How to grow fresh plants by cutting in three steps

Among the many plants for people to watch, purple orchid should be regarded as a more common one. As the name implies, the color of this plant is purple, and the whole plant is this color, including branches and leaves. However, when it is in a state of lack of light for a long time, its branches and leaves will also become ordinary green, which means that the more sunlight it gets, the darker it will be. However, although this plant has the word "hanging orchid" in its name, it does not belong to an orchid.

This plant grows very fast, and it can be bred in many ways. Next, we will introduce a more commonly used method, that is, cutting.

1. Selection of mother plant

When choosing the mother plant, friends must remember not to choose those plants that are thin or sick, even those plants with scars on their branches and leaves, try to avoid them, because such plants are easy to dry up or rot when cutting. Friends should choose the stronger plants, and try to choose the darker ones.

2. Cut off the branches and stems

Select a branch with intact stems and leaves, then cut it off with sterilized scissors, and try not to hurt the mother plant in the process. The cut branches should be left in a cool place to dry for about half a day.

3. Formal cutting

First choose a slightly shallow pot, and then pour the soil into it. As for the choice of soil, try to use peat or vermiculite as much as possible. Then insert the dried branches into the flat soil and wait for a week or so to survive.

This kind of plant is very easy to cut, and its survival rate is relatively high, so friends don't have to worry about planting.

How to cut Cymbidium, the method and steps of cuttage

Cymbidium can be propagated by cutting, and it is planted all the year round, except in winter, it can be cut in other seasons, so how to cuttage, the following is to sort out the cutting methods and steps.

How to cut Cymbidium lanceolata 1. Cutting time

For the cutting time of Euphorbia angustifolia, it is suggested that flower friends should choose to cut in spring, summer and autumn, but not in winter, because the winter temperature is too low and it is easy to be frostbitten, especially in the north. Cutting in winter is not recommended.

2. Selection of cuttings

The cuttings of Cymbidium chinense require that the branches are full and healthy, and the length is about 5-10cm. When cutting cuttings, you should choose shoots, preferably branches with top buds, and then remove part of the leaves at the lower end of the state, and keep fewer leaves on the cuttings.

Soil selection for changing basin

Flower friends can choose a round flowerpot with a diameter of about 7.5cm for cutting, and the soil for cutting is generally a breathable mixed soil.

3. Cutting method

After the cuttings of the thousand-leaf orchid are treated, the flower friends can carry out cutting. generally, multiple branches can be cut in a flowerpot, and the flower friends insert the treated cuttings directly into the soil. the rest of the branches should be cut from the center to the outside.

Generally in spring and summer cuttage thousand-leaf hanging orchid, can promote the speed of taking root is relatively fast, generally 2 to 3 weeks or so, can take root. However, the growth of the thousand-leaf orchid is relatively slow, so choose a small flowerpot when cutting, and it is better to cut a whole flowerpot.

4. Late maintenance

In general, when the cuttings of Cymbidium begin to grow, flower friends can apply some fertilizer to promote growth.

How to cut lipstick orchid

Lipstick Cymbidium, also known as Flower Grass, Carthamus tinctorius, is a perennial evergreen trailing herbaceous flower of the genus Gesneriaceae. Its thick green leaves coupled with bright red, strange Corolla, quite loved by people, is a good product in the family room hanging flowering plants. How to cut lipstick orchid?

How to cut lipstick orchid

1. The method of cutting can be used for planting. Spring and autumn are the appropriate seasons.

two。 Select sturdy and thick branches, cut them into 1 section every 7: 10 cm, cut them in loose sand, or culture soil prepared with serpent wood shavings 50%, perlite 20% and coarse sand 30%, maintain proper humidity and receive sunshine of about 50% and 60%. After about 30 to 40 days, the roots and seedlings can be planted in pots or flower beds after the roots grow vigorously.

3. Lipstick hanging orchid basin soil with loose and fertile sandy loam is the best, and the drainage is good. The pot soil is slightly acidic, and the pot culture soil made of peat soil, sand and vermiculite can be used, and an appropriate amount of calcium superphosphate is added.

The above is the method of how to cut lipstick hanging orchid that the editor shared to you. When the lipstick hanging orchid grows exuberantly, it can be properly removed to promote branching. After the winter flowering period, the residual stems that have flowered should be cut off in time, which can save nutrients, promote new branches and make them blossom.