{"id":72209,"date":"2017-11-18T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T10:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-add-water-how-to-take-cuttings-from-houseplants\/"},"modified":"2017-11-18T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T11:04:24","slug":"just-add-water-how-to-take-cuttings-from-houseplants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-add-water-how-to-take-cuttings-from-houseplants\/","title":{"rendered":"Just add water: how to take cuttings from houseplants"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI love to watch roots grow, particularly in winterI am the crazy cat lady of the house\u00a0plant world. I have so many of them. Closing the curtains has become quite the task, as you snake between specimens all vying for light. And yet I\u00a0continue to take cuttings.Many house plants are easily rooted in water. I\u00a0love to watch roots grow, particularly in winter, when there\u2019s something so cheering about a life so willing. Truth be known, it makes most sense to take cuttings in spring and summer. On top of that, cuttings taken in water are somewhat inferior to those taken in soil, in part because water doesn\u2019t offer the most nutritious beginning. But that doesn\u2019t stop me. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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