Magician's Head Cutting Seedling Daily Maintenance Tips
The following is a detailed introduction for netizens on how to maintain and plant green plants and flowers after the magician's head is cut, and then let's learn about it together.
How to Maintain and Plant After Magician's Head Cutting
The reason why the magician's seedlings are called "head cutting seedlings" is mainly because its propagation method mainly involves cutting branches. The magician's thin leaves are prone to dehydration and difficult to succeed in leaf insertion. However, compared to this, branch insertion only requires drying the wound and using sterile substrate for cutting, generally roots can be formed in 2 weeks, which is faster than leaf insertion. After rooting, there is no difference in maintenance compared to general succulent seedlings.
The reason why the magician's seedlings are called "head cutting seedlings" is mainly because its propagation method mainly involves cutting branches.
Compared with general rosette-shaped succulents that can be propagated at low cost and in large quantities through leaf insertion, the magician's thin leaves are prone to dehydration and difficult to succeed in leaf insertion.
But compared to this, branch insertion only requires drying the wound and using sterile substrate for cutting, generally roots can be formed in 2 weeks, which is faster than leaf insertion. After rooting, there is no difference in daily maintenance compared to general succulent seedlings.
Head cutting propagation is not exclusive to magicians, and it has other positive meanings besides the need for propagation:
Head cutting propagation is not exclusive to magicians, other varieties that are not easy to propagate by leaf insertion or have thin and semi-woody stems can be directly cut and inserted.
For example, Dharma Buddha Mother, Bear Child,锦晃星 (Jinhuangxing), Golden Branch and Jade Leaf,雅乐之舞 (Yalezhiwu), etc., although these varieties cannot be propagated by leaf insertion, the survival rate of head cutting propagation is relatively high.
For some ugly-looking overgrown succulents, in addition to plucking leaves for leaf insertion, you can also choose a suitable position for head cutting, which can not only dwarf the plant but also promote bud burst, achieving two goals at once.
For some succulents with blackened and rotting stems, head cutting can be said to be a life-saving measure. Timely head cutting to cut off the source of the disease and then using the cut leaf plate or branch for cutting propagation can avoid losses.
Daily Maintenance Tips for Magician's Head Cutting Seedlings
Magician's head cutting seedlings have the difference between rooted and unrooted. Compared with rooted seedlings, unrooted head cutting seedlings are cheaper, but they need to grow roots themselves. Everyone should ask in advance whether they are rooted before buying.
If you choose unrooted head cutting seedlings, you can soak them in a mixture of carbendazim and root-promoting water before potting, dry the wounds, and then pot them in loose and breathable sandy loam or a mixture of peat and perlite.
After potting, place them in a cool and well-ventilated environment with diffused light to avoid strong direct sunlight, which can reduce the phenomenon of peripheral leaves drying out.
During this period, when the potting soil is basically dry, a small amount of water can be added to increase soil moisture, and maintaining the soil slightly moist is conducive to rapid rooting.
Under normal conditions, it generally takes about 2 weeks for the magician's head cutting seedlings to adapt to the pot. This is manifested by the peripheral leaves stopping consumption, the originally gathered leaf plate slowly spreading out, and the central tender leaves turning green with some discoloration.
This proves that the magician's head cutting seedlings have successfully rooted and adapted to the pot, and can then gradually increase sunlight and manage normally.
The introduction above is the complete introduction to how to maintain and plant after cutting the magician's head and the daily maintenance tips for magician's head cutting seedlings, for everyone to learn and understand!