After breaking off the top of a rubber plant, water it with a little "sprout water" and it will produce 3 heads at once, filling the pot in 2 months.

As people's living standards rise, more and more people like to keep a few pots of flowers at home, especially some green potted plants that can purify the air, which are even more popular among flower lovers. With one pot of flowers at home, the air is super fresh, the family stays healthy, and the process of growing flowers also cultivates the mind and character. Who could dislike such an activity with so many benefits?

A rubber plant with a good-looking shape

So now growing flowers has become a nationwide activity. The better one's living conditions, the more attention one pays to these things. Take the rubber plant (Ficus elastica), for example; in recent years it has won high praise from the vast number of flower lovers, and many people keep 1-2 pots at home. It has a good meaning and is called a symbol of steadiness, a spokesperson for trust, the embodiment of honesty, and a tree of good fortune and prosperity. This kind of potted tree also has an extremely strong ability to purify the air, and its huge leaves have high ornamental value. The only shortcoming is that the rubber plant does not like to branch; without a little trick, it will only grow a single solitary stem, which greatly reduces its ornamental value. Based on this, Xiaohua is here today to share a little trick for making the rubber plant produce more branches. Come along with Xiaohua and take a look at today's sharing topic!

Rubber plant: after breaking off the top, water it with a little "sprout water," and it will produce 3 heads at once, and in 2 months it will fill the pot whether you tend to it or not!

A rubber plant full of branches

(One)

Break off the top of the rubber plant, and it will grow many branches, with a full shape and high ornamental value.

Generally, the rubber plant is like a single-minded creature: as long as you do not prune it, it will keep growing as a single stem to the end and will not branch. So if we want it to grow into a full, highly ornamental potted plant, we must prune it manually by breaking off its top tip, which will encourage it to produce more branches. At the beginning, we can plant it in one pot and prune it regularly. At the start, we must break off its terminal bud so that it can produce more new branches...

A small potted rubber plant

Breaking off the top of the rubber plant

(Two)

If you want it to produce new branches as soon as possible, water it with a little "sprout" water, and new branches will keep coming and grow very fast.

Of course, if you want the rubber plant to send out new branches as quickly as possible, we can make our own kind of sprout water. So why is it called sprout water?

It is actually water in which willow branches have been soaked. I believe flower lovers all know that the willow is a plant with super strong growth ability. It can be said that if you casually cut a branch and stick it into the soil, it will survive, root and sprout extremely quickly, and its branches also grow very fast. When we were little, a few were planted by the small river at home and at the edges of the fields.

Later, scientific research found that this is all because the willow contains a substance called salicylic acid. This substance is a kind of plant growth hormone that can promote plant rooting and sprouting as quickly as possible. Many experienced flower farmers make use of this characteristic of the willow to grow flowers.

The method of use is also very simple: break off a few willow branches of the current year, take them home, remove their leaves, cut the willow branches into sections, and finally smash their outer bark. In this way, they can be soaked in clean water, and after 2-3 days the water can be taken out to water the rubber plant. The effect is super good, and it can make it send out little sprouts very quickly, so that branches can grow out.

The rubber plant sends out 3 little sprouts at once

The above is Xiaohua's sharing about caring for the rubber plant and making it quickly send out new branches and branches. If you like it, save and forward it, and grow rubber plants well together with your friends.

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