Cuttings of calibrachoa in autumn and spring

Calibrachoa is a semi-shrub herbaceous plant, which until 1993 was considered a variety of petunia, then the culture was identified as a separate genus. In ornamental gardening, ampel varieties are more often used for vertical gardening, and the culture is also grown as a ground cover plant. They propagate vegetatively, because caliberhoa can only be rooted by cuttings.

Is it possible to cut caliberchoa

A beautiful flowering plant is represented by numerous hybrids with all kinds of flower colors, they are used for landscape design and vertical decoration. It is unlikely that it will be possible to obtain seeds from an artificially bred variety.

The vegetation of the culture is focused on the formation of flowers, and not on the laying of seeds. If it was possible to collect the material, then the young plant will be radically different from the parent variety. The generative method is used in breeding work to create new varieties. Seed germination is poor, seedlings are weak, require special care, seedlings rarely survive to adulthood. Unlike petunia, which fully reproduces generatively and vegetatively, the only method of rooting caliberchoa is cuttings. Cuttings are the optimal method of propagation, taking into account the high survival rate of the plant.

Features of growing calibrachoa from cuttings at home

To obtain a well-developed, profusely flowering shrub, a number of rules must be observed in the process of grafting. Planted material in pre-prepared soil:

1. The basis will be the acquired soil for seedlings, it is rubbed through a metal sieve with large cells, as a result, a homogeneous substrate without hard fragments is obtained.
2. To improve soil aeration, sifted river sand (30% of the total mass) is added to it.
3. The next component will be agroperlite, it absorbs excess moisture, and with insufficient soil moisture, it gives water back. Add natural material at the rate of 600 g per 2 kg of soil.

Before cuttings, the composition of the nutrient mixture should not be dry or waterlogged.

It is necessary to choose the right moment for cuttings. Shoots should not be herbaceous, brittle. Such material takes root poorly or does not take root at all. Strongly stiff also do not fit. Take shoots strong, flexible, resilient.

When propagating caliberhoa by cuttings at home, certain requirements must be met. To create a greenhouse effect, the cuttings are placed in a mini-greenhouse. Use before planting a drug that stimulates root growth.

When is the best time to cut Calibrachoa?

Flowering hybrids are grown as an annual plant, so planting material is harvested twice per season. At the end of summer, cuttings are necessary for laying queen cells. In the spring they will serve as material for the next cuttings. Events are repeated every year.

Cuttings of calibrachoa in autumn

Cutting caliberhoa for the winter is necessary to obtain queen cells. Work is carried out in July, when the plant is at its peak of flowering. At this time, the shrub is considered the most powerful for cuttings. By autumn, the planting material will take root, give several shoots, it is planted in separate containers. Plastic cups (250 g) or disposable flower pots are suitable.

For the winter, containers are placed in a well-lit room with a temperature of + 15 ÷ 17 0C. In such a temperature regime, the vegetation does not stop, but slows down, the plant forms shoots of sufficient strength for further cuttings, at the same time it does not have time to give buds.

Cuttings of calibrachoa in spring

Cuttings of calibrachoa in the spring begin in the first half of March. For this purpose, all the stems of the mother plant are used. 20 days after cutting and planting, the material should take root. The beginning of the formation of green mass becomes a signal for diving seedlings into separate pots. The mother plant is not preserved after cuttings.

After transplantation, calibrachoa not only takes root well, but also rapidly grows the root system. After placing the culture in the place of growth, micronutrients are completely spent on crown formation and flowering.

How to propagate caliberchoa cuttings

The key to 100% rooting of the culture will be the correct cuttings. Autumn and spring cuttings are carried out according to the same scheme, the requirements for planting material also do not differ. In addition to the classical variant of planting stems in the ground, propagation by caliber cuttings can be carried out by rooting the material in water.

Sliced ​​tops 8-10 cm long are placed in a container, the water is changed 1 time in 4 days. After 14 days, the first thin roots should appear. This method of grafting is unproductive; the material planted in the ground does not always take root.

