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How to plant Jasmine seeds

Jesse Pinkman
2020-02-08 08:38:47
In order to plant Jasmine seeds, we should first prepare a breeding plate with loose soil and air permeability. Soak the seeds in warm water for several hours, take them out and plant them in the breeding plate. After sowing the seeds, cover the surface with a layer of 0.5-1cm thick topsoil. Spray with a watering can, cover the surface with a layer of plastic cloth to keep moisture and heat.

Seed identification

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You have to watch carefully. The seed is black, looks smooth and round. It's a kind of dark purple ball like black pearl. This is the seed of true jasmine. It is easy to seed in Guangzhou and its south area, and can be used for sowing.

Jasmine seed

Jasmine seed

Jasmine seed

And the seeds in the picture below are the common ones that will always be cheated. Mirabilis is not a jasmine. It's a plant of rhinoceros family, and mirabilis is a plant of Mirabilis family. It's totally different. Moreover, mirabilis is also called mine flower. If you look at its seeds like a small mine, you can know the origin of the flower's name.

So when you buy seeds on Taobao, you must pay attention to them. Most likely, what you buy is the seeds of landmine flower.

Jasmine seed

Jasmine seed

Preservation of seeds

Jasmine seeds can be stored in low temperature, dry and airtight conditions.

Generally, it can be kept for 1-2 years, not too long. If the time is too long, I don't know if I can reproduce jasmine.

Jasmine seed

Seed planting

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First of all, we should prepare a breeding plate with loose soil and air permeability.

Soak the seeds in warm water for a few hours, then soak them in the hard shell.

Sow

Then the seeds are taken out and seeded in the breeding tray.

After sowing the seeds, cover the surface with a layer of 0.5-1cm thick topsoil.

Water & ventilate

Spray with a watering can, cover the surface with a layer of plastic cloth to keep moisture and heat. The germination will be faster when the temperature is controlled at 20 ℃. During the day, you can lift the plastic cloth for a period of time to ventilate, and keep the soil moist. But don't pour too much water, which will soak up the seeds.

Then wait for the jasmine to bloom quietly. However, due to the difficulty of jasmine seeds and the high technical requirements of sowing and propagation, most of them are cuttings.

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