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Originally Posted by dapellegrini
So, in theory then you could propagate a plant via trimmings eternally?
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by dapellegrini
Would it follow that a stem plant would never die of old age (regardless of trimmings), if kept in ideal conditions, whatever those may be for its species? Or are you saying that a trimming is a new plant in a similar way to actual sexual reproduction / meiosis and inessence hits the reset button getting a new lifespan from the parent plant? Even if the lifespan is 1,000's of years...
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It will probably never age. Thou I am not a plant biologist and the current state of affairs regarding plant aging can be quite elaborate. But there is no "reset" as there is no sexual reproduction involved. Plants you are getting from vegetative reproduction are in most cases clones (there are few cases when it is not true, when you deal with plants that are genetic mosaics).
Regards.
Vladimir.