{"id":1699,"date":"2026-03-09T07:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1699"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:35:50","slug":"surgical-scalpels","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/?product=surgical-scalpels","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Scalpels"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sterile surgical scalpels are used to take cuttings from plants-  fresh Surgical Scalpels need to be used every time that you decide to take new cuttings.<\/p>\n<p>Taking cuttings is one of the most popular ways to propagate a plant. Also referred to as cloning, it offers the ability to get multiple plants that are genetically identical to the mother plant. Many people feel intimidated by the process, and are a bit leery to attempt it. If you are one of those people, relax, it\u2019s a relatively easy process.<br \/>\nWhat follows are step by step instructions for a simple procedure that works for both hardwood and softwood plants. (NOTE: Not all plants can be cloned in this manner. Some plants are virtually impossible to get cuttings from, even for experts.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[60],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1699","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-scalpel","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/1699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramountexports.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}