How to breed dracaena? - Sooner or later, such a question arises for any novice gardener.
Now every housewife in the apartment has such a plant as dracaena. And, of course, everyone at least once thought about giving one small process of such beauty to his best friend, or taking him to the country house so that such a flower would please the eyes of guests there too. And so, your desire is formalized into an independent thought, but "how to do it - how to breed dracaena?" - sooner or later such a question arises for any novice gardener.
Unfortunately, not much has been written about the reproduction of dracaena, so I hope this article will remain relevant for a long time. Any time of the year is suitable for plant propagation, but it is best to do this, of course, in spring or summer. There will be no need to create additional conditions for dracaena and maintain a certain temperature. However, if the desire has come, there is no need to wait for the "right" time of the year - the main thing is to maintain the optimum temperature for the plant, and everything else is not so important.
Dracaena. Reproduction. Tips and how-to guide
Any time of the year is suitable for plant propagation. But it's best to do this, of course, in the spring or summer.
First, you should take a knife, which must be pre-treated with alcohol and cut the plant at a height of 6-7 cm from the beginning of the plant trunk. If there are fewer stumps, then the plant may bend, so it is better to leave more, but not less. Here you have the trimmed top of the plant in your hand. Do not be alarmed, you did everything right. Then you have two ways of behaving: the first is to put the top in the water, and then, after the roots appear, transplant the young plant into the ground. However, there is another way, which is to plant the top in the ground right away. We will dwell on it in more detail.
First of all, it is necessary to make sure that the length of the cutting is at least 5 cm, otherwise the plant will not be accepted in the ground. This can be achieved by removing a few lower pairs of leaves. Next, we are preparing to plant our top, but this must be done wisely: the land must be taken with a high content of peat. You can even dip the end of the plant into root powder, for which he will thank you twice. You do not need to take a large pot for planting, for the first time a pot no more than 9 cm deep is enough.
You do not need to take a large pot for planting, for the first time a pot no more than 9 cm deep is enough.
Make a small hole, place the tip there and press lightly with your fingers. For the best effect, you can put the dracaena under the cap or in the greenhouse, but if none of this is there, it's okay. The main thing is to provide the plant with a temperature of 24-26 degrees, not to overcool it, and in winter, especially if the plant is next to a battery, spray the leaves and water it in time. Attention, watering should only be done with warm water!
We recommend placing the pot with the top on the windowsill, as the plant needs diffused light. Do not be alarmed if a couple of the lower leaves turn yellow and fall off - this is normal for dracaena.
And now let's remember that stump that remained after cutting off its top, if you forgot about it. Just place it under a three-liter jar and leave it in a warm and bright place!
However, do not forget to process the cut: you can do this with a garden pitch, or you can sprinkle it with charcoal - wood or activated - it is not so important. After that, the plant will recover and give new shoots, which is what we needed.
Do you think it is imperative to cut off the top of the plant? It is possible and not only her, because it is quite simple to propagate the dracaena with pieces of the trunk (8-9 cm long). This will produce a huge mother plant with a lot of shoots.
If you did everything right, then soon you will have many dracaena at home, pleasing the eyes of guests. It is also a wonderful gift when going on a visit. The main desire!
And remember, every gardener started from scratch. Don't be afraid, if something doesn't work out, try again! And we will try to help you with this.
Good day, I have a question, if you will allow me, I have a 5-year-old dracaena, with 3 branches, I decided to propagate it, cut off 3 tops with leaves - I immediately planted it (for 10-15 minutes I soaked it in water with " zircon ") and into the ground.
I divided the maternal branches into 6 more cuttings (2 from each branch), placed them in water with "zircon" for a day, then replaced the water and put it in the usual one without additives (although I read it, you need to add coal). Powdered tops with activated carbon.
And the mother's penny remained with 3 stains from the branches - she sprinkled it with coal and covered it with a jar.
Question: How to water the mother plant under the jar (soil, pallet)? how much to keep under the jar?
Cuttings with foliage after how long to wait for rooting? And did you do the right thing, that you planted it in a pot, in which there is a drainage, and then a soil?
And how long to wait for the appearance of roots in cuttings in water?
Thank you so much for the article, I will be grateful if you answer my questions, I am a beginner
All the leaves have fallen off, which means it will not grow anymore or it is still alive at the beginning of the house hail 30 I field a week 2 times completely pot until the water is not drained, from the pot
I'll try. my dracaena has aged.
I did this with the yucca. The upper stem is not rooted. The bottom with the root stood for 2 months, then something hatched. Now she is building up one shoot from above, I'm afraid that she won't be able to rozkushchevatsya. And it became short, but I cut it. I will continue to experiment when I need to start.
Good afternoon!!! My dracaena lived in less than 5 years. For that, as my cats didn’t know their toilet, it suddenly began to disappear. From the year to the end, I planted it in a glitch for an inch without a top leaf. Tell me if you will grow up ??? І yak now її polivati ??? There’s a lot of road ahead and I don’t want to go.
My dracaena was bent - the leaves began to turn yellow and fall off! I decided to embed the tops with a part of the stem and put them in the water - everything rooted perfectly in 2 weeks! transplanted into the ground - 2 out of three grow quickly and the third grows slowly, probably because there is not enough space in one pot) to plant over)
Please tell me if there are 3 branches on my dracaena, is it possible to cut off only one and then what to do with an adult plant?
Please tell me how to water these plants so that they grow faster? And then they have been standing with me for years, ate-ate bloom
At work, the flowers stand on the old poor soil, she began to regularly water and feed Agricola - they went into active growth. I planted flowers at home in purchased soil, they grow very well. I also feed them periodically.
And I don’t torture my little dracaenchka: I’m waiting for her to be ready for reproduction - I beat off three buds, cut off, as you teach, I sprinkle the stump with ash right there and tie it with a piece of cellophane. The buds develop rapidly, a renewed plant is formed on the maternal root. But from the cuttings in a specially compiled soil (I do not write the composition, it did not work out), not one took root. This time I'll try water with ash ...
Hello, please tell me, I cut off these three branches, they took over from me, and grew, but they do not look like an ordinary dracaena, with three shoots (branches), but like a palm tree. What needs to be done to make twigs (shoots) appear?
It is necessary as they grow up to 10 cm at least, cut off the tops, plant them again, and the hemp will give shoots from above and turn into the same as you had