HOW TO GROW CROTON FROM CUTTINGS ...CROTON PROPAGATION THROUGH CUTTINGS.CARE OF CROTON PLANTS AND MORE\rbrDAIZZS TIPS:-\rbrCrotons are very popular ornamental house plants in tropical and subtropical climates because of their brilliant leaves in red, yellow, green, purple, orange and mixed colour all year round. They are very low maintenance plants. \rbrCrotons are cultivated in the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands and also a native of Australian.\rbr\rbrThere are 400 registered cultivars or varieties of crotons . Some of the popular varieties of crotons are America, Angel Wings, Andreanum, Angel Wings, Arrowhead, Captain Kidd, Caribbean Star, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Dark Ruler, Eye, Franklin Roosevelt Glen Roof, Headdress, Indian Rina, Irene Kingsley, Kentucky, Mona Lisa, Mrs Iceton, Nestor, Norma, Punctatum, Red Rheedii, Sanderi, Shirley Temple, Super Petra, The Ramshorn, Tiger, Twist and Point, Undulatum (Piecrust ), Undulatum, Vera, Sanderi, Yellow Mrs Iceton, etc. New croton varieties can be producing by applying pollen from one outstanding croton to another. \rbr\rbrThe croton plant can grow 3 to 8 feet high with a spread of up to 6 feet. In extremely favorable conditions, it can even reach up to 12 feet.\rbrHOW GROW CROTON FROM CUTTINGS:-\rbr1. Cut a stem of 5-6 inch length (pencil size) at 45-degree angle from an ively growing healthy and mature croton bush using a pair of clean, sharp pruning shears. The cutting should have at least three sets of leaves at the top. The cut should be just below a leaf joint.\rbr2. Remove all the leaves at the bottom and cut all the top leaves into half or less.\rbr3. Take a small pot and fill it with equal part of river sand and and peat moss or vermiculite. If you dont have peat moss or vermiculite, you can try a mix of river sand and potting mix. Water well and keep aside for an hour to drain out the excess water.\rbr4. Dip the cut end of the cutting in a natural rooting hormone. You can skip this step if you dont have a rooting hormone. The rooting hormone quickens the root formation and increases the success rate.\rbr5. Make a hole with a pencil in the soil in the pot and insert the cutting into the soil. You can put 3-4 cuttings in different holes in the same pot.\rbr6. Cover the pot with plastic to create a greenhouse atmosphere. I put the pot in a polythene bag and tie it at the top to contain the moisture.\rbr7. Place the pot in shade where temperature is at 20-25°C.\rbr8. Open the bag after 5-7 days and see if the pot needs water, mist the soil if it begins to dry. Over watering will rot the cutting. Daily watering is not needed as there are no roots as yet.\rbr9. Croton cuttings take about 4 weeks to develop new roots and new leaves start to emerge.\rbr10. Remove the pot from the bag and place it in shade for another 8-10 weeks.\rbr11. Transplant he rooted croton cuttings in bigger pots filled with a soil mix as above.\rbr12. Place the new croton plant in partly shaded place or filtered sunlight.\rbr13. Keep the plants well watered\rbr MUSIC:-\rbr\rbrAcoustic guitar arrangement for song by TRow \rbrCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.