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Today we will learn about the Care and Propagation of the Indoor plants - Dieffenbachia plants
� commonly called as Dumb Cane or the Mother in laws tongue, because if its poisoning properties
which makes you dumb
to speech.
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Dieffenbachia is commonly a ornamental house plants belonging to the family Araceae.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a straight stem, simple and alternate leaves
containing white spots and flecks and this foliage makes it an attractive indoor plant.
Its called dumb cane and mother-in-law's tongue because of its poisoning effect which can
cause temporary inability to speak � that is it makes you dumb.
So Always wear rubber gloves and also use eye protection every time you work with your
dieffenbachia plant.
This plant has over 50 different types of species.
Now coming to the Growth factors and Propagation of Dieffenbachias:
The dieffenbachias are zero maintenance plants.
They are mainly grown as indoor plants as they can tolerate low light or shady conditions.
They need light ofcourse, but filtered sunlight through a window is usually sufficient.
They also need moderately moist soil which means they prefer to be watered regularly
like alternate days or so in summer and weekly twice in other seasons, and do not over-water
these plants.
They should also be regularly fertilized like for example we
commonly used NPK 20 20 20 fertilizer for all these non-edible types or ornamental plants.
How they grow their Leaves is, they will periodically roll up and fall off to make way for new leaves.
Yellowing of the leaves is generally a sign of problematic conditions, such as a nutrient
deficiencies in the soil.
Dieffenbachia respond well to hot temperatures and dry climates.
Now how to multiply or propagate the dumb cane plants.
First method is by using TIP cuttings and plant them in any well drained soil medium
and you get get a new plant over a course of time.
Then the second method is Stub cuttings with 1 � 2 inch stem pieces cut and planted horizontally
just about half to 1 inch into the soil.
Then the next method is larger cuttings in the usual method.
If you have a an old plant with long stem, you can slice this stem into 4 to 6 inch pieces
and use these for propagation.
Just make sure to keep the right side of stem upwards, as the roots will only grow if you
stick the right end of the stem in the rooting medium.
You can also use a rooting hormone powder to dip the rooting side with it and then insert
them about 1 - 2 inch into the soil.
So, in about 2 � 4 weeks time, you should see many baby dieffenbachia plants with you.
That�s it in this video friends.
See you in next video.
Till then take care and Bye for now!