Succulent plants can also be cut in summer. Pay attention to the reproduction and growth of these plants.

Cutting propagation is not only the patent of succulent plants, but also has a wide range of applications from melons, fruits and vegetables to large seedlings. Every cell on a plant is divided by embryonic cells over and over again. Some species of summer and intermediate succulent plants, such as golden flower moon, swallow palm, horse tooth wide tree, grass ball, dragon god tree, descendant ball, overlord whip, unicorn palm, etc., can cut off succulent stems or petals for cuttage propagation.

Succulent plants must be hung for 3 to 5 days or more before cutting, and wait for the wound to dry so as not to cause the wound to rot. For the tequila family, aloe family of lying cattle, jade dew, treasure grass and other species can break off the lateral buds, rootless directly on the pot planting, rootless and other wounds after drying for cutting. Keep the medium slightly moist after cutting to facilitate rooting. In addition, for cactus, cactus, tripping peony, mountain blowing and other slow-growing varieties, as well as Euphorbiaceae, desert roses, and so on, grafting can be carried out this month to speed up growth.

It is common for succulent plants to overgrow, and pruning cuttings gives succulent plants more opportunities to reproduce. It is possible to change one plant into two or more plants, and from a single plant to two or even many plants. Generally, the first thing after pruning is to put the pruning in a cool place, let the fracture dry heal, and then remove the leaves at the lower end of the pruning (which can be used as leaf cuttings), leaving about 3 centimeters of stems.

It needs to be reminded here that some succulent plants are not suitable for removing the lower leaves immediately after pruning, such as red young lotus or Jinzhuang star, because the moisture is too large, it is easy to damage the leaf root or damage to the stem when removing the leaf, and the leaf is unable to carry out leaf cutting. in addition, stem injuries are also easy to rot when cutting, so it is best to remove the branches and leaves after a little loss of moisture in two or three days.

The rooting of succulent plant cuttings, because there is no fixed position, because it is called "adventitious root". According to the location of adventitious root on the stem, it can be divided into two types. Skin rooting type: under normal circumstances, the cambium of cuttings can form many parenchyma cell groups, called root primitive bodies, which are the material basis for the production of a large number of adventitious roots. As a result of cell division, it differentiates into a conical root cap, invades the phloem, leads to the lenticels, and finally forms adventitious roots through the epidermis. This rooting method belongs to the variety which is easy to root, and the survival rate is also high.

Rooting type of healing tissue: on the cutting surface of the base of the cutting stem, the protoplast of the injured cells will decompose to produce wound hormone, and under the combined action of auxin and rooting inducing substance transferred from the upper part, the healing tissue will be formed on the cutting surface. It protects the incision from external bacteria while continuing to differentiate into cells.

In terms of soil, the red jade soil is mainly used to cover the bottom of the basin with stone, and then put some large grains of deer marsh soil to facilitate ventilation, and then cover the red jade soil on the top. In fact, in the past, I mostly used the most common peat mixed with a little vermiculite, and there was no problem with sprouting. I just said it was not as clean as red jade. After preparing the soil, the leaf insertion has a requirement on the humidity of the basin soil, too wet leaves are easy to rot, completely dry is not conducive to rooting, and rooting is not conducive to root growth. Therefore, the basin soil should not be too wet, but it should be kept relatively moist, especially the topsoil, so I usually spray the topsoil with a spray can before planting.

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