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AD. I’m so lucky to live on the beautiful #EnglishRiveiera. Wonderful opportunity for me to ride my gorgeous Engwe E-bike . It is so comfortable and easy to ride. And my bike ride was effortless to #Torquay to collect Cape primrose (streptocarpus) leaf cuttings. It really helped power me up those big, rolling Devon hills. The bike even folds up, so I can get it in the back of my car, if I wish to go cycling further afield. I love it. #engwe #ridewithengwe #ENGWEebikes #e-bikes #Ad I cycled to Torre Abbey in Devon to visit the head gardener to collect a leaf to propagate one of my favourite #houseplants, Cape Primroses AKA Streptocarpus. Streptocarpus come in a range of different colours and originate from South Africa. They are easy to grow and if you get their growing conditions correct, they can flower for about 9 months of the year. Amazing. They are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings. You can either cut the leaf down along the full length of the midrib (central vein of the leaf) and lie them down on their side in compost with the cut side placed into the compost. Or, like I did, I cut the long leaf into 3cm sections across the mid rib and planted it ‘cut-side’ down into the compost. Remember to plant the leaf the right way up (eg the leaf should have the lower section in the compost and the higher part of the leaf should be at the top, if that makes sense). Using hormone rooting powder or gel on the cut side of the leaf is optional. It can help rooting but I know some people don’t necessarily like to use it. If you keep your leaf cuttings warm, you should soon see baby streptocarpus plants emerging from where the leaf is in contact with the compost after a few weeks. Wait until they are a couple of cms high and then carefully remove them and pot them on individually into their own pots. #gardening
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