The elegant finger aralia can be propagated by yourself, but you need a little patience, healthy cuttings and low-lime water. Since the finger aralia is poisonous, you should work with some caution to avoid skin irritation.
The finger aralia can be easily propagated by cuttings
cut cuttings
If you would like to grow your own finger aralia, then cut off leaf cuttings or shoot tips. These should be about 10 to 15 centimeters long. It is best to cut a leaf cutting close to the trunk so that the small thickening where the leaf attaches to the trunk remains on the cutting.
Make sure you only use healthy leaves and/or shoot tips as cuttings, only from them can healthy plants grow. The best time for propagation is spring, just before your finger aralie wants to sprout again.
Care for cuttings properly
For rooting, place the freshly cut cuttings in a glass of low-lime water. A bright or clear glass seems to be more suitable than a dark one, which lets little or no light through. Now place the Schefflera elegantissima cuttings in a bright and warm place, but not in direct sunlight.
Alternatively, you can put the cuttings in propagation granules. This should be kept slightly moist throughout the rooting process, but must not be wet, otherwise the young roots could rot. These cuttings also need a constant temperature of around 19°C to 24°C. Drafts should be avoided during cultivation.
Only provide your cuttings with low-lime water, as they are sensitive to lime and if there is an oversupply of lime, they may develop poor roots or no roots at all. Rainwater is ideal. If no rainwater is available, let the tap water stand for a few days. It should be about room temperature when watering.
The essentials in brief:
- Cut cuttings about 10 to 15 cm long
- Rooting in a glass of low lime water or in moist substrate
- do not use dark glass
- bright location required
- ideal cultivation temperature: between 19 °C and 24 °C
- plant in humus-rich soil after rooting
tips
Use low-lime water to water your cuttings, otherwise they may not root. Finger aralia are quite sensitive to too much lime.