Bougainvillea cuttings have a survival rate of only 70%, but they bloom beautifully with a large number of flowers

I received cuttings from a fellow gardening enthusiast and treasured them greatly. Along with the cuttings I pruned from my own plants, I tried planting a whole box of them, and the results were really great - lots of beautiful blooms.

First, disinfect the cuttings, then soak them in rooting water

After soaking in rooting water, I used floral foam to insert them. Currently this is the method I use - with diatomite, perlite, etc. laid underneath, just whatever I had on hand. I open the lid twice a day to let them breathe.

In the high heat of midsummer, roots appeared in as fast as about ten days, and by eighteen days the roots were bursting out.

Continue keeping them enclosed. After that, I open the lid every couple of days to check - often opening the lid brings rewards. Sometimes when I see mold spots, I spray carbendazim.

In that case, I will decisively pot them up

In summary, although my cutting skills have improved, I am still considered a black thumb. This time, the total cutting time in the box was forty days, and the overall survival rate was only 70%, not reaching the 90%+ of the experts, hahaha. Let me give myself a little encouragement.

Of the fellow enthusiast's Tropical Bouquet, only two cuttings survived. One has been officially potted up, and one is kept as a backup. Everyone take note - Tropical Bouquet really loves to change. Even the newly rooted leaves already show variegation. No wonder fellow enthusiasts call the variegated Tropical Bouquet a chameleon.