As a houseplant, the succulent arched hemp cuts a really good figure: not only does the plant, which is widespread in tropical Africa, have an interesting look with its thick, straight-up leaves, it is also extremely easy to care for. Lovers of the Sansevieria, as the plant is called botanically, can propagate them using simple methods. This is particularly easy to achieve with vegetative methods.

Bow hemp is best propagated via offshoots

Promising: propagation by leaf cuttings

If you propagate your variegated Sansevieria with leaf cuttings, don't be surprised: these do not take on the coloring of the mother plant, but turn green like the original wild form. And this is how you proceed with this form of propagation:

  • Tear off a leaf from the Sansevierie.
  • Divide this into cuttings about 10 to 15 centimeters long.
  • Put them in a bright and warm place to dry for a day or two.
  • Fill the growing pots (€16.68) with cactus soil.
  • Insert the cuttings about three to five centimeters deep,
  • planting the side that was already the lower one on the leaf.
  • In order for the project to succeed, it must be at least 20 °C warm
  • and also bright (but not direct sun!).
  • The first shoots only appear after a few months -
  • So you need a lot of patience.
  • Until then, keep the substrate slightly moist
  • and let it dry in between.
  • Remove the old leaf once the cutting has formed one large leaf or several smaller leaves.

Actually always works: share bow hemp

Probably the easiest way to propagate bow hemp is to separate and plant the offshoots separately.

  • You can easily combine this method with repotting.
  • Get the whole root ball out of the pot
  • and gently shake off the soil.
  • Now carefully separate the offshoots from the mother plant with a sharp knife.
  • You can also divide the whole plant by cutting it into several pieces.
  • Plant the resulting individual plants separately in plant pots
  • and put them in a warm and bright place.
  • Avoid direct sun and draughts.

Quite a tedious affair: sowing bow hemp

Also possible, but quite laborious - since both a consistently high temperature and high humidity must be guaranteed over several months - is the propagation of bow hemp by sowing. You can buy the seeds online or in specialist shops, or you can harvest them yourself. To do this, however, your Sansevieria must flower and then produce seeds.

tips

Bow hemp is said to improve the indoor air sustainably.

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Vegetable garden