The cuttings are about 12-15 cm long.
I want to see if these Pachysandra cuttings will grow in my aquarium gardens.
Remove bottom leaves.
Trim the stem to a desirable length.
Let's put the cuttings in this 1 liter aquarium garden with snails.
Both cuttings have growing buds.
Keep all leaves above water.
Only the bottom ends of the stems stay in the water.
April 2nd.
New leaves grew noticeably in the past 2 weeks.
April 8th.
Pachysandra growing outdoors is already blooming.
I got two more cuttings.
This time, I remove all bottom leaves and growing buds from the tops of the cuttings.
I want to check if removing the growing buds from the top would promote the growth of roots and new stems.
And let's trim the cuttings to a desirable length.
I put the small cutting in a small vase aquarium garden with snails.
And the long cutting goes into a 3 liter aquarium garden with guppies.
April 24th.
It took about a month for roots to start growing on one of the first cuttings.
You can see a tiny white root here.
No roots yet on this cutting.
It took about 2 weeks for two new stems to start growing on the cutting without the top growing bud.
So, cutting off the top buds stimulates new stem growth.
May 19th.
The new root has been growing slowly but strong.
Let's add dechlorinated tap water to the level.
I do it once every couple of weeks or as necessary.
This 2 moths old Pachysandra plant looks nice.
June 4th.
The new stem has grown about 10 cm tall.
And it is blooming!
The old leaves are wilting.
I remove the wilting leaves.
The other cutting of the first two did not bloom.
And it looks strong and healthy.
Here you can see the cutting without the top bud.
Let's remove one wilted leave.
The two new stems are about 10 cm tall.
This cutting does not have any roots yet!
About 10 days later on June 13th.
A couple more leaves wilted on the blooming plant.
Let's remove the wilted leaves.
And here you can see a new stem.
Let's cut off the new stem.
It is less than 10 cm long.
Let's put it in the same aquarium garden to see if it would grow.
July 5th
It's amazing how Pachysandra cuttings grow new stems with leaves first and later one gets its roots.
Some cuttings, like this one, don't grow roots at all...
I am going to remove the bottom part.
And the top part is going back into the aquarium.
Let's remove the bottom part of this cutting as well, even though this one has a root.
Put the new cutting back into the aquarium.
Now, the cutting without top bud has two stems.
And it has a root.
Let's cut off one of the stems.
Put both cuttings into the same aquarium.
There is one more plant to show.
This Pachysandra has flowers and roots.
And the root is probably the longest among all Pachysandras I have.
Let's take a closer look.
So, the root is about 8 cm long.
And...let's cut off the blooming stem and see if it will grow roots.
Here you can see two Pachysandra plants on February 25th, 2021
Both plants grow healthy through the Winter.
The roots stay small.
Let's put the plants back.
May 22nd, 2021
New leaves grow on more than a year old Pachysandra plant you can see here.
The plant has healthy roots.
July 17th, 2021
The Pachysandra plants grow slowly in water all year around without any maintenance on my part.
Just have to remove wilting leaves and well... make new cuttings :)
It makes Pachysandra a great plant to grow in sustainable aquarium gardens.
Look - I made this stem grow twisted.
And this plants has two new stems growing.
Let's put it back to see if it would bloom this year.
Have fun and happy aquarium gardens :)
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