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  • BBC Gardeners' World

    GREENHOUSE

    Mar 18, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS: EMMA CRAWFORTH; ROSIE YEOMANS.

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    How to take aeonium cuttings

    Take cuttings of succulent aeoniums to make more of these container favourites. It’s best to take cuttings between now and June as aeoniums have a resting period in the summer. They root in a few weeks but unlike many other cuttings, cuts must dry and callus in the air to stop them rotting before inserting into the compost.

    1 USE secateurs or a knife to make a clean cut at the base of a straight

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