Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Success on leaf rooting, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Tru,

"Fast" is an oxymoron when it comes to propagation. For stem cuttings, you can have a nice sized plant (six inch pot) in a couple of months. A commercial grower can have a six inch pot from a leaf cutting in the same time probably.

Here is a picture for comparison between stem cuttings and leaf cuttings for Art Hodes. The big one was from stem cuttings and the smaller one from leaf cuttings. I think I started the stem cutting a couple of weeks earlier so it isn't a great experiment. The leaf cutting was started in October and this photo was in Jan (last year). So if you want a "faster" way to get a nice sized plant then do stem cuttings but if you have a few months it makes no difference because they will attain the same size during one growing season.