Almost every grower on the windowsill in the house can find anthurium. This plant can be safely called the most popular among indoor representatives. The plant attracts with its bright, delicate flowers, unpretentious care.
Anthurium - a bright inhabitant of window sills
Anthurium during flowering will be a real decoration of the room. It can bloom in autumn and delight the eye with its bright colors until the end of winter. At the same time, the external beauty of the plant does not change. In addition, the color options of the inflorescences are different: from white and red shades to bright blue and orange. But how to propagate anthurium at home? After all, this plant can be planted, and in every room your eyes will be pleased with bright flowers. In addition, it can be a great gift for friends and family.
The main rules for propagating this plant are accuracy, no haste, clean tools and hands, the exact sequence of work performed.
When and how should a plant be planted?
Often flower growers are interested in how to propagate anthurium on their own? It's simple enough. An adult plant is easiest to root with lateral shoots. It is a little more difficult to grow new individuals from leafy cuttings with a piece of stem, top. Growing from seeds is considered the most difficult. They are not easy to get, and even more difficult to get up. But first of all, you should choose the perfect moment for breeding.
Vegetative reproduction of a flower is best combined with its transplantation. After flowering, the rhizomes can be divided. Otherwise, it is necessary to cut the flower stalks. Indeed, often young plants cannot support two processes at the same time: rooting and flowering.
If you were able to get seeds at home, they must be planted immediately (regardless of the time of year). But planting material is often characterized by poor germination.
How to propagate anthurium if the plant dies? Often in this case, apical or leaf cuttings with pieces of bark are used. Many flower growers buy old plants at the sale, which have clearly elongated stems. Without rejuvenation, they will not bloom, so their tops are cut off and rooted. So you can get a lot of small, young flowers, which after a short period of time will please your eye with theirbright and abundant flowering.
Anthurium climbing, growing like a vine, must be propagated by cuttings with one or two internodes. This procedure is performed at the end of spring, while the aerial roots cannot be damaged. They are necessary for the plant for additional nutrition, they can partially replace underground roots.
Preparing for landing
Having decided to learn how to propagate anthurium correctly, you need to start with preparatory work. You will need:
- drainage;
- planting substrate;
- a sharp knife disinfected with medical alcohol or a solution of potassium permanganate;
- one of the drugs: "Kornevin", "Epin", "Heteroauxin";
- well-sharpened wooden stick;
- a container with holes in the bottom.
When rooting particles from a pre-divided bush, it is necessary to use wide containers of small size. The soil should be the same as for adult plants. It is necessary to add coconut fiber, perlite or sphagnum moss to it, which will retain moisture and oxygen, loosening the ground.
Seeds are sown in the same soil, only the amount of loosening agent is slightly increased.
It is advisable to sow the cuttings in a container with sphagnum moss or perlite.
Don't know how to propagate anthurium at home right? Experienced flower growers recommend planting cuttings in plastic containers. Of course, the view is unpresentable. But such unattractive containers can be put in a beautiful larger pot or inpots. At the same time, sphagnum moss or sour peat can be laid in the free space. This is both attractive and beneficial to the plant.
So, what are the features of rooting anthurium? And where should you start? The main thing is not to be afraid, this plant takes root well.
Features of reproduction by dividing the bush
The easiest and most reliable way to propagate this beautiful flower is the method of planting daughter outlets. You can also divide the bush into several small ones when transplanting an anthurium flower.
How to breed children? They take root well, and the divided bush quickly gains a new green mass and blooms. But remember that anthurium does not like to be disturbed by its fragile roots. The division of the bush can be carried out no more than once every 3 years.
Step by step instructions
Sequence of actions during the division of the bush:
- 2-3 days before the procedure, it is necessary to water the flower abundantly.
- Anthurium is taken out of the pot.
- With a pointed wooden stick, the roots are carefully freed from excess soil.
- The root system is washed under a weak stream of water at room temperature.
- All child sockets are carefully separated by hand. If necessary, you can divide the root system of the mother plant into parts. If the process fails, a sterilized knife can be used.
- If some of the children were without roots, it is better to root them as an apical cutting.
- Check carefullyroots. All dead, damaged, rotten and dried roots are removed.
- All cuts must be sprinkled with finely ground activated charcoal and "Heteroauxin".
- Rooting containers should not be tall, wide, moderately spacious.
- Drainage is laid at the bottom, filling ¼ of the entire pot. It is advisable to use fine expanded clay. Anthurium grows quite well. At the same time, its aerial part significantly exceeds the mass of the root system. Therefore, remember that the pot may turn over over time if you use light drainage, for example, foam.
- Substrate is poured over the drainage. You can use an azalea store-bought substrate with perlite, coconut fiber, or pre-soaked sphagnum. Remember that the soil is sold decontaminated, and all additional components must be sterilized in the oven or hold them over the steam.
- We place the plant in the container and carefully cover it with the substrate. The soil must not be compacted. It is necessary to tap it with the bottom on the surface of the table. The soil will settle and the fragile roots will not be affected.
- Make sure that the growth point is above the ground. Otherwise, the plant will die.
- The plant is left alone for 2-3 hours, then carefully watered with warm water with the addition of "Heteroauxin" or "Kornevin".
