How does geranium cuttage live well, cuttage is best in a few months?

There are three ways to reproduce it. One is a cuttage method, which selects the branches of the current year as cuttings with the length of 5-15cm. Don't go too deep into the soil, just about a third of the way into the cutting. After cutting, water thoroughly and wait for rooting. Second, layering method, peel off a circle of bark, prepare a piece of film on wet soil to wrap the wound, about a month will take root. The third is the sowing method. Choose full seeds, after disinfection, sow on the surface of the soil, after sowing, cover the soil wet can wait for germination.

1. how to cut

1. Pruning branches: Strong branches are an important factor for survival of cuttings. It is necessary to select plants in good growth condition, cut branches with more than three leaf nodes from the top, and cut them obliquely from the bottom to maintain a smooth cross section.The leaves at the lower end of the branch are cut off together with the petiole, and two small leaves are reserved at the top of the branch.Branches can not be cut immediately, they need to be put in a ventilated and cool place to dry, and the incision will heal after drying.

2. Preparation of substrate: The container and substrate for geranium cuttage should be well selected. The container is not too large. You can choose an ordinary plastic cup with several small holes at the bottom.The matrix inside can use clean river sand or vermiculite, mainly to maintain good permeability.

3, carry out cuttage: properly spraying wat in that substrate to keep the substrate moist, and then carrying out cuttage on the branches, wherein the branches do not nee to be too deep.After that, it is necessary to spray water properly to moisturize, so as to promote rooting.Cuttings will be good geranium branches in a cool and ventilated place, appropriate to see astigmatism, maintain a warm growth environment, will soon be able to take root.

Cutting in February and June

Geranium cuttings can be selected in spring or autumn, as long as the temperature can be about 15-20 degrees, in spring can be selected in April-May, autumn can be chosen in October cuttings.

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