First of all, it is a well drained tile basin with enough drainage holes. Gravel, pebbles and potted soil should also be loose.
If it's just to make the plant root, you can prepare perlite or river sand at the early stage, plant cuttings to keep warm and moist, plus bagging, the success rate is faster than that of soil culture.
Whether you decide to use rooting agent or not depends on what kind of plants you cut. If it's rose, tomato, vanilla and other plants that are easy to root, it's not necessary. After all, it's a chemical substance. It can't be used too much. Just follow the instructions. (you can also use willow branches and leaves to soak in hot water instead)
The soil can be mixed with some river sand or perlite to increase drainage and air permeability, and then the soil is sprayed wet, wet but do not pour through, if it is too wet, it is not suitable.
The scissors used to cut cuttings must be sterilized and sharp. Cut along the plant stem obliquely. Here is the cactus finger as a demonstration.
Oblique cutting can increase the contact area between cuttings and soil, and its rooting area will be larger and easier to root.
If it is other cuttings to remove the lower leaves, leave 4 leaves on the top, but also remove the redundant buds, cuttings do not leave flowers.
You can dip the rooting powder (dip a little at the bottom), if you decide to use it, dip it a little, or mix it with water and soak it in the solution for a few minutes.
Dig a small hole with your fingers, and bury the stem of the plant in the soil. The buried part is about 1 /4 of it. Press the soil a little.
If the temperature is lower than 17 ℃, cutting propagation is not so easy, then we can cover it with plastic film, the cuttings of cactus fingers are not high, so we can directly cover it with plastic film.
If it is a higher spike, then it is necessary to use the kind of vertical plastic bags, to avoid contact between plastic bags and spikes, can do some support
Put the cut potted plant in a warm, ventilated place with scattered light, and open the film for 3 hours at noon every day. (you can also poke more holes on the plastic wrap)
Spray water frequently, keep the basin soil moist but not wet, and do not accumulate water. Spray some misty water on the plants every day for 1-2 weeks, and you can see that they start to grow roots.
In general, we have made a device similar to a small greenhouse by using fresh-keeping film.
The flower friends who suddenly want to cut in winter can try it.