- Wet sphagnum is laid on top of the soil.
- The leaves are sprayed with Epin.
- Greenhouse conditions are created for the plant by putting onon the pot a transparent plastic bag. If possible, the plant can be placed in an empty aquarium, and small containers of water are placed nearby. The whole structure is covered with glass on top.
- In this state, the flower should be 2-3 weeks. The place should be warm and well protected from sunlight.
- Do not forget about the ventilation of the plant. Every day you need to remove the glass or film, spray the flower with water at room temperature and check the humidity. Remember, the soil in the container must be constantly moist, but not wet.
- As soon as a new leaf appears, the plant is rooted.
Propagation by apical cuttings
How to propagate ordinary anthurium by cuttings? After all, many flower growers know that this method is especially effective with vines. Therefore, for climbing anthurium, this type of reproduction is preferable. But how to root a part of this flowering plant? After all, such a need often arises, especially when the flower is sick or completely old.
Propagation by apical cuttings involves pruning most of the leaves, the root. Leave only a few leaves on top. The trunk of the plant is cleaned with a sharp sterilized knife to a he althy tissue. The prepared top is set aside for 2-3 hours in the shade to form a callus.
After the place of stripping, sprinkle well with crushed activated carbon and "Heteroauxin", then wrap it tightly with sphagnum moss, fix it with a thread.
In a small plastic cup make a hole foroutflow of excess water, fill it with perlite or sphagnum, insert the cutting inside.
The sprout is watered with a solution of either "Heteroauxin" or "Kornevin", diluted according to the instructions. After that, greenhouse conditions are created by covering the stalk with a film. In this state, the plant is placed in a place protected from sunlight for rooting for 3 weeks. Every day the plant should be sprayed and ventilated. Once a week, it is watered with the above solution and treated with Epin.
Through the transparent walls you can see how new roots have developed. You can transplant the plant when the first young leaf appears.
Thus, you can root and child outlets that do not have aerial or underground roots.
Reproduction by part of the stem
How to propagate climbing anthurium? This plant reproduces quite easily by aerial roots and stem petioles with 1-2 internodes. In May, they are cut with a sharp sterile knife, dried for 2 hours in the shade to form a callus. The wound is sprinkled with activated carbon, planted in perlite, sphagnum or a mixture of peat and perlite.
The plant is covered with a transparent film and sent to a shaded place for 3 weeks until a new leaf and underground roots appear. The film is removed daily to ventilate, moisten and water the substrate.
Propagation by leaf cuttings with part of the stem
Many people ask, how to propagate anthurium with a leaf? For the formation of roots, it is necessary to the leafadjoin at least a small piece of the stem. The stalk is pre-dried in air, the cut site is treated with activated carbon, "Heteroauxin", and then planted. Want to learn how to propagate anthurium at home with a leaf? First of all, decide what kind of flower grows on your windowsill. After all, not all of them can reproduce in this way. In this way, you can plant anthuriums with thick prominent veins on the leaves, for example, the Andre, Scherzer variety.
Sequence of work
- The leaf is cut along with a part of the petiole up to 3 cm long.
- The leaflet is rolled up and tied with a thin rubber band. So the area of evaporation of moisture will be greatly reduced.
- A mixture of sand, perlite, peat and vermiculite is placed in small pots in a ratio of 1: 1. The leaves are buried 2/3 into the soil.
- You can propagate anthurium leaf in boiled water. It does not need to be defended, but it needs to be changed daily.
- We cover the plant with a transparent film.
- Place the pot in a translucent place with a temperature of 25-27 °C.
- Air daily and spray the substrate with root stimulator solution.
- A new sprout may appear in 3 weeks. After a month, the seedling can be transplanted into the soil for an adult plant.
Seed propagation
Store-bought seeds need to be soaked in water for 2 hours. After that, it is easily pressed into specially prepared soil (often sphagnum moss is used).seeds, moisten the substrate and cover with a film. After 2 weeks, the first shoots may appear.
Sprouts dive into the ground when the first young leaf appears. Over time, the grown plant is transplanted into a larger pot. At the same time, the soil is transferred from a smaller capacity to a larger one, without disturbing the root system of the flower.
But reproduction from seeds obtained at home is problematic. After all, the flowers must be artificially pollinated, and the seeds themselves ripen in 9-12 months. In addition, these seeds must be immediately placed in the ground, having cleared the pulp in advance.
Remember that seed propagation of hybrids cannot guarantee the same flower with certain characteristics. Therefore, it is recommended to use only seeds that do not lose their species characteristics.
Be prepared for the fact that some of the seeds will not sprout, and some of the seedlings will die without blooming their first leaf.
This method of reproduction is considered the most problematic, troublesome and lengthy.
Conclusion
Anthurium is a plant of extraordinary beauty. This flower pleases the eye, becomes an excellent decoration for the house. In addition, blooming in the autumn-winter period, it allows you to fight seasonal depression. And at the moment when you want to share such beauty with your loved ones, the question arises whether anthurium can be propagated by a leaf or in any other way. Of course yes! There are several ways that will allow you to get a lot of beautiful, strongbushes from your one favorite. The main thing is to follow the instructions, perform all actions carefully and on time. And believe me, the result will not leave you indifferent.
