TIP CUTTING - A cutting taken from the top end of a shoot.
TIRED SOIL - A term referring to a piece of land that has been exhausted of its nutrient value. It does not produce like it once used to.
Stem Tip Cutting: A cutting taken from the growing tip of a shoot.
Stigma: On the female organ, this is where the pollen is received.
Stolon: Sometimes confused with runner, this horizontally growing stem roots at its tip, not its nodes.
Tip cuttings of hibiscus require a moist and uniform 70-80 degrees F (or 22-27 degrees C.) atmosphere and well-drained media. Therefore tip cuttings should be taken during the warmer months, September to April being the most suitable time.
Tip cuttings are another method of propagation. Geraniums are great for illustrating this method. Cut the plant at the tip. The stem should be about four to six inches long and have several leaves on it.
Propagation: Stem-tip cuttings in summer
Sources: American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Stokes Tropicals ...
Tip cuttings
Detach a 2- to 6-inch piece of stem, including the terminal bud. Make the cut just below a node. Remove lower leaves that would touch or be below the medium. Dip the stem in rooting hormone if desired.
'Tip cuttings' are another common method of vegetative propagation. A 2- to 3-inch section on the tip of a branch is cut from the parent plant and placed in some type of rooting media (possibly soil).
Size of Tip Cutting from House Plant
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Sage: Take a tip cutting from an outdoor plant to start an indoor sage. It tolerates dry, indoor air well, but it needs the strong sun it will get in a south-facing window.
Softwood tip cuttings taken from your Dianthus plants in the spring or in early summer will be ready to be planted in the garden by fall.
These plants will not flower until the following year.
Dianthus are also easily increased by division.
To propagate, take 1- to 2-inch tip cuttings from semi-soft or soft growth in late spring through early summer.
Basil Ocimum basilicum reproduces very easily from tip cuttings. Ensure that cuttings contain at least two leaf nodes down the stem, as this is where cells are most active and ready to become roots.
All varieties root readily from tip cuttings. In fact, the rooting time of P. forsteri in spring is one week, whether in soilless potting mix, vermiculite or water.
Sweetpotatoes grow so easily and rapidly in zones 7 and south that a second crop can be started from tip cuttings taken from the first crop.
Early in the growing season, take 6 in (15.2 cm) long tip cuttings from unwanted branches that are not attached to a support. Remove leaves from the bottom half of the cuttings and insert each halfway into moist sand or a well-drained potting soil.
Propagate in the summer from tip cuttings or by layering. They can also be started from seed which do not require stratification.
Problems
Spider mites, aphids, mealy bugs and scale.
Tip cuttings are easy to obtain from stock plants. Cuttings 3 to 4 inches long, containing several nodes, are used to create liners or plugs. Young terminal vegetative cuttings provide optimum rooting although older cuttings will root.
Choose green, non-woody stems for taking tip cuttings. Newer growth is easier to root than woody stems. You are looking for a stem with a node on it. A node is where a leaf is or was attached. It looks like a joint on the stem.
Firm the soil around this top or tip cutting. Keep the soil damp, but not soggy, and place the pot in a warm (70 to 80 deg.), sunny spot. Growth of new leaves will start in several weeks.
Stephanotis may be propagated by taking four-inch tip cuttings. They occasionally attract pests, including mealybugs and scale.
Many shrubs, climbers, perennials and greenhouse plants are suitable to increase using this simple method. It is also sometimes known as a tip cutting. See also basal cutting, hardwood_cuttings, root cutting and semi-ripe cutting.
Rosemary grows 3 - 6 feet (1 - 2 m) tall outdoors. Indoors, rosemary benefits by harvesting tip cuttings that will keep the plant fuller and bushier. Rosemary's leaves are dark green on top with silvery undersides.
 See also: Cutting, Plant, Gardening, Soil, Flower
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