Here’s how to use cuttings to reproduce your own plants at home, according to plant experts.

• Take root cuttings the next year in midwinter. Dig up the plant, prune off any growth above ground and gently wash the dirt from the roots with a hose or bucket of fresh water.

There are two good reasons to learn how to propagate from cuttings, and the first is efficiency. It's faster and cheaper to grow your own duplicate plants from another one of your plants, whether ...

Figs are a popular Louisiana fruit, and many people want to propagate them. Rooting cuttings is the most appropriate and widely used method, says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Allen Owings.

Take cuttings 6 to 8 inches long and strip the leaves off the last 2 inches of the stem. Dip the stem end in a rooting hormone and place the cutting in a 1-gallon flowerpot. You should be able to ...

However, that doesn’t mean it is impossible to get an apple tree to root from a hardwood cutting, but the success rate will be low and it may take up to six months for the cutting to root.

Garden Doctors: When to use rooting hormones Jacquie B. of Sebastopol asks: I want to start taking cuttings of some of my plants. When do you use rooting hormones and how do I use them?