How to Transplant Lipstick Vine? Detailed Guide to the Latest Transplanting Method
Lipstick vine (Aeschynanthus) is mostly propagated by cuttings. The method is to cut a healthy branch of about 15 cm from the tip and insert it into sandy soil; it will survive and take root in about 1 month. After about 2 months, the cutting seedling will grow very vigorously, and at this point the plant can be transplanted into a flower pot for container growing. Each pot can hold 5 or 6 plants, with the number of plants to be planted determined by the size of the pot.
This process sounds fairly simple, but have all you gardening friends really understood it? How exactly should lipstick vine seedlings be transplanted? Below, the editor will explain it for everyone, hoping to be of some help to those friends who like lipstick vine but do not know how to grow it.
1. Soil mixing
Lipstick vine likes loose, fertile soil. It is best to use soil that is slightly acidic and has good drainage. You can use peat soil + sand + vermiculite mixed together to make the growing medium. Lipstick vine has a low demand for fertility, so before potting you can add an appropriate amount of livestock hoof and horn or crushed animal bone to the substrate, and you can also add a small amount of superphosphate as a base fertilizer, which can promote better growth of the plant.
2. Choosing a pot
Because lipstick vine is often hung indoors or placed on a balcony when grown at home, there are no strict requirements for choosing a pot. We can choose pots made of various materials, and can even make a flower pot ourselves. However, if it is grown indoors, you need to place a saucer under the bottom of the pot to catch the excess water flowing out from the bottom of the pot. As long as the flower pot is of moderate size and has drainage holes at the bottom for easy management, it is fine. Of course, this also requires carefully choosing a pot according to the growth condition of the plant.
3. Potting
Before potting, you first need to remove the seedling from its pot, and then plant the seedling into a flower pot covered with growing medium. When potting, hold the seedling upright, then spread and cover a layer of soil over it, then gently press the soil around the seedling with both hands, and finally water it with a certain amount of clear water. In this way, potting is complete.
4. Care
Because lipstick vine likes a ventilated and shady environment, after transplanting the seedling well, place the flower pot in such an environment. Usually pay attention to giving it appropriate light and watering it in good time; after the plant recovers from transplanting, it can return to normal growth. In order to promote plant growth, you can also appropriately spray a small amount of diluted, well-rotted liquid fertilizer.
5. Pruning
After the plant resumes growth and has grown, in order to promote the sprouting of new branches and produce more high-quality flowers, we also need to properly pinch and prune it. During the growing season, do the pinching well; before flowering, prune the branches appropriately; after the flowers fade, cut off the faded flowers. This can not only save nutrients, but also promote the sprouting of more branches and the blooming of more beautiful flowers.
The above is the transplanting method for lipstick vine introduced by the editor. Have you all learned it? I hope this article pushed by the editor is of some help to everyone.