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- To multiply nasturtium - the best tips
- Propagation by cuttings
- Propagation by lowering
- Sow nasturtium
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips & Tricks
To multiply nasturtium - the best tips
The propagation of nasturtium is relatively easy. You have various options available. They can plant cuttings to grow genetically identical plants or use seeds to test new varieties.
Propagation by cuttings
Cut a fresh shoot of your nasturtium of about 15 cm in length and put it in a pot with moist potting soil. Keep this soil always well wet, but do not let waterlogging emerge, otherwise the shoot will start to mold.
Place the seed pot in a warm place. Ideal is a cultivation temperature of 20 - 25 ° C. After about a week, the first small roots have formed. By planting you can wait until the roots are a little stronger.
Propagation by lowering
Similar to the propagation by cuttings, the proliferation works by lowering. Only in this case, the separation of the mother plant only after the rooting. You need again a healthy nasturtium and a pot with potting soil and a good drainage layer.
Place the pot under a lowered shoot and weigh it with a stone. Pour the plant part in the pot just as regularly as before. Even when lowering, the first fine roots should form within about a week.
Sow nasturtium
The simplest method of propagation is certainly sowing. Here you have the choice between the seeds of your own plants and purchased seeds. From mid-May to the ice saint, you can sow directly in the field. Sowing in a pot is possible from March.
Put 2 - 3 seeds together in a pot or planting hole. Cover the seeds with soil, because the nasturtium is one of the dark germs. The ideal germination temperature is around 20 - 25 ° C. Then the first seedlings show up after about a week, in cooler temperatures it takes a little longer.
The essentials in brief:
Tips & Tricks
Genetically identical to the original plant plants you get only by cuttings, not with seeds.