How many times a day should you water a bromeliad? Watering methods and propagation methods

The bromeliad is that ornamental plant with a red center, so how should you grow a bromeliad? Anyway, this editor has no idea, and is there anyone else as curious as this editor? Let's just have this editor introduce the growing methods for bromeliads. Below is material this editor compiled from information gathered online, so let's learn together.

How to water a bromeliad (how many times a day)

Bromeliads do not need special care; in autumn and winter they can even go 7-10 days between waterings. When adding water, let the water collect in the central leaf cup, and observe how the water is absorbed. If the water has been sitting for more than a week, pour it out and replace it with fresh water to avoid breeding bacteria.

Propagation methods for bromeliads

Bromeliads have become the most important ornamental flowers indoors, and there are quite a few flower lovers who like to grow bromeliads. The propagation methods for bromeliads can be divided into three types: cutting propagation, division propagation, and seed propagation.

1. Division propagation: small shoots keep growing from the leaf axils at the base of the ornamental bromeliad. When they have grown 5-6 leaves, they can be cut off for cutting propagation, and roots should appear in about 1 month.

2. Cutting propagation: this can be combined with repotting in spring. Cut off small tubers growing from the tuber part of the mother plant for cuttings, or use the root of an old bromeliad plant and the rooted tender shoots that sprout from it for division. In all cases, provide shade, moisture, and warmth. Use a soil mix of half leaf mold and half plain sand. When the roots grow to 2-3 cm, they can be planted out.

3. Seed propagation: under conditions of 25°C to 30°C, sow seeds obtained after flowering and artificial supplementary pollination. Seedlings can emerge in about 4 weeks, and in about 3 to 4 years they can grow into a flowering bromeliad plant.

How to divide bromeliads

1. Time for dividing bromeliads: it is best to choose early spring in February or March, after the soil has thawed.

2. Method for dividing bromeliads: take the mother plant out of the flower pot, shake off excess potting soil, separate the tangled root system as much as possible, and cut it open with a sharp knife into two or more plants. Each divided plant must have a considerable amount of roots, and its leaves should be properly trimmed to help it survive.

How to grow bromeliads in water culture

1. Material selection

Choose a soil-grown plant or break off a sucker from the base of the plant, about 10 cm tall with 5-6 leaves, as the material.

2. Cultivation

Wash the soil from the roots of the soil-grown plant or sucker, and remove the root system. After disinfection, let it dry slightly, then plant it into a rooting bed or a planting basket. Those planted in a planting basket need stones to hold them in place, then they are placed in the rooting bed. Keep the bed temperature at 25°C-28°C and the air humidity high. When more water roots appear, those without a planting basket should be put into a planting basket and moved to a water-culture rooting bed for cultivation. The bottom of the planting basket should be 2 cm above the liquid surface. After the root system is well developed, put it in a bottle. Use 1 dose of ornamental plant nutrient solution for culture.

3. Bottling

After taking the plant out of the water-culture bed, wash the root system clean. Set the planting basket on the glass container, add nutrient solution to submerge 1/2 of the root system. The upper part of the Guzmania is relatively heavy, so when growing it in water, use a substrate to secure the root system a little, so as to avoid the top being heavy and the bottom light and the plant being unstable.

4. Care

Place it indoors in a spot with bright scattered light for care. Whether to replace the nutrient solution is decided by how cloudy the water is; if it is clear, it does not need to be replaced. In summer, the room temperature should be below 30°C. In winter, the room temperature should be above 15°C. Bromeliads like a warm and humid environment, so even in water culture, when the weather is dry, water should still be sprayed on the leaves in time to increase air humidity. Pay attention to trimming roots and cutting off withered leaves, and pay attention to ventilation. When watering, do not use too much water; too much water submerging the roots can easily rot them. Plants in the Bromeliaceae family all have a leaf cup, which is a water reservoir, and you must make sure there is often water in the reservoir and that it does not run out. After a period of time, for example about ten days, you should replace the water in the leaf cup so that it does not become foul. Usually, you can also spray misty water on the surface, leaves, and flowers.

It is better not to water bromeliads too much. After all, they are naturally fairly drought tolerant, and too much water instead makes absorption difficult. Moreover, in winter bromeliads enter dormancy, so there is no need to water them at all during that period. Looking at the information above, haven't you gained a lot of knowledge?