How to reproduce air pineapple

Air pineapple can be grown without soil and can live entirely on air; and this plant does not have the same absorptive roots as other plants, it mainly absorbs water and nutrients through stomata on the leaves. Even so, the air pineapple has a strong ability to purify the air. It can not only absorb formaldehyde, benzene alkenes, carbon dioxide and other substances, but it is also the only known plant that can grow by breathing air. How amazing!

Air pineapple has a thin skeleton, but there is no lack of tropical amorous feelings, with exquisite flower utensils, it will be able to create a unique charm for the interior. And this plant is relatively clean, but also very easy to take care of, very suitable for people living in a fast pace in modern cities, and now it has become one of the most popular and fashionable indoor plants in the field of green plants. So, how do air pineapples reproduce?

Air pineapple often uses sowing and lateral bud ramet to propagate seedlings. The following editor will give you a brief explanation of these two ways of reproduction.

I. method of sowing and breeding

For the practice of propagating young plants of air pineapple by playing, it is mostly used in breeding farms, and this method is suitable for mass production. However, in order to get the seeds of air pineapple, it is necessary to pollinate the plant, and self-pollination does not successfully obtain air pineapple seeds every time of pollination, which also contains a certain element of luck.

If cross-pollination is adopted, the success rate will naturally be greatly improved. But before and after pollination, do not touch the water on the stamens, otherwise it will greatly reduce the seed setting rate. After successful pollination, it usually takes 4 months to see the seed pod, during which no other operations can be done, just wait patiently. On the other hand, it takes about a year for seeds to mature before they can be harvested.

After collecting the seeds, the next thing to do is how to sow the seeds. Sowing is mostly carried out from March to November every year, and spring and autumn are the most suitable. Then it is necessary to prepare a moist but non-stagnant growth environment for the seeds, with a temperature of not less than 20 °C, and provide sufficient scattered light environment for the seeds to germinate after a week.

After seed germination, it is necessary to do a good job in the cultivation and management of seedlings. Spray in time when the humidity of the seedbed is insufficient and ensure that scattered light can continue to be received. During this period, we also need to do a good temperature control to ensure that the temperature can not be higher than 30 °C and no less than 10 °C in winter, so that the seedlings can emerge in about a year.

2. Separate plant breeding method

Compared with the sowing and breeding method, the ramet method is more suitable for ordinary family potted lovers. If there is an air pineapple, there will only be one chance to bloom in a lifetime, and after the flower fade, it will continue to grow through cell division into lateral buds, and it can continue for a long time, so we should take careful care and management, and the surprise will be continuous.

Under normal circumstances, the lateral buds planted in the current year can bloom gorgeous flowers if the maintenance and management are in place. However, it should be pointed out that ramet belongs to asexual reproduction, which can be described as a cloning technology, Bin can improve the reproduction coefficient, but also maintain the characteristics of the mother plant, so the phenomenon of variety homogenization is very common. The disadvantage of ramet is that the plants obtained by this method for a long time are disadvantageous in stress resistance, external posture, flowering quality and management operation.

After ramet, the young plants need to rest for about a month, during which it is recommended to spray water 1-2 times a week. When the root system germinates, it can be planted in the basin. After the plant is finished potting, follow the normal maintenance and management measures of the air pineapple.

Time: 2019-06-08 Click: