Support nature
Taking & growing cuttings
Choose a healthy, non flowering shoot from the plant you want to propagate, and cut a length of about ten to fifteen centimetres just below a leaf joint using clean, sharp secateurs.
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Inside this activity guide
- Step by step
- Questions to wonder about
- Tip
- Variations
- Practising over time
- Resources
- Learning
- Safety notes
Inspired by The New Amateur Naturalist, p. 260. All sources →
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.
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