wet potting medium. Cover the pot with a clear plastic film to create humid greenhouse conditions. Keep the soil evenly moist at all times until the cutting roots and new growth is visible.
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