How to cut longevity flower leaves

Selection of leaves and soil: Longevity flower and leaf cuttings, to choose healthy and full leaves and loose soil. Perform leaf cuttings:

The base of the leaf is inserted into the soil that has been sprayed with water. Post-care: Spray water around the leaves of the longevity flower to promote rooting and germination.

Precautions: Apply a thin compound liquid fertilizer every 15-20 days.

1. Select leaves and soil

When cutting the leaves of longevity flowers, the healthy and full leaves should be cut, pay attention not to hurt the petioles, and place the leaves in the sun to dry after cutting, and wait until the wound is dried before the leaf cuttings, and the plant likes a loose soil environment, and the cuttings soil can be mixed with peat, garden soil and humus.

2. Carry out leaf cuttings

When the longevity flower leaves are inserted, after the prepared soil is loaded into the pot, the pot is constantly shaken to make the soil blocks evenly distributed, and then sprayed with water on the soil surface with a water bottle, and finally the base of the leaves is inserted into the soil, which takes about 2-6 months to germinate.

3. Post-maintenance

After the longevity flower leaves are planted, they are first placed in a cool place to breed, and often spray water around the leaves to keep the air humidity in a stable state, which helps the plant to take root and germinate, and wait for 3 weeks after the root system grows, you can move the plant to a place with scattered light for maintenance.

4. Precautions

Longevity flowers have strong drought resistance, during the growth period, do not need a lot of watering, only need to water every 2-3 days, and at the same time in the plant growth season need to apply fertilizer every 15-20 days, mainly thin compound liquid fertilizer, after the formation of flower buds to apply 1 time of superphosphate.

Cuttings are best chosen in spring and autumn, so the success rate is relatively high, we should choose healthy branches with full buds. The 45-degree angle of the bottom is inclined to increase its contact area with the soil and is conducive to rooting. When cuttings, it is advisable to have the leaves just touch the surface of the soil, pay attention to the leaves should not be buried in the soil, and then water it thoroughly, and put it in a cool and ventilated place to take root.

Longevity flower leaf cuttings, according to this method cuttings, twice the result with half the effort, rooting and germination fast.

Longevity flowers can take the way of branch cuttings, and cut strong branches to dry the wound before cuttings.

Longevity flowers should be cut in a warm environment, the ambient temperature is too high or too low is not good for rooting, should not be cuttings. The climate is suitable in spring and autumn, and the longevity flowers grow vigorously at this time, and the annual March-May and August-September are good times for cuttings, and the survival rate of cuttings is high. In order to increase the survival rate of cuttings, it is necessary to avoid rainy days.

The plant height of the longevity flower is 10-30 cm. The stems are erect. The leaves are opposite, elliptic, with blunt teeth.

polyumbel inflorescence; The florets are orange-red to crimson. Flowering period from February to May. The leaves are dense and green, and they bloom near Christmas, clustered in clusters, and are rich in flowers, making them a lovely indoor potted flower.

This flower was introduced to Europe by the German Potsdam from southern Africa.