[LP Bites] Propagating from flower stalks
Channel: Cerriscapades
Date: 2017-12-29

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Propagating from flower stalks

More often than not, I propagate my echeveria from flower stalks. Doing it this way means that I do not have to mess with the main rosette. This is particularly important for my specimen plants, as I want to let them go as large as possible. Plucking the lower leaves will delay me from reaching that goal.

My preferred use of the flower stalk is to harvest the leaves and use my normal leaf propagation workflow. However not all cultivars can successfully propagate from leaves. The large, frilly, and carunculated ones have much lower success rates from leaves. They have better chances with deheading. Cutting off the flowers at the tip does that.

It is best to chop off the flowers at the right time. Personally I prefer waiting for when the flower stalk has reached or is about to reach its peak height. The leaf nodes would be far apart enough to give room for any offsets, or enough space to manoeuvre when trying to pluck the leaves. During this time, the flowers are still shut, but are about to open. 

I also believe that waiting too far along before plucking the leaves or chopping off the flower head means that the leaves are closer to drying off, and that a lot of the energy has already gone into maintaining the flower (and seed production) that it might be harder to push out an offset now.

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