Meat plant leaf insertion and soil matching decryption!
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Rao Xiang is a famous leaf insertion expert on Sina, and Ermu gentleman admires her skill, saying, “What can't you insert?” Recently, she specifically posted her secrets of soil matching, so students interested in leaf insertion should read carefully!
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Rao Xiang loves leaf insertion, not for propagation (C-S), but for the various surprises and expectations it brings. In fact, leaf insertion is not difficult, what is needed is patience + patience + contemplation. I also failed many times at the beginning, but after summarizing experience from each failure, I would try again. By constantly exploring, I gained experience, adjusted the soil formula, adjusted the light, the depth of the leaf insertion pot, and the leaf insertion method suitable for this variety... Gradually, my success rate in leaf insertion has increased, hooray!
Because I like various iron pots very much, my meat plant cultivation and leaf insertion are mainly in iron pots (personally experienced that in the northern region, it seems that red陶 pots and other highly breathable pots are not very suitable for planting meat plants. The weather is dry, and the soil in the pots easily loses moisture, whereas plastic and iron pots are better for meat plants to grow). However, in summer, iron pots should be shaded, my method is to have a barrier around the pot, such as shade net or wood board, to insulate and prevent the potting soil temperature from being too high and damaging the plant roots.
After choosing the pot for leaf insertion, I first put a 3-5cm thick layer of coarse lightweight stones at the bottom of the pot (the specific thickness depends on the depth of the pot, it is recommended that deeper pots are better for leaf insertion seedlings to grow faster)
Then comes the soil mixing, my soil mixing is quite complex, but I personally feel that the success rate is still very high, my soil mix includes coconut bran, fine lightweight stones, bamboo charcoal, Alice wild vegetable granular soil, red jade, deerweed, and rice husk ash (I recommend adding an appropriate amount of Alice wild vegetable granular soil which contains a certain amount of slow-release fertilizer, providing some nutrients for the meat plants). Mix these soils together, mixed in a 1:1 ratio of coconut bran and various granular soils.
After mixing, put it in a pot with coarse lightweight stones and cover the surface with a 0.5-1cm thick layer of pure vermiculite (the purpose of spreading pure vermiculite is to promote better root growth, I find that vermiculite is the best medium for root growth, of course, the soil under the vermiculite is wet, after spreading the vermiculite, it quickly absorbs the excess moisture from the soil below, and after roots and buds appear, you can judge whether to water based on the vermiculite. If the vermiculite is completely dry, it means that the soil below is almost dry, and then you can water)
After spreading the vermiculite, you can place the varieties you want to leaf insert on the soil surface (what needs to be mentioned here is that not all leaves are suitable for direct placement on the soil surface for leaf insertion, like Jingye, Jidawa, and Yudie, I find that making the leaves soft first before leaf insertion greatly increases the success rate, while round-leafed sorcerers are suitable to be placed in containers or on tables to allow them to germinate and grow roots before placing them on the soil surface, otherwise they will directly rot or dry up!)
Now all you need is to wait quietly~ Bai Mudan and other sturdy plants will usually root and sprout in about a week, and they are basically meat plants~ Zhenzhu has mostly double heads, Jingye has the most with three heads, half single heads and half double heads~ Haha
About ten days later, you can clearly see the new buds growing~ Jingye was placed on the desktop to soften for a week before being leaf inserted with this batch of leaves, so they also sprouted and rooted, but they are slower and smaller, some haven't come out yet, or only have buds or roots, but time can change everything, be patient~ After this situation appears, you need to carefully observe the dryness and humidity of the vermiculite. If the vermiculite is completely dry, you can start spraying water with a spray bottle, completely soaking the soil below~ The water demand of leaf insertion seedlings is higher than that of large seedlings, so more water is not a problem, water confidently~ (Also, from this time on, you need to move the scattered light position where the leaf insertion is placed to a place with sufficient sunlight, otherwise the new buds on the leaves will start to stretch!)
The state after another month
At this time, it can be found that the old leaves of leaf insertion have begun to rot or dry, and you can completely ignore them. In humid southern areas, you can mix a proper amount of mycotoxin with water when watering, actually, there is bamboo charcoal in the soil, so it can also avoid mold infection. Therefore, I still recommend adding an appropriate amount of bamboo charcoal when growing meat plants.
These are the recent conditions, you can see that they have grown a lot. And when I leaf inserted last time, I specifically used two large bowls for the experiment, the bowl opening is very large, about 25cm in diameter, but the bowl is only 8cm high, the soil and planting environment are the same, and the leaves are also from the same Bai Mudan mother plant. However, compared with the leaf insertion in the iron bucket with a diameter of 17cm and a height of 15cm, it is completely inferior. The largest diameter of the Bai Mudan in the iron bucket has reached 4.5cm, but the largest one in the bowl is only about 2cm, so deep containers are still very important~ Hooray
Finally, what needs to be said is that leaf insertion requires patience + patience + contemplation.
This article shares the full content of the decryption of meat plant leaf insertion and soil matching (the whole process with pictures and text) and hopes to help you. Also, I hope everyone comes to see more green plant experience and common sense!