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Home » Early Years Science » Preschool Science » Plant Babies! – Tissue Cuttings

Plant Babies! – Tissue Cuttings

Modified: May 4, 2023 · Published: Jul 6, 2012 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 9 Comments

If we want to grow a plant, we usually do this by planting a seed. The seed is produced by sexual reproduction (two parents), meaning that the egg from one plant and the pollen from another have met and formed a seed, resulting in the plant having qualities from both its parent plants.

However, what if you had a most beautiful plant with the prettiest colour flowers and you wanted to ensure that another plant had that colour flower – what could you do?

Clone them?

Not as silly as you might think.

Tissue cuttings are the simplest way to produce a cloned or identical plant.

How to clone a plant

What you need

  • compost
  • small plant pot
  • small plant trays
  • an original/parent plant ( we used geraniums)
  • rooting powder or gel
Plant babies - tissue cuttings

Instructions

1. Take a healthy plant (I used geraniums) and cut a small length from the stem

2. Place this in water for a few minutes

3. Dip the end into rooting powder or gel

4. Pot the plant up with some lovely compost

Steps for cloning a plant

5. Keep the pot away from direct sunlight and cover it in a clear plastic bag to keep it moist.

Your cutting will now grow into another plant exactly the same as your original!

Plant babies - tissue cuttings

You then need to nurture them, like any parent would!

Last Updated on May 4, 2023 by Emma Vanstone

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Comments

  1. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories

    July 06, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    What a great teaser for this post from Fun Sparks – scissors and babies – makes perfect sense. 😉

    Reply
  2. Country Fun

    July 08, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Hello, I have enjoyed following your postings and all the resources they provides. I have nominated you for an award – The Versatile Blogger! Please head on over to my blog ~ Country Fun to get your award. I look forward to sharing ideas with you in the future! Have a great summer!

    Debbie

    Reply
  3. Carrie

    July 12, 2012 at 12:20 am

    Oh, how fun!! I always love your lessons!

    Reply
    • Carrie

      July 12, 2012 at 12:20 am

      Oh, and Thank you for sharing on Sharing Saturday!

      Reply
  4. Ticia

    July 12, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    That requires a much greener thumb than I have 🙂

    My mother-in-law does this on a routine basis and I’m always amazed when someone does this successfully.

    Thanks for linking to Science Sunday!

    Reply
    • ScienceSparks

      July 13, 2012 at 7:05 pm

      Thanks for hosting!

      Reply
  5. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories

    July 13, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    I pinned this to our Sunday Showcase feature board. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Courtney

    July 15, 2012 at 6:06 am

    I’ve always wondered how to do this. Cool post.

    New Follower from Musings of an Imperfect Mom

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