If you want your garden to adorn a beautiful and fragrant bush of jasmine, you need to get acquainted with the peculiarities of its reproduction and cultivation. Garden jasmine can be propagated in many ways: growing from seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush. It should be noted that the reproduction of jasmine shrubs by cuttings is the less time-consuming and most effective way even for beginning gardeners. Therefore, it is used most often.
Features of reproduction of garden jasmine cuttings
For these purposes, small lateral processes with flowers are suitable. Reproduction by cuttings of jasmine will be much more successful if cut with a piece of wood from the old stem. For the reproduction of jasmine cuttings in spring, green cuttings with well-developed shoots are used. These twigs most quickly take root and give a good root system. Do not cut off the fast-growing twigs that formed after cutting the shrubbery, because they have long internodes.
Cuttings for planting cut into a length of about 5 cm, so that they have one or two internodes and two or three pairs of leaves. Immediately above the kidney should do a straight cut, and below - a scythe, this is necessary for better engraftment. Cuttings are trimmed with sharp scissors inflorescences and lower leaves so that not more than 1/3 of their area remains.
How to root cuttings?
To successfully root the cuttings of jasmine, there are two ways:
- In a liquid: use regular boiled or standing water. Two to three weeks later the roots appear on the cuttings. When they reach 2 cm, they should be transplanted into a mixture of slightly moistened sand and peat.
- In a mixture of peat and sand: jasmine does not like excessive moisture, so this mixture will work well. In her cuttings quickly take root.
How to plant jammin cuttings?
When planting the cuttings, do not just stick it into the wet sand. Preliminarily with a thin stick make a small groove about 1 cm, insert it there and gently squeeze it for better contact with the sand. They should be placed at an inclination of 30-40 °. The bottom leaves must be on the surface. Cover with polyethylene or glass, creating a hothouse environment with a favorable temperature for growth of + 20-25 ° C. Put in a bright place.
For rooting to proceed successfully, it is advisable to spray the cuttings daily. Then they will get accustomed in 3-5 weeks of staying in such hothouse conditions. If you are convinced that the plant has become stronger, you can remove the shelter from it.
How to grow jasmine from a handle?
The next stage is plant transplantation. When the cuttings take root, they are transplanted into an open ground or pot. By the end of the summer they have a good root system. Soon after the formation of sprouts, it is useful to plant the plant, which favorably affects its development and strengthening of the root system.
During the summer it is necessary to regularly loosen the soil and, of course, periodically watered. The next year, cut the top almost to the ground, to form a thick shoot to form a beautiful and lush bush. In autumn the plant is already planted in the ground to a permanent place. It is advisable to add manure and other fertilizers to the soil beforehand. The landing site must be sunny,
How to care for planted jasmine:
- Loosen the soil around the plant.
- Periodically watered. It should be noted that jasmine does not like very wet soil.
- Trim off faded inflorescences and dry branches.
- To remove superfluous shoots for formation of a beautiful bush.
Knowing how to propagate jasmine cuttings, you can plant this beautiful shrub anywhere in your site.