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Taking cuttings from a plant is an artificial method of asexual reproduction. If you are successful, you will make new plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant! Cuttings are small pieces of stem that are carefully removed from the parent plant and encouraged to form their own roots, making new plants.
Simple layering is accomplished by bending a branch to the ground, slightly cutting or wounding the stem (branch), and covering the wounded portion with 2 to 3 inches of soil. The wounded area will form a callus and then produce new roots. After new roots have formed, the plants are removed from the parent plant.
Learning Objectives. Define sexual and asexual plant propagation. Describe various techniques for propagating plants. Identify the environmental factors affecting plant propagation.
In this indoor or outdoor garden lesson plan, students will explore asexual propagation of plants and observe root growth from cuttings.
Growing Cuttings. When growing conditions are right, many plants are able to grow and produce a new plant from either a piece of stem, leaf or root. Taking a cutting from a plant is known as vegetative reproduction.
• Information on how to propagate plants from seed • Information on how to propagate plants from cuttings • Links to information on the Gardens and National Seed Bank, horticulture and seed collecting procedures • Information on specific plants, when to plant, ease of propagation and seed pre‑treatment required • Glossary
A cutting is a section of plant such as a modified stem, leaf, or root used for vegetative propagation that forms either adventitious shoots, adventitious roots (stem and single node cuttings), or both (root and leaf cuttings).
