Why don't the cuttings of Chinese roses and gardenias survive?
Comprehensive analysis of the reasons why the cuttings of Chinese roses and gardenias always fail, let's take a look together!
For those who love flowers, the issue that has been of concern recently should be cuttage. It is now the time for pruning Chinese roses and hydrangeas, which is also a good opportunity to use the branches cut for cuttage and propagation. However, many flower enthusiasts say, "I just can't get them to root!"
The cuttings of the Chinese roses turn black before they grow roots, and the hydrangea cuttings don't grow roots even after more than a month. Every time I cut, it fails, and now I'm afraid to cut anymore.
Do you have the same problem? Today, I'll teach you a trick that is very easy to do and has a high survival rate, and you don't have to worry about it at all.
Foam Board Cuttage Method for Chinese Roses
Many flower enthusiasts like to shop online and often receive products with foam boards. Actually, foam boards are very useful for water cuttage.
Method: First, find a container to hold water, preferably with a depth of more than 5cm. You can also use a small face basin.
Trim the Chinese rose branches to be cut into 6-8cm sections, with the top cut straight and the bottom cut at a 45-degree angle, as shown in the picture above.
If you pierce the trimmed Chinese rose cuttings through the foam board and secure them, then add water to the basin and place the foam board with the inserted Chinese rose branches into the water surface. The buoyancy of the foam board can keep the base of the Chinese rose cuttings 2-3cm submerged in water, completing the water cuttage operation.
To encourage the Chinese rose branches to root earlier, you can add a little rooting hormone to the water, which can greatly speed up the rooting process of the Chinese roses.
You can change the water once a day for the first three days, and then you don't need to change the water. You can also expose it directly to sunlight, which will make the Chinese roses root faster with light.
Using Laoganma Bottles for Propagating Succulents: Many flower enthusiasts like to buy succulents online, and before shipping, the sellers will remove them from their pots and soil. Sometimes the succulents we receive are a bit shriveled.
If you cut them directly into the soil, they look shriveled as if they will dry up, and you can't water them, which is really bothering. This is where the Laoganma bottles we usually have left over can be very useful.
Method: First, you must clean the Laoganma bottles. Then compare to see if the diameter of the succulents is larger than the opening of the Laoganma bottles.
If the diameter of the succulents is large enough, it's simple. Just fill the Laoganma bottles with water and place the succulents on the bottle opening.
Note that the succulents should not touch the water directly, as direct contact with water can cause rotting. Without touching the water, the moisture evaporating from the bottle will allow the succulents to grow new roots in a short time. Very simple and convenient.
What if your succulent plants are small and will fall off the bottle opening? What should you do then?
This is where the foam board comes into play. Make a hole in the center of the foam board, put the stem of the succulent into it and secure it, then place the foam board on the bottle opening.
Plastic Bottles and Foam Boards for Propagating Gardenias: Gardenias are often called water gardenias because they like water.
Water cuttage for gardenias has a very high survival rate, but many flower enthusiasts find that it is麻烦 to fix the branches during water cuttage, and if they are not fixed, changing the water can easily damage the new roots.
Actually, we can use a combination of plastic bottles and foam to propagate gardenias in water.
Method: Find a large mineral water bottle and cut it in half without cutting it completely through.
First, put the trimmed gardenia branches through the foam board and secure them, then put the foam into the plastic bottle, add water, and level the foam board.
Then put the top half of the plastic bottle back on, creating a high-humidity environment that can prevent the gardenia leaves from losing water easily.
Then use black tape to cover the bottom half of the bottle to create a shading effect. Since the roots of plants dislike light, a dark environment can help gardenias root faster.
This way, changing water is also very convenient. When you see that the gardenia branches are full of roots, you can take them out and transplant them.
How is it? Isn't it simple? Flower enthusiasts who always fail to propagate, hurry up and try it!
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