A Detailed Guide to Scientific Propagation Methods and Techniques for Gypsophila

Gypsophila can be propagated by sowing and tissue culture:

① Propagation by sowing. First, select disease-free, vigorous plants as seed-collection mother plants. When the capsules turn from green to pale yellow, harvest them, dry them, and after the seeds fall out, remove impurities and store them in a dry, ventilated place. In the southern Yangtze River basin area, sowing is mostly done in March. After the seeds germinate and emerge, thinning must be carried out to increase the spacing between seedlings so as to improve ventilation and light penetration and make them grow vigorously; they can also be sown directly in holes at a plant-to-row spacing of 20 cm x 40 cm on the cultivation seedbed for care and management. Those sown during this period mostly bloom in May to June.

② Propagation by tissue culture. Because the seedlings cultivated in test tubes have thin, weak stems and few roots, they must first be grown for a period on a seedbed of culture soil such as perlite, and only after they have become complete, vigorous seedlings can they leave the nursery for planting out. Although this method requires large investment and high technical demands, the seedling quality is relatively good.