How to Propagate Nerine Flowers and Plants? Detailed Method Guide

Nerine is also known by the alias diamond crystal. This is a gentle, sun-loving flower. How is Nerine propagated? Here is the editor introducing Nerine breeding methods.

How to Cultivate Nerine

Division Method

The small bulbs around the large bulb are peeled off and planted separately. Breeding bulbs should not be harvested every year. Usually, in autumn, in the 3rd or 4th year, small bulbs free of pests and diseases with good growth can be selected for pot cultivation or open-field cultivation.

Scale base cutting method: cut the cleaned bulb base into a shape of 8 m, with a cutting depth of about 1/2 to 2/3 of the bulb length. After disinfection, dry and insert into matte sand, perlite and other substrates after 3 months, with scales and substrate

adventitious buds can form at the junction, and gradually produce small bulbs. After separation and cultivation, seedlings can be formed.

Tissue Culture and Breeding Method

Using MS medium, straw and ovary as explant materials, after cultivation, callus is produced at the incision. After 1 month, adventitious roots can form, and after 3~4 months, adventitious buds can form. Using pedicels and stem scales as explant materials, adventitious buds and cotyledons can also be produced.

Sowing Method

Generally only used for hybrid breeding. Since the seeds have no dormancy, they should be sown immediately after sowing, and the radicle emerges after 15 days at 20°C. When sown in a natural environment, only a few seedlings extract one leaf in the first growth cycle, and they can be transplanted once at the seedling stage. From sowing to flowering, the seedlings need 4 to 5 years.