Softwood Stem Cutting Diagram. Preparing nodal softwood cuttings. Thus the stem cutting only needs to form new roots to be a complete independent plant.
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Cut at the bottom just below the leaf joint or node where there is a concentration of hormones to stimulate root production. Trim large leaves in half. This generally occurs in late spring after the plant has leafed out but the wood has not yet begun to harden.
Thus the stem cutting only needs to form new roots to be a complete independent plant.
A semihardwood stem is firm enough to snap if bent sharply. As roots tubers rhizomes stems or leaves according to the state of development of the parts or alternatively as dormant ripe or hardwood cuttings semi-hardwood cuttings and active green immature or softwood cuttings. Pinch off the leaves on the lower half of the cutting. Shoots are suitable for making softwood cuttings when they can be snapped easily when bent and when they still have a gradation of leaf size oldest leaves are mature while newest.
