Propagating an indoor fir requires a lot of knowledge about caring for and growing indoor plants. It takes time for new indoor firs to grow from cuttings or seeds. It is also difficult to get cuttings or seeds.

The pine tree can be easily propagated by cuttings

Where do you get a cutting from?

Only top cuttings are suitable for propagating the indoor fir. Other cuttings grow too unevenly and often do not root well either.

If you cut a top cutting from your house fir, this is at the expense of the mother plant. It then develops several head tips and loses its characteristic appearance.

Cutting cuttings from the tree only makes sense if you want to dispose of the tree anyway because it has grown too big.

Propagation of indoor firs from cuttings

Cut the cuttings in winter as they are neither too soft nor too woody.

  • strip resin
  • Dip the cut end in charcoal
  • Put the cuttings in the prepared pot
  • wrap with plastic wrap
  • set up warm and bright

Place the cuttings at a temperature of at least 20 degrees, very bright but not sunny. It takes several months for the head cutting to sprout roots. Be careful not to let the cuttings rot.

Propagating a pine tree from seeds

You can get seeds for pine trees from specialized nurseries. It is better not to buy online, as only very fresh seeds will germinate. You cannot harvest your own seeds from your indoor firs.

The best time for sowing pine trees is early spring. Prepare seed pots (€16.68). Plant one seed per pot and cover lightly with sphagnum or pulled peat.

Keep the pots warm and very light but not sunny. The ideal growing temperatures are between 18 and 20 degrees. Keep the substrate moderately moist but never wet. The seed rots easily if the soil is too moist. Several weeks or even months can pass before germination.

tips

Azalea soil or rhododendron soil is suitable as a substrate for the non-toxic indoor firs. You can also mix the soil yourself from garden soil, compost, sand and gravel.

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