Draw offshoots of the poinsettia
If you have your Christmas star If you want to multiply, you can either cut cuttings or peel off individual shoots. Both methods are time-consuming. The probability that only a few offshoots will take root is quite high.
also read
- Draw privet offshoots yourself - that's how it works!
- Propagating the lucky chestnut - this is how you grow offshoots!
- Pulling offshoots from the ivy - this is how you gain new plants
Since poinsettias are very inexpensive, it is only worthwhile for particularly active gardening enthusiasts to propagate a poinsettia using offshoots.
Cut cuttings
- Cut head cuttings
- remove lower leaves
- Dip the stem end in hot water
- Rooting powder spread
- Put the cutting in slightly moist soil
- place warm
- Pot possibly cover with foil
Cuttings cut into May after flowering.
Be sure to immerse the stem ends in hot water so that the poisonous Milky juice cannot escape. As a result, the cutting loses too much moisture and dies.
Very often, even if you've done everything right, cuttings will not take root. Help rooting by treating the stem ends with rooting powder.
Pull new plants through mossing
Experienced gardening fans can try to pull cuttings through mosses. This method is more laborious than that Cut of cuttings. In return, the shoots take root better.
The best time to remove moss is also after the flowering period. Cut a small wedge into a sturdy shoot and hold it open with a piece of wood. Put rooting powder in the cut.
Wrap the interface with peat moss or wood pulp. Keep the interface well moist. You can tell whether the offshoot has developed new roots by the fact that new leaves are sprouting.
Cut off after rooting
Unwrap the bandage and check for roots. Cut off the offshoot and put it in a saucepan with Earth for poinsettias.
Tips
Growing cuttings from seeds is even more complex than propagating a poinsettia using cuttings. This method is only used for breeding purposes. This allows new sorts win with different colors.