Rules for cutting cuttings

Stems suitable for rooting are selected from the crown of an adult plant at the end of summer. In early spring, all shoots are suitable for obtaining planting material from the mother plant. Calibrachoa cuttings step by step:

1. 3-5 leaf nodes are left on the upper part.
2. Cut off the stem.
3. All lower leaves are removed along with the rudiments of new shoots, if there are buds, they are also disposed of.
4. Leave the top and two subsequent sheets.
5. The cutting should be 4-5 cm long.
6. To reduce the area of ​​evaporation, the leaves left on the stem are shortened by ½ length.

Preparation of cuttings

The cutting should not be long, 2,5 cm will go to the ground, another 1 cm should remain before the leaf node after planting. The excess is cut off. If the stem is too short, you will have to cover the leaves, and they will rot in the soil, and such a cutting will not take root.

If the planting material is too long, the upper part will fall to the soil surface, which will lead to a violation of the integrity of the soil at the rooting site, this will lead to the death of the seedling. For better development of the root system, before placing in the ground, the lower part is dipped in water and in Kornevin powder.

Landing

The sequence of planting caliberchoa cuttings:

1. The prepared mixture is poured into the container, compacted well.
2. Make round indentations, for this you can use a ballpoint pen. Landing pattern 5 * 5 cm.
3. A plant is placed vertically in each mini-hole, gently sprinkled with soil so that there is no void near the stem.
4. To prevent root rot, each seedling is watered with Fitosporin solution.
5. After watering, the soil should settle, and the leaf heel should remain on the surface.

If the plant is planted in a special planting mini-greenhouse, it is covered with a film on top, if it is in a simple container, then it is placed in a plastic box and covered with a film with pre-made ventilation holes. During spring planting, the structure is placed in a bright room with a temperature not lower than + 20 0C. During autumn cuttings, the material is left in a shaded place.

After 30 days, the rooted plant will sprout and it will become cramped in the planting container. Seedlings dive into separate containers.

Care

Water the plant under the root with warm water once every 1 days, moistening the substrate should not be excessive, but drying should not be allowed. The correctness of the mode is determined by the film, the humidity under it should be high, but without the accumulation of condensate. Every day, in the morning or in the evening, the plant is sprayed with a spray bottle. 4 week before planting, Zircon is added to the water.

Every three days, the covering material is lifted to allow air to circulate, after 20 days the film is completely removed. In order for the crown to turn out to be rounded in the future, the top of the head is wringed on each stem before diving into the caliberhoa.

Transplantation in open ground

After a properly carried out grafting, the plant will take root completely and in the spring will be ready for planting in a flowerpot or on a plot. In the absence of a threat of return frosts in May, caliberchoa is planted in the ground.

The plant is thermophilic, but does not respond well to completely open space. The landing site should be periodically shaded. The soil should be fertile, slightly acidic, neutral, moderately moist soils with satisfactory aeration are suitable.

If the purpose of planting is vertical gardening, flower pots are chosen taking into account the fact that the crown of the shrub reaches a diameter of 0,5 m or more, and the stems can grow up to 1,5 meters. The bottom of the flower pot is covered with expanded clay, the soil mixture is the same as that used for grafting. If calibrachoa is planted on a plot, the hole is made 10 cm wider than the picking pot and 15 cm deeper.

Landing:

1. If the container is disposable, it is cut.
2. Carefully take out the seedling.
3. A part of the substrate is poured on top of the drainage, the calibrachoa is placed along with an earthen clod.
4. The pot or hole is filled with the substrate gradually so that there is no void.
5. After planting, the plant is watered with organic fertilizer.

Conclusion

Calibrachoa can be rooted in autumn and spring by cuttings. The plant has a high percentage of survival, it responds well to transplantation. It grows rapidly, forms numerous shoots. Blooms from late June to September, flowering is plentiful. The plant is used as a ground cover version of landscape design and for vertical gardening of loggias, verandas, arbors. A video on cuttings of calibrachoa will help to properly propagate an ornamental herbaceous shrub and achieve a high rate of rooting of planting material.