What Is the Best Way to Reproduce a Jasmine Plant?

Low Care Propagation with Ring Barking

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  Pare away a ring of bark 1/4-inch wide around a thick, healthy stem of the plant in early summer. Leave a section of the bark intact as a "bridge" for nutrients and water to pass up from the roots and down from the leaves. This will keep the stem alive. The pared area will resemble a C when looked at from above.

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  Pack sphagnum moss that has been soaked overnight in Vitamin B-1 liquid solution overnight. Wrap the moss around the cut area and enclose the entire wounded region in plastic wrap to seal it and keep it moist.

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  Check the moisture level of the moss every 2 to 3 days when temperatures are warm and sun is high. Do not let it dry out. Moisten it with water as needed and re-wrap with the plastic.

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  Remove the plastic and moss in three to four months when the wound is sprouting roots. Cut off the newly rooted stem below the roots and plant it in a pot filled with equal parts potting soil and peat moss. Grow it on in the pot until the next spring and then plant outside.

Higher Maintenance Method with Stem Cutting

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  Take a cutting in June or July from a terminal stem, preferably in early morning when the plant is at its most turgid. Remove 4 to 6 inches of the end of the stem. Pull off the bottom one-third of leaves.

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  Dip the cut, leafless end into the rooting hormone and shake off the excess. Plant the cutting 1 inch into a pot filled with peat moss. Water the peat until it is evenly moist but not dripping wet.

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  Place a plastic bag over the pot. If you can grow it in low light you may use a clear bag but if you are growing in a greenhouse or outdoors, use a black plastic bag to reduce light. Place the pot in a warm location, ideally 70 degrees F.

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  Mist the cutting every day to increase rooting and keep the peat moss moist but not soggy. If condensation builds up, remove the plastic daily for one hour and then replace it.

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  Take off the plastic when the plant has rooted. Check by giving it the gentlest of tugs to see if it has taken hold in the peat. Grow the cutting on in its pot until it is 12 inches tall and then repot in potting soil or outside in spring.