Caladium Plant Propagation

While you have your tubers out of the ground it s the ideal opportunity for propagation.

Caladium plant propagation. See how easy it is to propagate caladiums. Caladium plants caladium hortulanum grow from a fleshy tuber under the soil. The best way to propagate this plant is by dividing the tuber into sections. You need to use a sharp sterile knife and slice the tubers to make more plants.

You can propagate caladium plants by digging up the tubers in the spring and carefully cutting them apart. When grown indoors they do best with lots of heat bright but indirect light and plenty of humidity. But we will also show in this tutorial where the stems grow from the bulbs. I discovered about bulbs accidentally when i found one in my pack of soil.

Caladiums are seasonal plants even in the tropics where gardeners plant them in the spring and summer months when they ll thrive in the heat and wet. Extract the tubers from the soil and remove the excess soil so you can see all of the eyes the growth nodes on the tubers. Once replanted each section will grow.