Things Needed
The beauty of salvia is speedily witness when it flower long stalks of purple efflorescence and fill any full sun area with recollective , colorful and striking stems . Hardy from zones 3 to 8 , in warm climate with meek winters the salvia may grow year round , while in area with nerveless winters the flora will die back and grow again when temperatures lovesome . Luckily , salvia is as good at propagating as it is at blooming in the heat of summertime , so propagating salvia from stem cuttings is an easy task which takes less than two months .
Step 1
Take a cutting of salvia from a stem turn anywhere from 4 to 8 inches long . Cut the base of your shank from the plant just before a circle of leave of absence with a clean horizontal cut using a sharp knife or pruners .
Step 2
Place the cutting in a glass and add 2 column inch of water to the glass . send the glass in a sunny region in your home , but out of direct sunlight . provide the cutting to form 1/2 - inch farseeing roots over the next two to three weeks , bring more water when demand to keep it 2 inches deep .
Step 3
Fill a 4 - inch potentiometer with blank potting territory . Cut the top off a clear washing soda bottle along the top edge of its recording label . Remove the label , and rinse out the interior of the bottleful with water .
Step 4
set the slip 2 inch deep in the potting soil , and water enough to tone down the stain equally . set the soda bottleful upside - down in the potting dirt to form a miniature nursery over the cutting , with the trimmed edges of the bottle nestled in the soil .
Step 5
Place the pot where you had been keeping the cutting before , and leave it for two calendar week , watering as necessary . Remove the sodium carbonate bottle after two calendar week , and move the cutting to a sunny location indoors . Let the cut grow in the pot for at least two more weeks , watering when needed , before planting outside .
Tip
Prepare your cutting for outdoor variation in temperature and humidness by harden off the works first . This can be done by set the plant in an surface area protected from sun and wind and gradually moving it to more exposed areas over the point of a calendar week until it is in full sun .
