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How to take the best cuttings of duck palm wood (briefly describe the time and method of duck palm wood cuttings)
Duck palm wood, also known as goosefoot wood, duckfoot wood, eight parties come to wealth, is the five plus family goosefoot genus evergreen shrub plants. It is tall and upright, with long ovate leathery leaves that are thickly green all year round, giving people a feeling of vigor, so it is loved by people and is a very common potted green plant in life.

Duck palm wood vitality, branch sprouting ability, usually need us to often prune its branches, otherwise the strain will look too messy. These pruned branches thrown away is too much of a pity, in fact, as long as a simple treatment, you can take cuttings of seedlings. Today we will introduce the cuttings of duck palm wood method, quickly improve the survival rate of cuttings, 1 pot into many pots.

When is the right time to take cuttings of duckweed?

Duck palm tree is a very vigorous plant, its branches are very active all year round, and cuttings can be taken in all seasons. However, duck palm tree belongs to the southern plants, cold hardiness is not strong, winter cuttings need to pay attention to insulation, the indoor temperature must be above 10 degrees, otherwise it will be too low temperature and not root.

How to prune cuttings

When we prune the duck palm tree, we will prune down a lot of branches, which can be used as spikes. We cut the strong branches to a length of about 15 centimeters, making sure that there are more than 2 buds on each branch, and keep two leaves on each branch. The cut at the bottom of the branch should be cut at an oblique angle of 45 degrees, which will increase the area of the branch to absorb water and make it easier to root.

Small ways to prevent black rods

Many flower lovers often encounter the problem of black rods when taking cuttings of duckweed. There is no problem at first when the branch cuttings enter the soil, but after a few days, the bottom of the branch will start to rot and blacken, and finally the cuttings will fail. This problem occurs mainly as a result of not sterilizing the cuttings properly and allowing bacterial infection at the cuttings.

If you want to improve the survival rate of cuttings of duckweed and prevent the cuttings from black rod, then we need to do a good job of disinfecting the branches. It is recommended that you go to the flower market to buy some polymyxin agent, or potassium permanganate agent. Mix the powder into water and make a 0.2% solution of carbendazim or potassium permanganate. Put the pruned branches into the solution to soak for 5~10 minutes to sterilize, and then spray the solution into the soil substrate to sterilize the substrate. When sterilized by this operation, the risk of black rods on branches can be greatly reduced.

Choosing the substrate for cuttings

Duckweed is actually a very good plant for taking cuttings, and cuttings can survive even with ordinary garden soil. However, in order to root the cuttings faster and increase the survival rate of the cuttings, you should try to choose a better substrate for the cuttings. It is recommended to choose granular soil as the substrate, such as perlite, vermiculite, coarse river sand and so on can be. Before using it, remember to sterilize the substrate with a medicinal solution as taught above.

How to take cuttings

When we have cuttings, clean substrate soil, we also need to prepare another small pot. (I used to punch holes in disposable paper cups to use as a small planter) Put the substrate soil into the planter and poke a few holes in the top of the substrate with a disposable chopstick. Insert the branch into the substrate at a depth of 1/2 to 1/3 of the branch.

After the branch is inserted, water the pot thoroughly and place it in a cool, well-ventilated place. You need to moisturize the branches and leaves with a spray of water every day, and water the pot promptly when you see the soil drying out. Once again, only give the branches some diffused light and prohibit strong light exposure.

About 15 days the branches will start to take root, and after 1 month, we can dig the branches out of the substrate, transplant them into pots, and take care of the seedlings normally.