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Flowering plants produce seeds that are used for reproduction. This type of propagation is also possible with Kolkwitze, often popularly called mother-of-pearl bush, but in a private garden it is tedious and also not particularly promising. Offer better prospects for success:
- Cuttings
- Cuttings
- Sinker
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Propagate mother-of-pearl with cuttings
Timber cuttings are leafless, lignified shoots that are cut in winter. They are then put in prepared pots for propagation Potting soil about two-thirds deep. Please note the following points so that the rooting works.
- annual shoots are ideal
- cut in February on a frost-free day.
- each log should be six to eight inches long
- there should be several buds on it
- remove upper leaf nodes for faster root formation
- Keep the pot warm, but not too light
- on a window sill that is not sunny
- alternatively protected outdoors
- Keep the substrate slightly moist
- Water outdoors only on frost-free days
- Plant out when surface shoots are visible
Tips
In order for the cuttings to take root, you need to stick it the right way round. To avoid confusion, you can mark the cuttings accordingly when cutting by cutting the lower end at an angle and the upper end straight.
Pulling young plants from cuttings
All Kolkwitze varietieswhich can be found in our latitudes, can be propagated in June by half-woody cuttings 15 to 20 cm in length. For a long time, for example Kolkwitzie hedge to create.
- remove leaves in the lower part
- also all possibly existing flowers
- in the upper part there should be leaf nodes
- to be recognized by thickening
- half in the pot with potting soil
- warm, but not too bright
- keep moderately moist
- put a transparent bag over it (ventilate occasionally!)
After just a month, the cutting will have developed well enough to be planted out. In the garden he can then with good
care quickly to one Meeting point for bees to develop.
Root subsidence
The Kolkwitze, with its long, downward-curved branches, is ideal for this method of propagation. The mother plant should be healthy and strong. Start propagation in early summer with a young, flexible branch, ideally in the lower part of the shrub.
- pull the branch down to the ground
- Mark the contact point with the ground
- Loosen the soil and dig a 10 cm deep groove
- Defoliate the branch, score lightly several times with a knife
- Pull the sinker down into the gutter and cover it with earth
- However, the tip has to look outside
- then weigh down with stones
Now it is time to wait for above-ground growth as a signal that the rooting has been successful. Then you can carefully dig up the young plant and move it to the desired location transplant.
