There are many methods of growing purple passion plants, but stem cutting is one of the easiest methods for beginners.
In horticulture, stem cutting is a method in plant propagation whereby a healthy vegetative portion of a mother plant is cut off and is encouraged to form roots.
Stem cutting is also known as cloning, simply because you are creating the exact same copy of the parent plant.
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Propagating Purple Passion Plant Cuttings in Water or Soil?
After successfully cutting the stem of the purple passion plant, the next thing to do is root the stem.
While this is easier to do, it can be done in one of two ways.
First, by planting the stem directly in fresh soil or secondly, by keeping the stem in water for a while until roots start developing.
Before we can then plant them in the soil is even better if it’s a well-draining potting mix or seed starting mix.
Stem cutting can be done for the purple passion plant at any time of the year, but taking the cuttings in the summer and spring periods when the Gynura Aurantiaca plant is active in its growing season will yield faster results.
Planting Purple Passion Plant Cuttings
Examine your purple passion plant to make sure it is healthy and free from disease, and also check for insects, as mealybugs and spider mites love to reside in those soft velvet leaves.
Fill your pot with some fresh seed starting soil. Seed starting soils are excellent for purple passion plants that are just developing.
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Water the soil and then use the tip of a pencil to poke a hole in the soil medium before inserting the stem cutting of your purple velvet plant, then water again to keep the soil moist.
But remember not too much water too much as to get soggy soil.
Poking a hole in the soil medium will allow you to insert the stem cutting in the soil without damaging the tip of the purple passion plant.
Another thing to note is that stem cuttings cannot be placed side by side with established tropical plants, as new cuttings cannot take the same amount of light as established purple velvet plants can.
Place your pot where it can get bright light, but not too much direct sunlight (in other words, indirect sunlight is best)
