- Propagating madagascar palms from seeds or cuttings
- How to sow a madagascar palm
- Pull offshoots from side shoots
- Plant out offshoots
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Like all succulents, the Madagascar palm is easy to propagate yourself. For this you need a healthy mother plant that has developed side shoots, or seeds. This is how the propagation of Madagascar palms works.
The Madagascar palm can be easily propagated by cuttings
Propagating madagascar palms from seeds or cuttings
Madagascar palms can be propagated in two ways: either you sow seeds from specialist shops or you cut side shoots as cuttings.
Rearing from seeds is tedious and only works if you can create sufficiently high ambient temperatures.
Propagation from side shoots, which you can cut as cuttings, is simpler and less complicated. You may only use healthy mother plants for this, as the Madagascar palm is weakened by cutting.
How to sow a madagascar palm
- Prepare the seed tray
- Sow seeds thinly
- do not cover
- Keep surface moist but not wet
- set up very warm (25 to 30 degrees)
The best time for sowing is spring. Very fine cactus soil is suitable as growing soil. To keep the seeds from washing away, use a flower sprayer to moisten. It is even better if you use special window greenhouses to propagate Madagascar palms.
Pull offshoots from side shoots
Cut cuttings as early as possible after the beginning of the growth phase. It is cut directly below a knot. Use a sharp clean knife. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the nasty spikes and wrap plastic around the trunk to be on the safe side.
Let the cuts of the cuttings dry for about twelve hours and remove the lower leaves. Also coat the interfaces with rooting powder.
Put the shoots in prepared pots with potting soil. At least one eye must remain above the substrate. Keep the pots very warm and bright, but not in direct sunlight.
The substrate must be kept evenly moist. It is best to cover the pots with transparent foil, which you air regularly so that neither the cuttings nor the soil become moldy.
Plant out offshoots
If small plants with two pairs of leaves have formed from the seed or if new leaves appear on the cuttings, place the offshoots in individual pots.
tips
Madagascar palms can be cared for in the house all year round. They even tolerate warm air next to warm radiators. The succulent also appreciates spending time outdoors in summer.