This is how the triplet flower succeeds

Two methods - two opportunities

To propagate a bougainvillea, two methods are particularly recommended:

• The cuttings method and
• The drive tray

However, both require a little skill, tools and, above all, patience.

The cutting method

This variant is really not that easy. You need a certain knack for all the steps, maybe a bit of luck. For the cuttings, cut off a mature but not yet lignified shoot from early spring to summer. This should be about 30 cm long. The greatest challenge and test of patience is then the rooting. This requires a lot of warmth from below and, as a rule, hormonal support.

It is best to place the cutting in a mini greenhouse or a growing bed - preferably with underfloor heating. You can also do it with a seed tray underneath Styrofoam plate(€ 43.00 at Amazon *) try when it is otherwise very warm in the grow room. However, the heat from the ground should be around 30 to 35 ° C. If you don't have a mini greenhouse available, make one yourself by covering the cutting with foil. This ensures a constant, warm, humid microclimate.

The rooting should ideally also be done with hormones Rooting powder stimulate. Nevertheless, you usually have to wait several months for the cutting to take root. Then immediately put it in a pot and harden it due to changing environmental conditions - that means: get used to it Gradually bring the cutting to lower and warmer temperatures and make it a little brighter and sometimes a little bit lighter darker. So it can grow into a strong new plant.

The cutting method at a glance:

• Cut off 30 cm shoots that are mature, not lignified, in spring
• Place in the growing bed under foil / mini greenhouse with floor heating (floor temperature 30-35 ° C)
• help with rooting powder
• Transplant and harden the rooted cuttings

The drive tray

A somewhat simpler method is to deposit the shoots. To do this, remove a healthy, non-lignified tendril from the plant - even in spring - and place it in an arch-like manner with the shoot head up again in a pot Potting soil. You can fix it with a metal hook, such as a tent peg, so that the bent part of the shoot stays in the ground. The above-ground part of the shoot is best stabilized with a support in the form of a bamboo stick.

Once you've laid and aligned the shoot, just keep it evenly moist. The rooting takes some time here, but can be accelerated by a wound cut. To do this, score the underside of the sunken drive arch with a knife.

With this method, it is advisable to put down several shoots at the same time - this increases the chance of success.

The shoot deposition method at a glance:

• Remove healthy shoots from plants in pots with potting soil
• Score the lower drive arch at the bottom and fix it
• Align the above-ground shoot with the rod upwards
• keep moist