Hoya plants growing and propagation of wax plants

It’s almost spring (in South Florida it’s already spring) which is a perfect time to start planning plant propagation.  Hoya plants, also known as wax plants, are veining flowering succulent like plants which are mostly propagated through cuttings.  Unlike many succulents  hoya plants will tolerate more water and less sunlight.

In fact, most varieties of hoya plants the prefer 60-70% sunlight.  Epic Grower LLC propagates hoyas year-round due to our mild weather (the low today in my area was 71% – 2/7/2017).  Not all hoyas are easy to propagate which is way some are more costly (rare).  Rare hoyas tend to be the ones that grow slower and hard to propagate unless under the ideal conditions.

Propagation by Cuttings

If you are a beginner I would recommend starting propagating fast growing hoyas such as publicayx (red button or splash), the Australia ssp tenipes or sp pola from the ones available on the Adeniumrose company website.  Wait until your parent plant (the one you plan to get cuttings) has several vines before taking hoya cuttings.

Take hoya cuttings from the end of the vines that will yield 6″..7″ and several leaves. If you  notice some roots already on the vine so clip below them.  Once clipped wait about 20 minutes before applying any rooting hormone treatment to give time for the hoya plant sap to stop running from the cutting.  No you do not need to apply anything to the end of the cutting on the mother plant. Hoyas are resilient and the parent plant does not need any treatment when cut.

Rooting Hormone

Currently, we are using rooting hormone on all our plants. Prior to soaking the plant in the K-L-N we clip off the two lower leaves

We mix 2 table spoons of the liquid with 1 gallon of water and then let the plant soak (whole plant) in the water before planting for 30 minutes.  We tried powders but the Dyna-Gro K-L-N produced better results for us.

Now plant the hoya cutting in cactus type soil covering the cut leaf area (about 2″ of the plant). Do not water the wax plant until the next day to prevent washing off the rooting hormone. Once you start watering keep the soil slightly moist. Do not let it dry out for more than 1 day when propagating hoya plants. give the plant 5.. hours of 60 to 70% sunlight and within a few weeks the hoya plant will be well established with small roots.