When to propagate your pilea and what technique should you use?
First, to optimize your chances of success, identify the right time to carry out your cutting. It is in spring and summer that cuttings take best and fastest. Indeed, they are, at this time, in full growth period. So, you put all the chances on your side!
Then we advise you to unpack your pilea to recover the multitude of shoots that will have grown at its base! Scrape the earth delicately to dig them up while keeping as many roots as possible. This branch must be composed of a stem with a few roots, however fine they may be, and with at least three leaves. It is essential that your samples are both healthy and mature; do not take shoots that are too young!
Put your pilea cutting in water
Then, put your cutting in water at room temperature in a container adapted to the size of your cutting. Then place it in a room heated to 18°C – 22°C, away from direct sunlight and drafts and… wait.
In a few weeks, the first roots appear. cutting is thus ready to be replanted as soon as about ten roots reach about 5 to 10 cm each. Use a light and well-drained potting soil, suitable for Pilea.
