Sunflower purslane grafted in autumn, grown into an old stump in 30 days, blooming better than a peony

Nowadays everyone likes to grow some flowers and plants in life. Among these flowers and plants, the sunflower purslane (Portulaca grandiflora) is a relatively common plant. Many flower lovers have grown it. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with very strong vitality and quite good adaptability. Its advantage is that it grows very fast. After all, the appearance of the sunflower purslane is not grand enough; it has a relatively large number of flowers, but the flowers are rather small. At the same time, it is not as delicate as other flowers, and its colors are not as beautiful either. By comparison, its ornamental value is relatively low.

Today I will teach you a grafting method for the sunflower purslane. After blooming following its flowering period, it will be completely different from before; the flowers it produces are very beautiful, and can even rival peony flowers.

Well-grown sunflower purslane is basically all grafted, because the sunflower purslane itself has a relatively weak plant body, so its ability to transport nutrients is also relatively poorer. Moreover, the main nutrients are supplied to the branches and leaves, and the flowers can get relatively fewer nutrients, so naturally the flowers produced this way are not brightly colored, and the flowers will also be very small and not full. The most classic grafting method for the sunflower purslane is to graft it onto a purslane tree.

The purslane tree has one advantage: during the growth process it can quickly become woody. Becoming woody means becoming wood like a big tree. Many potted plants only have thin branches and leaves. Being able to quickly become woody means the branches and trunks grown this way can be like those of a big tree and possess a very strong necessary transport capacity. If you graft the sunflower purslane onto a purslane tree, you do not need to worry about insufficient nutrients when the sunflower purslane blooms.

So how do you graft it? The method is also very simple. First, choose a relatively young purslane tree in its growth period, because the branches of such a purslane tree have not yet fully become woody. At this time, grafting the sunflower purslane onto it is just right. When grafting, we only need to cut off branches of different varieties and colors of the sunflower purslane in a diagonal-cut manner.

Then, in the same way, make a diagonal cut on the purslane tree. Insert the sunflower purslane branch into this diagonal-cut opening, then use something to fix it in place. During the grafting process, be careful not to let it come into contact with water. This process should be carried out while the branches of the two plants have not dried out, as this helps them heal faster.

Usually, after about half a month of fixing, the cut will heal. If the cut has already healed, you can remove the fixing tool. In the subsequent growing process, mainly follow the purslane tree's growing method. These two plants themselves have relatively similar habits, and both prefer sunlight and moisture. A woody purslane tree can be watered more and fertilized more. If you want to provide better nutrients to the sunflower purslane, at this time we can add some organic fertilizer to the potting soil, such as animal manure. Animal manure greatly promotes the growth of both plants.

The grafted sunflower purslane has thicker and sturdier branches and trunks. During the flowering period of the sunflower purslane, if you want it to bloom more brilliantly, you can also apply some phosphorus fertilizer to the sunflower purslane at this time. Phosphorus fertilizer promotes flowering and bud formation in flowers. The grafted sunflower purslane is very beautiful when it blooms; the flowers are larger and fuller, and the colors are more eye-catching, because grafting different varieties gives sunflower purslane of different colors. On this grafted purslane tree, you can see sunflower purslane in multiple colors.

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