You can grow jasmine as an easy-care common plant and then use the cuttings from it to create fragrant hedges or border flowers. Give your new plants full sun in U.S., but keep them shaded during hottest hours of day if you live elsewhere!
The Department of Agriculture classifies Jasmine plants by their hardiness zone (7-10) in order to ensure a plant will survive and thrive in that type of environment. This means you can bring your Jasmine plants inside during the winter if you live outside of these zones.
When to Cut
Jasmine benefits from heavy pruning after blooming. Save some of the cuttings to use for propagation, as it’s best taken from stems just before a plant flowers and produces new growth in spring or summertime according to season-specific needs!
Take cuttings in the morning hours when your plant is more hydrated than it will be later on. Before taking any, make sure that you prepare a pot for them by exposing their stems to air as soon as possible after planting with its seeds or roots exposed at soil level.
What to Cut
To ensure your cutting’s success, follow these steps:
- Using the pruners or scissors, cut a stem at least 4 inches long. Just below where it attaches to leaves and without cutting too far into its base is what you should aim for in order not to damage plant tissue.
- When cutting a flower, make sure you remove any spent flowers or bud from the tip. You want all of its energy going into growing new roots and not developing another blossom!
- One of the first steps you should take is to cut your plant down to three leaves, leaving them on top. This will ensure that no leaves are touching soil and instead they’re staying away from any moisture collecting inside of it which could lead into rot (and ruin all our fun!).
Tip: To keep your plants and gardening tools healthy, it is important to maintain a sterile environment. Cleaning and disinfecting them with rubbing alcohol or wipes will help you avoid spreading pests from one plant-related task to another!
How to Plant
Jasmine plants are delicate, but they can grow in well-draining soil or a commercial potting mix. To plant your cutting:
Make a depression in the soil with your chopstick or trowel. Make sure it’s not too deep, so you can plant roots without knocking off any rooting hormone powder when placing cuttings into the hole.
Pour a small amount of rooting powder into a plastic bag or cup. Then, dip one end in so that it is covered about 1-1/2 inches up on either side with this mixture and swish around until all surfaces are coated thoroughly by hand for best results!
You want to make sure that the cutting is planted about 2-3 inches into soil, and pressed gently around it. Watering can be helpful to moisten the soil – just don’t soak them!
Warning: There are many pests that can Damage cuttings rooted in the ground. For best results, plant them into pots and let their roots grow before planting them out permanently.
How to Care for the Cutting
The perfect pot for your jasmine cutting is one that has good drainage, but doesn’t have too much water retention. You should place it out of direct sun so you can control its temperature and humidity levels as well!
To maintain humidity for cuttings in a pot or another container, choose one of these methods:
- Place the entire container into either an open clear plastic bag with as much air enclosed before closing it off by tying an elastic band around its circumference.
- To make sure your plant remains healthy, cover the pot with a bell jar or plastic jug. The bottom of it should be cut off so that only its top cap remains screwed on; this will help maintain moisture in and around the roots! You can also check up on it from time-to-time just to make sure the soil stays moist.
Tip: Have patience while waiting for your jasmine cutting to take root. It may not be ready in its permanent spot for four to five weeks, but it’s worth the wait!