Chrysanthemum cuttings

Propagation of chrysanthemums by cuttings is easy even for beginners. However, certain knowledge and recommendations for beginning flower growers will still be required. Usually chrysanthemums are cut in the spring, but this can be done in the summer and even in the fall.

Bouquet of chrysanthemums

    Substrate for cuttings must be air- and water-permeable. If chrysanthemum cuttings are planted directly into cups, then it is better to pour fertile soil into the bottom of the cups. But for the top layer (2 - 3 cm) you can use peat or perlite in its pure form, or mixed with sand. A mixture of one part forest soil and one part sand will also work.

Chrysanthemum cuttings in spring

    Mother bush. For spring cuttings you will need a queen cell from which you will

Mother bush

cuttings are prepared. It must be prepared in the fall. Before frost, cut off the entire above-ground part of the chrysanthemum bush down to the ground. Dig it up and place it in any suitable sized container, a large pot, bucket, basin, etc. Cover the roots with soil or sand and place it in a cold, damp cellar. If there is no cellar, use any room where the temperature does not exceed +5 - 7C. At higher temperatures, shoots may appear prematurely.

    Watering the queen cell during wintering. The soil should be slightly moist throughout the winter. In a damp cellar, watering may not be necessary. But you can’t overdry it, or the plant may die. If the soil is dry, you need to water it little by little.

    When to start cuttings. Spring cuttings of chrysanthemums are usually carried out in March. In mid-February, move the mother bush to a warm room and water it well. After 7 - 10 days, young shoots will begin to appear.

Prepared cuttings

    How to prepare cuttings. Wait until the height of the shoots is 8 - 10 cm. Cut them so that two pairs of leaves remain on the remaining stumps. Then new shoots will grow on them faster, which can also be taken from cuttings. Small shoots should not be cut off; they are not yet ripe and may rot. Remove the bottom pair of leaves from the prepared cuttings. There is no need to trim the top leaves.

    Landing. Before planting, the prepared soil must be shed with water. In a common cuttings, the cuttings are planted at a distance of 5 cm between plants and to a depth of 1.5 - 2 cm. You can plant one at a time in cups, or three cuttings in pots at once. In the latter case, in a few months you will get a very nice, blooming chrysanthemum bush (bottom photo).

If the cuttings are kept indoors, they should be covered with film. When grown in

Planting in pots

The greenhouse does not require a film cover.

When propagating chrysanthemums by cuttings, the use of root-forming preparations is not necessary.

    How to care. Care consists of daily spraying with water and watering as needed. It is advisable to maintain the temperature within 16 - 18C. Rooting occurs in 20 - 25 days.

When young shoots appear, the film can be removed. After rooting and the beginning of growth, feed young chrysanthemums with complex min. fertilizer once every 10-15 days.

Summer cuttings of chrysanthemums

The easiest time to root chrysanthemum cuttings is in the summer. Sometimes it's enough to just stick a broken branch into

Film shelter

land. But we will do everything right.

The lower, woody part of the stem takes root worse than the upper, softer part. Therefore, it is better to cut off the top 10 - 15 cm long (you can also break off the side shoots). Choose a place for planting in the shade, or shade your seedlings. Spray the seedlings with water more often and, of course, do not forget to water them. After 2-3 weeks you will see how the plants begin to come to life and slowly begin to grow.

Propagation of chrysanthemums in autumn

Autumn propagation of chrysanthemums by cuttings will be most interesting to people who grow flowers for sale. Indeed, in this case it is very important to have already flowering seedlings in the spring. In the photo you see chrysanthemum seedlings blooming in early April, grafted at the end of November.

Chrysanthemum seedlings blooming in early April

Late autumn is not the best time for cuttings, or indeed for all types of plantings. But you can take chrysanthemums from cuttings. And with a 100% survival rate.

The mother bush is prepared as usual in the fall. Cut off all the shoots to the very roots and let it sit for another two weeks in the ground. When “serious” frosts occur, dig up the queen cell and bring it into the greenhouse. Root shoots will soon appear. When their height reaches 7 - 8 cm, they can be cut.

    Just don’t cut it as usual, but dig it out of the ground, tearing it off from the root. This is the main secret of success. Everything else is done as always. From one mother plant you can “pick” 20 - 25 cuttings. Of course, this method is also applicable for spring cuttings.

Propagation of chrysanthemums from a bouquet

To propagate chrysanthemums from a bouquet, you often don’t have to do anything at all. You just need to wait until the flowers placed in water give roots and then plant them in a pot of soil. Just don't rush

Such flowers will not leave anyone indifferent

throw away already dried flowers. The root formation process is not that fast.

If you want to be sure, then immediately cut off the upper part of the stem (or break off the side shoots), remove the buds and flowers and grow as a regular cutting. After all, propagation of chrysanthemums from a bouquet is the usual propagation of chrysanthemums by cuttings. All the rules of which we just looked at.

In addition to this topic, I want to say that you can use not only cuttings from the presented bouquet. It is easy to collect seeds from dried flowers, and sow them for seedlings in the spring. True, this only applies to small-flowered chrysanthemums.

This is how you can grow chrysanthemums given to you in a bouquet in your garden.

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