It is ridiculously easy to propagate fresh kangkong (water convolvulus) – just put the cuttings in some water and the roots will start growing. I pruned older stems from some of my kangkong plants last week and couldn’t bear to put them in the compost heap, so I put them in water. This was the result three days later:
3-day old stem with no roots when put in water – now with some healthy looking roots.
3-day old stem that had some tiny roots showing when first put into water – now with VERY healthy root growth!
Store-bought kangkong can also be propagated this way (not always with 100% success), but takes much longer to be persuaded. There’s just no beating freshness and the urge to grow…
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