Do not use cold water.

How to Grow a TI Plant From a Cutting Step 1. Fill a gallon-sized pot with potting soil. Standard potting soil is sufficient and may be obtained from your Step 2. Make a cutting from a mature Ti plant. Use a handsaw or pruning sheers to cut off a 3- to 4-inch-long piece of Step 3. Prepare the. It's safe to cut the ti plant it back as much as 6 inches from the top of the soil.

Hold the stalk steady in one hand and prune the stalk the desired height with sharp garden shears. Although cutting down to 6 inches may seem drastic, healthy new shoots will grow from the remaining shoot. Jul 13, For most cultivars of Hawaiian Ti (there are always a few exceptions), you can cut the entire stem almost down to dirt level and the parent stem will sprout new growth in a few weeks.

If you’re pruning for appearance purposes, you may want to make your cut on the parent plant a little higher so that the new growth from the cut stem doesn’t sit so low in the shrubhauling.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Sep 21, Cut your TI stems into approximately 2-inch lengths.

If you have purchased precut TI stems, carefully scrape the wax off of each end, using your fingernail. Put room-temperature water into a shallow dish and lay your TI cuttings lengthwise in the dish.

The water should not cover the TI cuttings more than about halfway. Jul 21, It's safe to shear the ti plant as low as 6 inches from the top of the soil. Cut down lanky or unattractive stalks. The cuts may seem drastic, but healthy. May 15, To start planting trees from twigs, use a sharp, clean pruner or knife to clip off sections of tree branch around 6 to 10 inches ( cm.) long.

Remove leaves and buds. Dip the cut end in hormone powder, available at garden shrubhauling.barg: ti tree.