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- Pull off the Christmas star
- Pull off the Christmas star
- Cutting cuttings
- Pull new plants through mosses
- Cut off after rooted
- Tips
Propagation through offshoots at home is often unsuccessful
Pull off the Christmas star
The propagation of a poinsettia is basically possible, but not always works. The easiest way to grow cuttings is to cut cuttings or moss new plants. But you need some experience for that. How to draw offshoots of poinsettias.
Pull off the Christmas star
If you want to multiply your poinsettia, you can either cut cuttings or moss individual shoots. Both methods are expensive. The probability that only a few offshoots are rooted is quite high.
Since poinsettias are very reasonably priced, it is only worthwhile for especially active garden lovers to multiply a poinsettia over offshoots.
Cutting cuttings
Cut cuttings after flowering into May.
Be sure to immerse the stem ends in hot water so that the toxic milk juice can not escape. As a result, the cutting loses too much moisture and enters.
Very often cuttings do not root, even if you have done everything right. Support rooting by treating the stem ends with rooting powder.
Pull new plants through mosses
Savvy gardening fans can try to pull off offshoots through mosses. This method is more complicated than cutting cuttings. For this, the shoots root better.
The best time to moss is also after flowering. Cut a small wedge into a strong shoot and hold it up with a piece of wood. Put rooting powder in the cut.
Wrap the interface with peat moss or pulp. Keep the interface well moist. Whether the offshoot has developed new roots can be recognized by the fact that new leaves are expelling.
Cut off after rooted
Unwind the bandage and see if roots have formed. Cut the offshoot and place it in a pot with poinsettia for poinsettia.
Tips
Extracting offspring from seeds is even more complicated than propagating a poinsettia over cuttings. This method is only used for breeding purposes. This allows you to win new varieties with different colors.