5 kinds of flowers you should never buy no matter how cheap they are - just cut a branch and root it as a cutting

Propagating roses

1. Floral foam propagation method:

① Cut a healthy rose branch at a 45° angle, 10-15cm long, with at least 2 nodes; keep 2-3 leaves and cut off the rest.

② Prepare floral foam - the material normally used at the base of flower arrangements - or a sponge. Cut it into rectangular blocks 3-5cm long, then soak them in water.

③ Insert the trimmed rose branch into the block of floral foam.

④ Once inserted, stand all the cuttings upright in a large basin, add 2-3cm of water to the basin, and keep the moisture plentiful.

⑤ Cover the basin with a transparent lid or plastic wrap and place it somewhere with indirect light and good ventilation.

⑥ After about 2 weeks, the roses will have rooted. At that point you can carefully break open the floral foam, taking care to protect the roots, or you can keep the floral foam or sponge and pot them up together.

⑦ Once transplanted and potted up, the roses will surely burst into bloom again!

2. Water bottle propagation method:

① Prepare the rose branches for propagation, with at least two nodes; cut off the excess leaves so as not to waste nutrients.

② Prepare a clean, transparent plastic bottle.

③ Put the cuttings into the plastic bottle with the leaves facing up, add some water at the bottom - just enough to cover the cut end by 1cm - then screw on the cap and place it somewhere in the home with indirect light.

④ Change the water every day; after 2 weeks they will basically have rooted.

⑤ Once rooted, just transplant the cuttings into pots.

Propagating plumbago (blue snowflower)

1. Sandwich propagation method:

① Prepare plumbago branches (with at least one pair of leaves), a seedling tray (with drainage holes in the bottom), peat soil, vermiculite and a No. 5 battery.

② Stand the battery in the center of the seedling tray, then add peat soil around it; after pressing it firm, remove the battery, and a hollow space will be left behind.

③ Fill the hollow space with vermiculite.

④ Insert the plumbago branch into the part with the vermiculite in the middle and water thoroughly.

⑤ Fill the seedling tray cell by cell, then place it in another larger basin; add water to the large basin, with the water surface no higher than half the height of the seedling tray.

⑥ Cover with a transparent lid or wrap with plastic film and place it somewhere out of direct sunlight with good ventilation; this will speed up rooting.

⑦ Within a week the plumbago will have rooted. This method avoids the drawback of black rot that comes with using nutrients directly, and when transplanting you can move the whole thing with its soil into a pot, which is very convenient.

2. Perlite propagation method:

① Prepare a few disposable plastic cups and the plumbago branches needed for propagation.

② Prepare an appropriate amount of perlite; use pure perlite with no other medium.

③ Fill the plastic cup about half full with perlite, then insert the cutting into the perlite and water the cup, just until the water does not quite cover the perlite.

④ After inserting, cover with plastic film to keep it warm and moist and speed up rooting.

⑤ This method also roots quickly, but when temperatures are high, be sure to place it somewhere slightly shaded, otherwise it will easily rot.

⑥ Once rooted, you can transplant it into a pot; the new soil can be made from leaf mold and perlite in a 2:1 ratio, and the perlite can be reused.

Propagating periwinkle (Madagascar periwinkle)

1. Aquarium substrate propagation method:

① Choose relatively fine aquarium substrate, put it in a foam cooler box or a fairly large container, and wash it several times with carbendazim or clean water to sterilize and disinfect it.

② Pour diluted potassium permanganate solution into the box; dilute it until the soil is light purple, and the potassium permanganate solution should just barely cover the aquarium substrate.

③ Cut healthy periwinkle branches 8-10cm long, keep 2-3 leaves; it does not matter whether they have flowers or not.

④ Insert the cuttings into the aquarium substrate, taking care that the gaps between the branches are not too dense. Then place the cooler box somewhere with indirect light.

⑤ After two weeks, the periwinkle will have rooted; this method has a very high survival rate.

⑥ Once rooted, you can transplant the periwinkle seedlings into pots.

2. Nanny propagation method:

① Choose a healthy pot of flowers to serve as the "nanny flower"; here we will use the original pot of periwinkle.

② Prepare the periwinkle branches to be propagated; the number of cuttings depends on the size of the nanny flower's pot.

③ Insert the periwinkle branches into the "nanny flower's" pot, taking care to insert them in places with fairly large gaps, otherwise they will be hard to separate once they grow.

④ The advantage of this method is that you can use the growing conditions of a normal flower to directly nurture the cuttings; it does not take much effort, it is very convenient, and the survival rate is also high.

Propagating jasmine

1. Soil propagation:

① Choose healthy jasmine branches, cut 5-10cm lengths, keep one pair of leaves on top; the leaves can be cut down by 1/2 or 2/3 to reduce water evaporation.

② Prepare a container for soil propagation - an ordinary plastic bottle will do. Cut off the top 1/3, then drill a few holes in the flat bottom for drainage and airflow.

③ Use pure vermiculite as the growing medium; the survival rate is 100%, and rooting is very fast!

④ Add vermiculite to the plastic bottle, then insert the jasmine cuttings, water thoroughly, and place somewhere out of direct sunlight with good ventilation.

⑤ In about a week, the jasmine will have rooted; the speed is unbelievable!

2. Water propagation:

① For the water propagation bottle, just choose a translucent one; a transparent bottle helps us observe the rooting progress.

② Put the jasmine branches into the bottle, add just enough water to cover the roots; be sure to top up the water at all times and never let it dry out. Generally, they will root after 2 weeks.

③ Once rooted, just transplant the jasmine branches into pots, and when the flowering season comes, you will have another pot of fragrant jasmine!

Propagating petunia

① Pick a few fairly healthy petunia branches with 2-3 nodes on them; make sure the length is 5-8cm.

② Use peat soil as the propagation medium; put it in the growing container and press it firm.

③ Use scissors or a chopstick to poke a hole so that you can plant the petunia branch into the soil without damaging the branch.

④ Insert the cuttings one by one, then press the surrounding soil firm to make sure the branches do not topple over.

⑤ After watering thoroughly, cover the container with a layer of cling film and place it somewhere with indirect light and good ventilation. Do not lift the cling film from time to time to check on things, as this makes propagation failure very likely.

⑥ After two weeks, the petunias will basically have rooted.

⑦ For their vigorous growth later on, move the seedlings into a large flower pot for care. Petunias are especially easy to grow - in one month they will fill the pot with blooms!

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