Water insertion Propagation technique of Colored Leaf Grass-Diagram of Branch insertion method

Colourful leaf grass is an excellent foliage plant, which can be ornamental in potted plants or in flower beds. Branches and leaves can be used as cut flowers and have high ornamental value. Colourful leaf grass is an herbaceous flower with strong reproductive ability. as an ornamental flower, we can raise colored leaf grass in water on our desks. when you breed yourself, you can try the water insertion propagation technology of colored leaf grass.

Branch insertion method / step:

1. Take strong branches as cuttings, need two nodes, and cut off part of the bud.

2. Insert it in clear water and keep it outdoors from direct sunlight or indoor light.

3. It will take root in about a week.

4. It can be transplanted into the suitable pot in two weeks, fertilized when transplanting, and the heart can be removed for the first time.

Colored leaf grass likes to be warm, and cuttings can be used for reproduction. Water can be inserted into half a cup of cool boiled water. Cuttings select 2-3 nodes in the middle and upper part of the branches, remove the lower leaves and place them in the water. When the white water roots grow to 5-10 mm, they can be planted in a pot. It takes 5-7 days in spring and autumn, and it can take root in one day in summer.

Detailed explanation of water insertion technology:

1. Prepare the container

The cuttage container for colored leaf grass can be a jar, or you can cut off the upper part with a beverage bottle and fill the lower part with fresh water. The container must be clean, the water quality must be clean, and it is best to take a large cola bottle to store water for more than one day for cutting and follow-up management, and the tap water released at that time must not be used.

2. Cutting cuttings

When the main branch of coloured leaf grass or the side branch that passes through the heart has 4 nodes or about 10 cm in length, select the thick stem, leaving only 1 to 2 opposite leaves at the base, cut off the upper part, the cut should be smooth, and there is no wound of extrusion and tear. Then, cut off the lowermost pair of leaves of the cuttings, concentrate on the base of every 3 to 5 cuttings, bundle them together with white thread pine, and wait for water insertion.

3. Water plug management

Generally, it is best to insert cuttings into water from 3 cm to 4 cm from the mouth of the bottle. After that, put it in the scattered light place, pay attention to change the clear water (reserve water storage) every 2 to 3 days, and pay attention to make up for the falling water level in the bottle due to evaporation every day. The white root can be seen in 7 to 10 days under the condition of 18 ℃ to 25 ℃.

4. Transplant into the pot

After 7 to 10 days, you can move the plant with white roots to a beautiful glass bottle or you can pot it. When it is seen that there are several 1 cm to 2 cm adventitious roots at the base of the cuttings, they can be put on the pot or planted in time. Pay attention to careful operation, do not damage the root system, generally in the shade of flowers for about 10 days, you can enter the normal management.

The daily management of colourful leaf grass is relatively simple, just pay attention to pick the heart in time, promote new branches, form a plump ball, and develop clumps of plants. Inflorescence formation should be removed so as not to affect the ornamental effect of leaves.

Time: 2019-06-09 Click: