What factors affect the rooting rate of succulent plants?

Flower friends who have had the experience of cutting hair roots for meat must have this experience: different times, different places, different varieties, different states, different environments, the speed of hair roots is not the same.

In addition, there are direct pot planting, vermiculite rooting method, water-induced rooting method, and water-induced rooting method. There is a difference between potted planting and vermiculite hairy roots. Which of these rooting methods is the most reliable? It seems kind of confusing, isn't it?

In fact, the matter of hair root seems to be very messy, but in fact there are still rules to follow.

The factor that has the greatest influence on the rooting rate is the variety factor. It is true that some varieties take root quickly while others take root slowly. In short, it's genetically determined, and it's hard for us to change.

Let me give you a few examples to illustrate why different kinds of meat have different speed of hairiness.

For example, stone flowers and meat cones are mostly distributed in southern Africa, these meat distribution areas are very characteristic, that is, there are obvious rainy and dry seasons, and the soil water conservation capacity is relatively poor. This causes this kind of meat to have a very obvious dormancy period, and it simply goes dormant when there is a lack of Rain Water.

What about the habit of taking root? This is also the case, because the dormant period will lead to the loss of most of the vitality of the fibrous roots, so it is a very natural need for it to take root again. They are also very sensitive to water perception. As soon as it rains, they will immediately feel it and begin to take root quickly. Because their local soil water retention capacity is very poor, so the rooting process must be very fast.

So when we keep the stone flowers in good health, we don't worry about messing with them at all. It doesn't matter at all to dig them up and replant them after peeling every year. When we trim the roots of the stone flower, we also trim it more heavily. After putting on the basin, it is usually watered through directly. After one or two rounds of flooding, the stone flowers will be ready, and the process will only take a week at most.

We can make a slight analogy, such as lotus flesh, such as wizards and roses, their native Canary Islands also belong to the dry season and rainy season is very clear environment, so this kind of variety also belongs to the fast rooting species. Mages and roses we rarely use water to induce the root vermiculite hair root and other methods to assist, basically is to plant a flood to pour the matter.

However, the rooting time of this kind of meat is obviously affected by the dormant period. The growing period is faster and the dormant period is much slower, which is also because the dry season in the Canary Islands is so thoroughly dry that there are no external conditions for rooting, so such breed characteristics have evolved.

In a rough summary, those succulent plants that grow in an environment with uneven rainfall distribution and poor soil water retention capacity are generally more capable of rooting. They often have to go through the process of root withering and regeneration, and rooting has long been a common occurrence for them.

There is also a class of succulent plants that live in a very different environment. In some areas, there is little rainfall all the year round, and even if it rains, the rainfall is very low, so the daily survival of these plants depends not on rain, but on fog. In some places, the sea breeze brings morning fog, while in some places, morning dew is obtained by the high temperature difference between day and night.

In any case, this kind of environment is more difficult than the rainy environment, can not casually give up their roots, must always collect the surrounding and trace amounts of water. A typical example of this living environment is the Fairy Cup.

Fairy Cup will not easily give up its own roots, of course, it is not so easy to take root. They need a slightly humid environment long enough to induce rooting. We need a certain amount of patience to root this kind of meat, which is not something that can be done quickly in just a few days. Some flower friends say that their fairy cup has been rooted for half a year, but it is still not successful, which is often due to the interruption in the process of rooting and the lack of persistence.

For those varieties whose hair roots are very difficult, we often take water-cultured roots or just leave her alone. The reason for this is that hydroponic root or ground planting can maintain a very stable humidity and will not suddenly dry and wet affect the mood of meat to take root.

Let's summarize the above a little bit. That is to say, the humidity factor is highly related to the variety factor. For meat grown in places where dry and rainy seasons alternate, flood rooting is often more effective for them, because high humidity, that is, rain, is an important factor in activating them to take root. For those flesh that have no obvious alternation of dry season and rainy season, or whose rainfall is very low and rely on morning fog to survive, a sustained low humidity hairy root is more effective.

Regardless of the variety factor, the temperature factor will also affect the speed of rooting. In general, when the temperature does not exceed the limit of the high temperature that meat can bear, the higher the temperature, the more conducive to the root of meat. Of course, this extreme high temperature is also different for different varieties. Some varieties are higher and some varieties are lower. If you want to know more about this, you can pay attention to the origin information of the meat. Meat that is native to the tropics performs better in high temperatures. For example, some epiphytic meat in the rainforest, such as silk Reed and crab claw orchid, are easy to take root when the temperature is higher, and some meat growing in the tropics, such as Euphorbiaceae, Cactus, and Mexico, as long as the temperature is not more than 40 degrees Celsius, most of the rooting pots perform quite well in summer.

Another important factor is that the state of meat itself also has a great impact on rooting. Fresh decapitated meat is easier to take root, because all the tissue cells are quite active, so it is easier for the cells to differentiate into roots. If it is an old pile or a very old branch, it is best to cut a knife in front of the hair so that it is easier to root and succeed only when the fresh tissue is exposed.

It is also reasonable for some people to find that meat that loses water and wilts after drying is more likely to root. Because the hormone level of a large amount of dehydrated meat will rise rapidly with the loss of water, which will also promote the meat to take root. For those stubborn meat that is determined not to take root, it is also a good B plan to dry it to the water to promote it to take root.

The use of topical hormones such as rooting powder is similar to the effect of drying meat to wilt. But the rooting powder must be put into the meat to have an effect. Some flower lovers dip the woody roots with rooting powder and find that they can hardly see the effect, which is because these hormones cannot enter the flesh. The rooting powder must be exposed to fresh tissue in order to have an effect.

Today's content is a little messy, let's sum it up again.

1. Meat with obvious dry season and rainy season in the original place is more likely to take root because they are more sensitive to Rain Water. The best way for this kind of meat to root is that the flood drives the root.

2. in the original place where the dry season and rainy season are obvious, the meat often has an obvious dormant period, and it is much more difficult for these meat to take root in the dormant period than in the growing season.

3. Those meats who mainly rely on fog to get moisture are suitable for maintaining a slightly tidal environment to slowly take root.

4. As long as the high temperature does not exceed the limit, it is easier to root if the temperature is higher.

5. Only fresh cells can feel the environmental stimulation, so the meat whose epidermis has been seriously lignified had better cut open and expose fresh tissue and then dry the wound to take root.

6. Wilted meat is easy to root, which is caused by the rapid increase of hormone concentration accumulated in the body. When using rooting powder, it should also be noted that rooting powder must be touched by fresh tissue and inhaled to have an effect.