Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Grafting: You, Too, Can Be a Mad Scientist


Succulent plants allow a grower to graft two entirely different plants onto each other, to essentially create one.
Grafting is strange, and usually not seamless.
1: Remove one inch off of the top of a healthy succulent.
2: Select a healthy stem or section of another succulent
3: Cut away the outer plant skin from the edges of the second succulent (about a half inch)
4: Cut a slit down the middle of the original succulent
5: Slide the second succulent's exposed end into the slit of the original succulent
6: Secure the two parts by skewering the two sections so they remain intact, and tie a string around the joined section.
7: Leave in a bright and airy place, make sure the temp does not go below 50 degrees and wait about four weeks for growth.
Eventually, the plant will grow as if it were always grafted in such a way. Interesting combinations can be made.

4 comments:

cherokeemaiden said...
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cherokeemaiden said...

what a fun idea! I would love to try this one... nice easy to follow instructions!

kale daikon said...

whoah nuts. And I thought propagrating from leaf parts was ingenious. Your blog is gorgeous, like the succulent itself!

Chris said...

Hi, we were talking about dividing succulents just now, and I remembered you have a blog about succulents. Do you have any tips or resources on dividing succulents? I did a quick Google query, but it returned all these text-heavy pages, and reading is teh lame.