Time and method of cutting of bougainvillea

Bougainvillea is a beautiful ornamental plant that can bloom beautiful and brightly colored flowers. It has a relatively long flowering period and is of great ornamental value. This plant can be propagated by cuttings, but if you want to propagate Bougainvillea by cuttings, you must know its cutting time and master its correct cutting method.

Bougainvillea cutting time

Bougainvillea has strong vitality, and the time for cutting propagation is not fixed. It is mostly carried out in spring or autumn every year. Especially April and May every spring are the best times for cutting Bougainvillea. At this time, remove its sturdy branches for support, and then carry out cutting propagation, and the survival rate is particularly high.

The cutting method of bougainvillea

1. When cutting bougainvillea, you need to prepare a suitable substrate, that is, culture soil. You can use vermiculite, perlite, peat and other materials in a ratio of 1:1:1 to prepare the culture soil. You can also use river sand, plain sand, loam and other materials together to prepare the substrate. After preparation, necessary sterilization treatment must be carried out.

2. When propagating bougainvillea by cuttings, you can directly insert it into a flowerpot. At this time, you can prepare a relatively simple plastic pot for it. After it grows new roots and leaves, transplant it into a beautiful flowerpot, put the prepared nutrient soil into the flowerpot, and then water it enough and place it in the sun to dry.

3. For the propagation of bougainvillea by cuttings, you can cut sturdy strips with some old branches from its healthy plants, cut them into 6-10 cm segments, and cut a piece at an angle at the bottom to make cuttings. Then insert them directly into the prepared culture soil, fix them, and put them in a cool place. Pay attention to keeping warm and ventilated. It will take about 20 days for them to take root and sprout.

The above introduces the time and method of propagating Bougainvillea by cuttings, so that everyone knows how to propagate Bougainvillea by cuttings. If you like to grow Bougainvillea, you can follow the correct method and time introduced above to propagate Bougainvillea by cuttings, so that you can get more Bougainvillea plants.