Cuttings always fail? Pay attention to these points. Geraniums can also grow well.

Geraniums are also plants and flowers that we often raise, and they are the only flowers for self-cultivation and decoration. Many friends have a certain understanding of the growth habits of geraniums. In order to ensure a good variety of geraniums, they often ask about the cutting methods of geraniums in various forums or messages. Today, Huahua will talk to friends who love geranium about how to cut geraniums.

Choose the season of cutting

Generally speaking, the suitable cutting temperature of geranium is 18-20 degrees Celsius, which can be cut in April-May in spring or in August-September in autumn. This temperature is the most suitable temperature for geranium. if you want to cut, you should adjust the cutting time according to the temperature of the place.

Soil during cuttage

When choosing soil, you should choose soil with loose soil, good air permeability and good drainage. It is best to choose rotten leaf soil, perlite and sand. Remember to use it after exposure and disinfection before use. Cutting soil is also very important, moisture permeability is not good soil will appear stuffy root situation, we must pay attention to oh.

Branches to be used for cutting

Geranium cuttings should choose healthy branches, generally choose branches with three or four leaf nodes at the top, about eight centimeters long, cut off the branches obliquely, leaving 1-2 leaves at the top to prevent the evaporation of water. The end of the cutting branch needs to be sun-dried before cutting, otherwise it is easy to rot, you can also apply some rooting powder at the end to let the branch take root quickly after cutting.

Cutting method

When cutting, first insert a small hole in the soil of the cuttings, then insert the branches and squeeze them with your fingers so that the branches can be fixed with the soil. After the cuttage is finished, put the plant in a cool place and water it once and water it thoroughly. All that's left is to wait for the geranium to take root.

Watering

Geraniums don't have much demand for watering, but be sure not to water them too much, or the loss will outweigh the gain if they rot. After the first watering, the branches after cutting can be sprayed with water every few days. On cloudy days, you can choose to spray water on the geranium every few days, and if the sun is good, spray the geranium every day. If you don't have the time or experience, it's best to put the geranium in a semi-shady place.

In this way, it can be planted in about 20 days and take root in about a month. If it hasn't taken root at this time, as long as the branches don't rot, they can take root and survive after a few days of normal maintenance.

The cutting method of geranium is almost done. Have you all learned it? Cutting is a careful work, not only need to be careful, but also need to wait patiently and maintain, I wish everyone can grow high-quality varieties of geraniums!