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Propagation Methods for Haworthia |
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5 - from halving: |
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This is a propagation method well worth trying as it is relatively easy to do and can be very productive. It's particularly useful if you have a spare or spoilt plant available and especially when it's one of the species with softer leaves.If you're unsure, why not practice first on an offset of a species that produces plenty of spare offsets, in order to give you confidence? Species such as H. cymbiformis or one of the prolific H. cooperi forms would prove willing to assist, I'm sure.Leave the potential victim without water for a while, until the leaves become softer than usual so that it will bleed less sap when cut and recover more quickly. That way you will reduce the risk of rot following what is a substantial injury. Repot the root area but leave the cut side exposed to the air for a week or two to reduce the risk of rotting. Allow the cut edges of the leaves and core to dry thoroughly before recommencing watering. Place the plant in semi shade and wait... It shouldn't be too long before the urge to grow finds an axillary bud or three willing to oblige. WARNING... Previously I had tried cutting a similar head into quarters but that reduced the stem base area too much and I was lucky to retain a single offset to replace the plant I had quartered. So… Please try it, but... don’t be too adventurous by using your best plants and make sure you don't reduce the core to much less than the thickness of a pencil! |
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CC 2287 H. semiviva - MIDDLEPOS with offsets forming at the core of a halved head.
Originally grown from seed received from Cok Grootscholten and sown
07/09/1993, this plant selected itself
for propagation by losing its central growing point. As it wasn’t then up to the standard for top-bench display I decided to slice the head in half vertically and these offsets were produced from the next highest growing points. This main head was halved on 10/02/2001 and these three offsets were removed for rooting on 02/02/2002. By 14/04/2002 there were already two further, pea-sized offsets forming behind the next inner leaves from further growing points still viable. If you're really lucky - and with fleshier leaves, you might be able to continue to harvest offsets in the above manner for most of the remaining leaves; softer, thinner leaves are less prolific before they run out of reserves. |
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CC 2287 H. semiviva - MIDDLEPOS
showing the three heads above after they have been
removed and are living independently - plus, in the
lower right of the picture, the two further offsets
forming
It will be some time yet before these last two offsets are ready to grow it alone and they’re still attached to the parent root, just visible above and between the two offsets.
But...what happened to the other half of the original, damaged head? |
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It produced two proportionally larger heads, the one on the right of the photo having also become dichotomous, making a potential of 8. This portion’s looking much too nice to divide up at the moment, but it will be done eventually - and then we can do this all over again! |
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