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Ibrabec, thank you for your reply. I will go and pinch them right away. ...they had grown so un ruly... a couple of branches were touching the ground ( I must have accidently put soil on them ) and they rooted so I got 2 extra plants
Hi psychw2, when i told my mom in law about it..she said you can grow most of the plants the same way... you take the lower tender branch and put a handful or two of soil on it and you will get a new plant... I think you get lucky if you place soil on the node and it gets sufficient water...
now I am going to try the same method with confederate jasmine (it is also called mogra in India) it smells heavenly.
It's also often called layering.You can make a shallow little trench to lay the branch in,then scrape the bark on the bottom at the point you want it to form roots and cover it with soil.Pin it down if you need to.When roots are formed,detach it from the mother plant.
Tipping also works great for Rhododendrons, I have started many by putting a bottom limb on the ground, and simply covering it with a rock to hold it down.
