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Propagation over cuttings is quite promising
How To Grow Brambles About Cuttings - A Guide
Cuttings propagation is the easiest way to rejuvenate glossy loquats. With good planning you increase the chances that the cuttings form roots. Once this step has been taken, proper care is important.
Cut cuttings
Cut off about 30 centimeters long pieces of shoots from the previous year. The branches should not be woody yet, but well matured. Use a germ-free secateurs with sharp blades to create a clean cut. Torn spots provide pathogens with a portal of entry. The cuttings can be cut off all year round. The spring is ideal, so that the young plants can grow well until winter.
The clone should have at least three pairs of leaves. Remove the excess leaf pairs from the base and cut buds and flowers to prevent evaporation. To reduce water loss, halve or curl large leaves and fix with rubber. During back and shape cutting, clippings are produced, from which you can cut cuttings.
Put cuttings
The cuttings are placed in a sufficiently large planter. As a potting soil is a permeable mixture of peat and sand or perlite. Alternatively, you can grab a sprouting soil that you mix with sand. Insert the shoot tips about three to four centimeters deep into the ground and water the earth.
As protection against evaporation put a plastic bag over the planter and fix the bag with a rubber. Place the container in a shady and cool place. The earth should always be moist but not wet.
maintenance
It takes several weeks for the cuttings to have roots. Not every instinct is rooted successfully. Depending on the rooting strength, the cuttings need to be transplanted so they can spread better. When repotting, give the substrate a slow-release fertilizer. Only water the young plants as needed when the top layer of soil has dried. If you want to grow a compact plant, it is advisable to remove the center pinion early. Create a high stem by shortening the side shoots in time.
In the first winter: