Plant cutting
Plant cutting, also known as striking/cloning, is a technique for vegetatively (asexually) propagating plants. With this method, a piece of the source plant containing at least one stem cell is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil, potting mix, coir or rock wool. The cutting then grows new roots, stems, or both, and becomes a new plant independent of the parent.
A simple way to grow a cutting is to take a stem cutting and place it in water. It will eventually develop roots. After roots develop the plant can be planted into a pot or the ground. When a plant is grown from a cutting it will be genetically the same as the original plant. This is different than growing something from a seed that takes on many variations based on the parent plants that produced the seed. Cuttings are often used when growing specific varieties of fruits and vegetables when they want the exact same quality and taste of the original food.
