Whether at the edge of the garden pond, in the home aquarium, in a glass jug with water or quite conventionally in a pot with soil - the Cyprus grass looks attractive everywhere. You can multiply it easily and quickly with offshoots!

Cyprus grass is best propagated via offshoots

The offshoots win

It is not uncommon for owners of the Cyprus grass to observe that a stalk with a tuft of leaves grows out of the crown. This is an offshoot. As a rule, offshoots form only in the larger species of this plant.

If you want to use such an offshoot for Cyprus grass propagation, you can cut it off with a sharp and clean knife. The cut should be done in one go.

Have a glass of water ready

Next, fill a glass or bowl with water - about halfway. The offshoot that has just been cut off goes in there. Place it in the water, leaf side down!

Since rooting can take a few weeks, it is advisable to change the water regularly. Ideally, the water should be low in lime and at room temperature. The purpose of regularly changing the water is to avoid the formation of algae.

Rooting successful - plant

If the container for rooting was in a light and warm place, it didn't take long for roots to form. Under optimal conditions, this can be the case after just a week. Roots should have developed after 4 weeks at the latest. They are long, fine and white to slightly translucent.

Now it's time to plant:

  • a bright location is a prerequisite
  • Temperatures between 15 and 25 °C are perfect
  • Bathrooms and other rooms with high humidity are well suited
  • also a planting z. B. to the garden pond is possible from May

The almost identical alternative to the offshoot method

For species that do not form offshoots, you can use cuttings propagation (very similar!). The cuttings, which are just as little hardy as offshoots and large plants, should be placed in the water with the leaf tuft upside down.

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Even stems with leaves that have already dried up at the tips can be used.

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