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Layering propagation in hydroponics for difficult to root strains · Hydroponics Daily

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  Hi, welcome back to Hydroponics Daily. Today I'm joined by a load of seagulls
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  outside of the window, which seem to be making a lot of noise, so apologies for that.
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  We're going to try and talk about layering, if they shut up.
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  And layering is a technique that's not used very much in hydroponics,
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  but is a great propagation technique, especially for plants that are difficult to root.
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  If you're struggling to root a certain type of plant, this could be the one for you.
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  So you keep the mother plant in situ, and then you take one branch and you bend it, if it will bend,
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  under the soil or growing medium, and then the end of the stem pops up and is out there.
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  And then you make a cut just below a node, and then put the soil back on and
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  water it, or the growing medium back on and water it.
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  And that will then root over time
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  it might take many weeks or months if
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  it's a difficult to root plant and then eventually once it's
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  rooted you can cut that off that stem
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  there and you've got a new plant and so it's
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  a really good technique for plants that have bendy lower
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  stems and are difficult to root so
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  if you struggle with taking cuttings you still want to maintain a clone of your
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  plants then try layering there is also something called air layering which we'll
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  cover probably tomorrow which is another technique for in situ propagation from
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  the mother plant so layering for today thank you very much.