Cutting Plants Off And Having The Bits Grow

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Jallen

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I'm sure it's a funny question but what exactly happens if you get a crypt and cut it down the middle, then replant the two bits? Do they both die? It's kind of strange because unlike a creature which has vital bits in certain parts of its body, if you cut a plant in half I would assume it still actually has all of the types of bits it had when it was whole...

Can I cut of a bit of Java fern rhizome and tie it to something and expect it to start growing into a java fern?
If I cut a crypt down the middle would the 2 bits keep growing or would the whole thing die?

This is an embaressing question, I feel like an idiot asking it, but it's not the kind of thing which is easy to find out without asking a straight question...

Thanks :blush:
 
use a shrap knife, preferably a stanley knife and use 1 clean cut. Some report the plant dieing but you must do it properly.

Hasnt it sent any plantlets out? They just pull off, they are "glued" to the sides.
 
It totally depends on the plant to be honest.
Some you can split the Rhizome and both parts will do well, others (like java fern), will send out plantlets on the ends of the leaves which can be left, or 'plucked' off when a reasonable size. Others such as the stem plant cabomba (sp?) you just cut the top off when it gets to the height you want, and then the bottom half gets bushier, and the top half can be replanted :)
 
It totally depends on the plant to be honest.
Some you can split the Rhizome and both parts will do well, others (like java fern), will send out plantlets on the ends of the leaves which can be left, or 'plucked' off when a reasonable size. Others such as the stem plant cabomba (sp?) you just cut the top off when it gets to the height you want, and then the bottom half gets bushier, and the top half can be replanted :)
Hmm ok. I guess it's just a matter of testing it out. Cutting a small bit of rhizome from a plant and trying to replant it somewhere can't do much harm to the main plant so I guess it could end up as an interesting experiment.
 

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