The redbud has a beautiful shape, bright and colorful leaves in autumn, and red fruits containing the meaning of love, which is known as the living fossil of the plant world, and it is a tree with high ornamental value, so it is loved by people. Its propagation methods mainly include seed propagation and cuttings propagation, which have their own characteristics, but are very easy to learn. The following will explain the propagation method of the red bean tree.

One, sowing propagation

1. Seed treatment: September to October each year, the red bean tree mature seeds picked down, washed with water to remove the aril, the seeds and wet river sand mixed at a ratio of 1:2, open storage over winter. Remove the seeds in mid-March of the following year and place them at room temperature to germinate for one week.

2. Sowing seedlings: before sowing, the seeds should be sterilized with 0.2% potassium permanganate solution, and then rinsed with water. When sowing, the seeds are evenly sown into the moist and loose soil, covering 2-3cm is appropriate. Seedlings should be properly shaded, and moss can be spread to protect the seedlings.

Two, cuttings propagation

1. cuttings pruning: generally in April-July cuttings, can be selected annual or annual semi-woody branches, will be more than 0.2cm thick branches cut 8-10cm as a spike, the lower 1/3 of the leaves cut off, and then put the cut end of the spike in the rooting solution soaked for 5-12 hours.

2. Seedling management: Move the cuttings into the culture soil, keep a ventilated and dry environment, and avoid strong light. Water 2-3 times a day at the beginning and once a day after one month. Pay attention to maintain the temperature at 20-30 ℃ to improve the rooting rate, after rooting can be moved to ordinary soil.