Things Needed
Patchouli plants ( Pogostemon Pogostemon cablin ) are perennial herbs that are grown for the aromatic oil made from their leaves . Patchouli plant life are aboriginal to southerly China , Indonesia , the Philippines and Malaysia , enjoy frost - free climates and warm environments . Patchouli plants typically grow up to 12 inches tall and wide in containers , producing leaves that grow up to 3 inches long and 1 ½ inches wide . They blossom in flyspeck , undistinguished purplish heyday during late fall . Patchouli plants can grow from seed , but the safe path to raise the plants is from stem cut . Although stem cutting often take months to root , they tend to be more successful than seed sprouting .
Step 1
Select sizable stem on the patchouli plant that are at least 3 inches recollective and have one or two leaf client . shorten the newfangled - growth staunch in spring .
Step 2
occupy a 4- to 6 - column inch - diameter planter pot that has drain hole in the bottom with a rich , well - draining potting dirt , such as a variety of two parts peat moss , one part backbone or perlite and one part garden soil or loam . Insert the severed end of the patchouli stem , cutting into the potting mix deep enough so that it can stand up on its own .
Step 3
Set the gage with the patchouli cutting in full to fond sunlight , such as in a south - facing windowpane . keep up normal to ardent indoor air temperature around the patchouli plant carving of 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit .
Step 4
irrigate the cutting once or double each hebdomad to keep the land equally wash , providing water until it begin to enfeeble from the bottom of the raft . Feed the patchouli plant once every two weeks while it ’s actively grow with a liquid 10 - 10 - 10 NPK fertilizer at half the dose charge per unit that ’s indicate on the label .
Step 5
boil down lachrymation during winter after the patchouli plant is finished bloom to keep the potting mix from dry out whole . Also turn off back the patchouli industrial plant ’s stems after it flowers .
Tip
you could harvest and dry out the patchouli industrial plant ’s leaf anytime while it ’s actively grow , but do n’t take more than one - third of the leafage at one time . Also , wait to set out harvest the patchouli plant ’s leaves until the cutting is well - steady down and has produced real new development .
Warning
Never reveal your patchouli plant to frosts or freezing temperatures , because doing so will kill the plant .
