8 flowers you can propagate by cuttings for 0 cost, start now and fill your balcony
As soon as autumn arrives, gardeners' hearts come alive - this season is neither too hot nor too cold, it is practically the golden season for getting "plant wool" for free, and it is the best time for some "low-cost expansion". Want to grow a yard full of flowers for the least money? Cuttings are definitely the king's way. Temperature 15°C~25°C, moderate humidity, branches root as soon as they touch soil, with a higher survival rate than in spring, and the key operations are super simple.
Don't always think about buying new seedlings. The flowers you already have at home, a few branches cut from a neighbor's place, and a few fallen leaves picked up by the roadside for compost - these are all treasures. The key to cuttings is "borrowing strength", using the plant's own regenerative ability to propagate, with a cost so low it is almost negligible.
Don't throw away those plastic bottles at home. Cut them in half, poke a few holes in the bottom, and they become ready-made seedling pots. Add some leaf mold to garden soil, then mix in some sand - loose and breathable, and the cutting medium is ready. No need to buy those absurdly expensive nutrient soils. If you have rooting powder at home, dipping a little is of course good, but it doesn't matter if you don't - many flowers and plants can survive just fine without the stuff.
Next, let's talk about which flowers are suitable for autumn cuttings. Just cut a few branches at random, stick them in the soil, and they will live - even beginners can handle it easily.
When pruning spent flowers, leave the flowering stem at 10cm
Rose branches are full of nutrients, and the survival rate of cuttings is especially high. Choose a robust branch that has already flowered, use vermiculite +20
Pick a section of branch by the roadside (make sure it is the small-leaf purple-flower kind), insert it in soil and it lives. Give it some sunlight and it blooms all year, and seeds that fall into the soil can self-sow.
Cut the post-bloom branches into small sections, each with 11
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Pluck a few thick leaves and lay them flat on the soil surface, or cut the top buds and insert them into a milk tea cup. In 2
Spider plant: Cut off the hanging plantlets, bury them directly in soil with their aerial roots, water thoroughly and place in bright indirect light, and in a week they stand upright like new.
Bougainvillea: Soak a woody old branch in rooting water for 1 hour, insert into coarse sand and cover with a plastic bottle, and after 40 days you harvest a "blooming beast".
Calculated this way, you can double the number of flowers and plants at home with almost no money spent. Using the least money to grow the most flowers is no empty talk. Don't waste this good autumn season - hurry and find a few branches to try.