Kalanchoe Digremountiana, Pumila and Thyrsiflora: How to cut them?

Do you want to multiply your kalanchoe in order to create a kalanchoes flower or to plant it in different places? More practical than sowing, cutting this plant still has some requirements. Respect for planting rules is important to allow cuttings to take root and start to push. To cut the kalanchoe, you can either leave the stems or leave the leaves depending on the variety.

The necessary tools

To succeed in a cutting of kalanchoe, you will need a healthy mother plant. Then prepare the following elements:

• And sharp tool (pruning or knife) capable of cutting the stems clearly. Remember to sterilize it beforehand so as not to transmit infections to the plant.
• Of soil universal Particularly suitable for inexpensive plants in terms of substrate. In addition to the nutrients, it is distinguished by its draining property, an essential quality for fatty plants such as kalanchoe.
• Of coarse sand or river sand. The addition of it will lighten the soil and improve its draining qualities: an essential characteristic to prevent the retention of large quantities of water as well as the compaction of the soil. Addition of clay, gravel or perlite balls¹ is also effective in making the ground draining. Otherwise, you can add small pebbles.
• Of garden sand : an optional contribution, but likely to increase the diversity of nutrients contained in the soil.
• Of growth hormone To stimulate the appearance of roots and allow cuttings to start growing faster.

The cutting of the kalanchoes is carried out either in the spring or in early summer.

The cutting of the stems of Kalanchoe Pumila

Take on a mother plant bits of Non -flowered healthy stems a few centimeters. Remove all leaves from the lower rows until only two, three or four left on the upper ends. The goal is to allow cuttings to save energy And to take root more easily.

Soak the base of the growth hormone rods, before planting them in a box or a small pot containing appropriate soil. Spray regularly The substrate with water to keep it moist and help cuttings to take root. Place these in a warm and lit place.

The stems begin to take root after 10 to 15 days. After one to two weeks, you can rocker or small containers with drainage holes.

Do not hesitate to repot them the following spring to offer them a slightly larger container and new substrate. In regions with a mild climate, you can plant your kalanchoes in the ground by favoring draining soils or rocky floors.

The cutting of Kalanchoe Thyrsiflora leaves

Take out Fresh and healthy leaves From the mother plant. Let them dry for half an hour or even an hour to allow wounds to heal. This aims to prevent them from rotting or being attacked by diseases.

Insert it lower half leaves In the substrate and tamp it to allow the leaves to be well in contact with the ground. Place the cuttings in a lit place, but without direct sun. Regularly sprinkle the water substrate to allow the leaves to take root and start to push.

The leaves take longer to take root and start that the stems. Their roots take between two and three months. In addition, some of them can rot in the substrate. For this, a number of leaves should be cutting exceeding the desired number of plants.

Cutting of the kalanchoe digermontiana

There is a third multiplication technique that applies only to Daigremontiana kalanchoe. For this you can Use tiny growths that line the leaves.

Extraces often fall on their own. You can therefore watch them and recover them on the ground or pick them directly on the plant. To make them leave, place them on the soil and hold it wet to allow the roots to appear. Place them in light while preventing them from being exposed to the direct sun.

After their rootsremember to transplant them in buckets. In the following spring, transplant your DAigremontiana kalanchoes in a suitable container. Preferably use an unptated terracotta jar and with drainage holes.

Failing to use soil, it is possible to Cutting your kalanchoes into the water To plant them when they have made roots. To find out exactly how to do it, find out how to cut the oily plants into water.

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