ABSTRACT: Yellow-horned orchid is a popular ornamental plant, but its price is not cheap on the market. If you want more yellow cornorchids and don't want to spend too much money, then breeding yourself is a good option. This article will illustrate in detail how to use cuttage method to reproduce Cymbidium japonica...
Yellow-horned orchid is a popular ornamental plant, but its price is not cheap on the market. If you want more yellow cornorchids and don't want to spend too much money, then breeding yourself is a good option. This article will illustrate in detail how to use cuttage method to reproduce yellow-joorns.
1. Preparations: Select healthy mother plants In order to ensure the successful breeding of yellow cornorchium, we need to select healthy mother plants as the source of cuttage. The mother plant should grow healthy, be free from pests and diseases, and have intact roots. Only in this way will the new buds from the cuttings be easier to take root and grow.
2. Preparations: Select suitable cuttings. The cuttings should have air permeability and good water retention capabilities. Usually we can use materials such as perlite, vermiculite or moss as cuttings. Of course, if you want to save money, you can use river sand or pure river beach sand as cuttings.
3. Preparations: Select appropriate containers. The containers for cuttage can be flower pots, small plastic bags, glass bottles, etc. No matter which container we use, we need to ensure that it has good breathability and drainage.
4. Preparation: Prepare the tools. We need to use a neat pair of scissors or pruning knives for cutting work. At the same time, we also need to prepare some disinfectant and cleaning cloth to clean and disinfect the tools before cutting.
5. Select cuttage materials: The new shoots of Yellowcorn are the most suitable parts for cuttage. These shoots should be short stemmed without flower buds with a diameter of approximately 2-4 mm.
6. Cutting the cuttings: Leave 2 leaves at the internodes In order to ensure the success rate of the cuttings, we need to cut the twigs at the internodes and leave two leaves. If the shoots are too long, they can be divided into sections and cut separately.
7. Handling cuttings: Remove excess leaves and flowers In order to reduce the burden on cuttings, we need to remove excess leaves and flowers. Only two leaves and one bud are left, making it easier for the cuttings to take root and grow.
8. Processing the cuttings: Cutting the leaves Among the two leaves left, we need to cut one of the leaves in half. This can reduce the consumption of nutrients required by the cuttings, thereby promoting root growth.
9. Processing cuttings: Soaking rooting powder Before cutting, we need to first soak the cuttings in rooting powder. This can promote the rooting of cuttings and increase the rooting rate. Generally speaking, the soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will lead to poor rooting of the cuttings.
10. Insert cuttings: Insert the cuttings into the cuttings and insert the processed cuttings into the cuttings, paying attention to maintaining stability and avoiding crushing buds. The cutting depth should be half the length of the twig, and then wrap the cutting with soil or perlite.
11. Watering: After maintaining appropriate humidity for cuttage, we need to keep the soil or perlite around the cuttage at appropriate humidity. Generally speaking, water it once every 3-4 days or so.
12. Heat preservation: Increase the environmental temperature. Yellowthorn is a plant that likes a warm environment. Therefore, during the cuttage period, we need to increase the environmental temperature as much as possible and keep it at around 20 ° C. The cuttings can be wrapped with plastic wrap to improve the insulation effect.
13. Maintenance: Pay attention to preventing and controlling pests and diseases During the cuttage period, we need to regularly check the health status of the cuttage materials and prevent and control possible pests and diseases. If problems are found, timely measures should be taken to deal with them.
14. Changing pots: Waiting for new buds to grow Under normal circumstances, we need to wait for about 1-2 months before new buds will gradually grow. At this time, we need to transplant the newborn yellow-horned orchid into a new flower pot and carry out the pot replacement operation.
15. It is not difficult to reproduce yellow-corn by cutting. Through the above steps, we can easily master the skills of how to reproduce yellow-corn by cutting. Although it requires a certain amount of patience and care, as long as you operate carefully, you can easily and successfully reproduce yellow-horned orchid.