What's going on everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Epic Gardening

Podcast. This is your place for gardening info, quick, informative, easy, and fun.

Today we're talking about plant cuttings. How do you care for your plant cuttings

so that they root properly and then they thrive and you can maximize the chance that you're getting

a healthy successful cutting off of your plant?

It's a good question because I don't know about you but I do a lot of propagation

so I want to make sure that I maximize the success of my propagation. So let's get started.

First of all, you need to control the temperature in the bottom of your container.

Most cuttings need a temperature of around 71 degrees Fahrenheit.

It's actually really important to get your root temperature right.

If you keep your cuttings in a colder area,

that will dramatically slow root development.

So if you're having a hard time finding a spot that's warm enough,

you might need to supplement your cutting trays with a seedling heat mat. And I've got an article on

my site that outlines the best heat mats out there that you can always check out,

but you can always pick them up at your gardening store or your local hydroponic store.

However, if your root area is too hot, your cuttings will be encouraged to produce vegetative growth instead of root growth,

which is the opposite of what we want.

So it's important to get that root zone temperature right in that 71 degree range and not fluctuate too much.

Second thing we'll need to consider is keeping our humidity level higher than normal

when you're caring for your cuttings, and that's to prevent water loss from leaves. But again, take care not to go too high. A good

suggestion here is to use a humidity dome, but if you do use one, make sure you get one that has a

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