Some back story first before we do the propagation by cuttings.
I picked these pots because they have multiple Basil plants in each pot. Both actually have three pieces of Basil plants each, the others that they were selling only have one or two per pot.
I first separated and put each of the Basil in its own pot. Six new pots of Basil.
For the Mint, I have a large pot where I replanted it.
I let the plants recover and grew a little before I did any cuttings. The first time we took some leaves was when we made the Basil Lemonade, that was last February 02 (almost three weeks after they were replanted).
Growing mint is really easy, just put them in a large container and wait for a few weeks (but do not forget to water them), and your container will be full of them. It is unwise to plant them in the ground were its roots will be free to roam around, because it can easily infest your garden.
See the white roots that already have some new leaves? You can already cut them out and plant them in a new pot. Imagine if this was not planted in a pot, your garden will be full of them in no time.
So, now lets go to the propagating by cutting part.
I actually did this already in my Back to Basil post, but in that post, I was unable to show any update on what happened to the project. This time, I will try to show a day by day picture of the progress of our plant.
So, first is the cutting.
I choose a plant to cut from,
The two branches, the left and the right ones looks good.
I made the cut up to almost the base of those branch, near the main stem.
Same thing I did for the mint. even though they grow easily, I just want to try if this is also possible.
now the containers.
I found this three small PET bottles,
Which I cleaned and bind together with a rubber band, so that they would not easily fall down.
filled them up with water.
Then put the cuttings, two Basil and a mint.
This I did last February 23, 2016.
I already made some last February 18,
Growing mint is really easy, just put them in a large container and wait for a few weeks (but do not forget to water them), and your container will be full of them. It is unwise to plant them in the ground were its roots will be free to roam around, because it can easily infest your garden.
See the white roots that already have some new leaves? You can already cut them out and plant them in a new pot. Imagine if this was not planted in a pot, your garden will be full of them in no time.
So, now lets go to the propagating by cutting part.
I actually did this already in my Back to Basil post, but in that post, I was unable to show any update on what happened to the project. This time, I will try to show a day by day picture of the progress of our plant.
So, first is the cutting.
I choose a plant to cut from,
The two branches, the left and the right ones looks good.
I made the cut up to almost the base of those branch, near the main stem.
Same thing I did for the mint. even though they grow easily, I just want to try if this is also possible.
now the containers.
I found this three small PET bottles,
Which I cleaned and bind together with a rubber band, so that they would not easily fall down.
filled them up with water.
Then put the cuttings, two Basil and a mint.
This I did last February 23, 2016.
I already made some last February 18,
and I planted them in this container, it used to be a fighting fish tank.
Back to the February 23 project.
This is how it looks come March 04, see those roots? That was just 9 days of rooting.
I transferred these to a pot the same day, and this is its picture as of March 06,
And this is how it looks as of April 09.
And as of April 12, this is that mint.
All of this were propagated by cuttings only, from the two plastic pots that I bought last January.
I have already given some plants to my friends and office mates, I hope this can guide them in their Basil planting ☺
