Ficus breeding at home is a simple process.
It is only important to follow the recommendations of experienced flower growers.
Ficus breeding methods
What and how to multiply ficus at home? There are several ways to grow this plant popular with amateur growers.
Cuttings
How to cutting a ficus? For reproduction, the upper stem is cut. This method is suitable for deciduous ficus species.
This is done in spring, when the plant starts to grow after the winter dormancy period (how to help the ficus survive the winter?). The stalk is cut with a sharp knife. Select an instance with two internodes.
After cutting the stalk put in the water. This is necessary in order to stack the milky sap. After a few hours the billet is dried.
For better root formation, the section is treated with root-stimulating drugs (Kornevin, Heteroauxin).
Further root formation can be done in two ways:
- Put the cutting in the dish, at the bottom of which is laid cotton wool.
Pre-dissolve an activated carbon tablet in water. The roots on the billet germinate after 4 weeks.
- Root the stalk in a mixture of peat and sand. The cut is treated with charcoal.
The shank is covered with a transparent cap and kept in a warm place, occasionally watering and sprinkling the stalk.
- Large-leaved varieties propagated by cuttings, not only from the tops.
Suitable for these purposes side and lower shoots.
How to make ficus give side shoots? To get side shoots, it is necessary to timely trim the ficus.
In the spring, cut off the top of the head with three leaves and root it.
Be sure to process the cut with charcoal. Soon, lateral processes will begin to grow below the cut.
They are separated from the stem, cut into cuttings with a pair of buds. In this case, the upper section is made above the leaf sinus bud, the lower - under the internode.
From sheet
The quality of the material is cut sheet of the highest quality.
The cut is impregnated with a root formation stimulator and placed in warm water or as in the case of cuttings in a dish with cotton.
You can immediately plant a sheet in the substrate and cover with a glass bell.
The pre-cut sheet is rolled up and dried.
Useful video: ficus reproduction from leaf
Air and horizontal layouts
Air lay (shoots) - shoots with formed roots. They are formed on large tree ficuses. How to take a shoot from ficus?
Depart from the top of the stem about 60-70 centimeters and remove leaves and shoots from this place.
On the resulting plot length 15 centimeters make a cut about 1.5 centimeters 3-4 centimeters apart.
Dampen incisions with a coring agent and cover with moist moss.
Secure the wrap over the moss.
Moisten the moss with a syringe.
As soon as the roots appear, cut the stem under the place where they formed, and put them in a pot (all the useful information about planting ficus can be found here).
Among the ficuses there are species with creeping stems. They can be propagated by the method of horizontal rations.
The lower shoot is freed from the leaves, they make small grooves on it, bend down and fix in the ground.
Before dropping, the cuts are processed by the root stimulator. As soon as the otvodok will give roots, it is separated from the parent stem and planted separately.
Seeds
Ficus seeds can not be obtained at home, because their formation requires insects - pollinators.
Inexperienced growers take fancy berry-inflorescences for seeds.
You can buy ficus seeds for its cultivation in retail chains.
Before sowing, they are treated with a fungicide, and then with a growth stimulator.
For sowing prepare a mixture of peat moss and peat. You can mix humus (2 parts) and sand (1 part).
The pre-prepared substrate is steam sterilized.
For sowing take a flat wide tank with drainage holes.
Before falling asleep, the tank is treated with a disinfectant composition and washed.
The soil is poured into the jar, lightly crushed and moistened with a spraying method. Spread the seeds on the prepared surface.
Important: Do not spread the seeds too close for better light.
Sprinkle the crops lightly with fine soil, cover with glass. Put the tank in a bright warm place with a temperature not less than 22-23 degrees.
Do not let the direct rays of the sun hit the crops, they will "weld" and die. Dishes are regularly moistened and ventilated. Waterlogging is not acceptable.
As soon as the first shoots appear, the glass should be raised, placing wooden props on it.
Through 3-4 dayswhen the seedlings harden and get used to the open air, the cover is removed.
How to plant seedlings of ficus at home? Seed shoots after the formation of 4 leaflets on them. Plant sprouts should at a distance of 4-5 centimeters.
Roots pruned a little beforehand. Seedlings deepen into the soil to the first leaflets.
A feature of the ficus germ is the need for frequent transplantation, so they are transplanted several times over 8 weeks. It helps develop the root system.
Two months later, the sprouts are fed with a special fertilizer for ficus.
General recommendations on how to properly propagate ficus at home:
- The procedure is carried out in spring or summer.
- Do not place young, just rooted shoots in the sun, as they do not tolerate ultraviolet light.
- Wash the cutting point. Additionally, dry the cut before rooting.
- Do not take young shoots for grafting, only lignified ones will do.
Compliance with the rules of breeding ficus will help you get new copies to decorate the interior of your home.
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