Hurry up! These plants at home can be kept alive by picking a leaf!

Spring is the season for everything to grow. These plants at home can be revived by picking a leaf. Today I will teach you how to do it~

Money Tree

You can pick the leaves of the money tree to propagate it, and if successful, you can give them to others, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

The money tree has a strong reproductive ability. A leaf can grow into a seedling, and you can also experience the joy of the growth process.

Prepare a small flower pot and put some moist coconut brick soil or nutrient soil in it. The fluffier the better. It has good air permeability and will not rot due to watering. It also has enough space for the leaves to take root and sprout. Insert the money tree leaves into the soil.

Place it in a location with scattered light in your home, away from direct sunlight. Water the soil in the pot when it is dry. It is best to water it during the day, as long as the leaves are not rotten.

Don't pull it up and take a look out of curiosity. The leaves will take root first, but taking root does not mean success. You have to wait until it grows small potatoes and new shoots appear next to the leaves to be considered successful.

At this time, you can move the potatoes to a separate flowerpot and bury them. After 3-5 days of acclimatization, you can provide the seedlings with nutrients in time so that they can grow quickly.

Schlumbergera

The Christmas cactus flower is so beautiful, no wonder people keep asking for it when you post it on WeChat Moments. Don’t worry, just wait until the flower is done blooming and give it a few leaves.

After the Christmas cactus flowers have finished blooming, you can cut the branches shorter and the cut leaves can be given to others.

Clip the leaves on the comb and place the comb on a container that is 90% filled with water (the water level is 1 cm from the mouth of the container). It is best if the bottom of the Christmas cactus leaves just touch the water level.

Within a week, each Christmas cactus leaf will grow roots. When the roots grow lushly, you can add some sand, granular soil, etc. to the water. Add a little every day until the roots are buried, thus realizing the transition from hydroponics to soil cultivation.

Another method is to find a cactus, cut off the top of the cactus, and make a cut between the skin and the center.

Use a blade to cut the bottom of the Christmas cactus leaves thinly to expose the white stem in the middle.

Then insert the leaves into the hole of the cactus, fasten them with toothpicks or clamp them with clips. Do not water them for 7-10 days after grafting. After these days, if the leaves are still alive, you can water them normally.

Hoya

The flowers of the ball orchid are fragrant and beautiful. It is a bit too little to grow only one. If you can breed a few more and let them climb all over the windowsill, it will be a spectacular sight.

There are many Hoya plants on the market that only sell one leaf, such as the heart-leaf Hoya plant below, which you must have all seen.

A heart-leaf Hoya costs more than ten yuan, so don’t think it’s stingy to give a leaf as a gift. If you really like it and take good care of it, one leaf is enough!

The simplest way is hydroponics. Place the leaves of the Hoya in a container of water, with the bottom touching the water surface. Change the water every 2-3 days and the roots will soon grow. If you want to switch to soil culture, you can gradually add granular soil to the water and slowly change to soil culture.

The most common method is to directly cultivate leaf cuttings in soil. Here you need to use fluffy coconut brick soil, mixed with some particles such as perlite to increase air permeability. Insert the leaves into the soil to a depth of about 2 cm. If the leaves are difficult to fix, you can spread small stones on the surface of the pot.

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After the leaves of the Hoya are planted, do not touch them casually to avoid unstable roots. Water the soil if it is dry. Keep it ventilated and do not expose it to direct sunlight. Wait until small buds grow near the leaves, which means it is successful.

After the buds grow, the ball orchid needs some nutrition, and you can apply compound fertilizer every half a month. When the buds are longer, you can prepare the flower rack for traction.

Monstera deliciosa

Although the Fairy Cave Monstera is called Monstera, it looks more like a green ivy with holes. It is very easy to propagate and you can propagate more of it at home. It is great for decoration or giving as a gift.

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Just like the reproduction method of green ivy, you only need a short branch to grow a pot, and you don’t even need leaves.

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You just need to stick the branches of Monstera deliciosa in water and change the water every 2-3 days. After it takes root, you can change the water once a week. Even if the branches are bare when you just bring them back, as long as there is a node on the branch, new leaves will emerge from the node.

If you don't want to grow hydroponics, you can also bury the nodes in sphagnum moss or soil. Remember to water them on time and keep them warm and ventilated. You can still grow fresh Monstera deliciosa.

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe can be propagated using leaves. Previously, my friends said that leaf cuttings grow slowly or do not sprout. Today, I will teach you a 100% successful method:

Note: When getting the leaves of the Kalanchoe plant, do not break them off directly, as this will remove the buds at the bottom of the leaves, causing them to grow slowly or even not sprout. Cut the Kalanchoe plant into sections, with the stems attached.

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Cut a knife down the middle of the stem to separate the pair of longevity leaves into two.

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This is what it looks like:

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After all the slices are cut, leave them to dry for a while, about 2-3 hours.

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Then prepare clean and loose soil, water it to wet it, then insert the leaves into the soil, and place it in a warm and ventilated place in the home.

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As long as the bud point is maintained well, it will sprout soon. Do not touch it casually before sprouting.

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After the small buds grow three leaves, you can apply slow-release fertilizer. The old leaves will slowly wither, and the small buds will gradually grow larger. They will grow up in less than half a year. If you do it in spring, they may bloom in winter.

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African violet

African violet, also known as African violet, is shade-tolerant and can bloom. It is delicate, small and very beautiful. Of course, it is not enough to grow only one pot. You can pick some leaves in the spring and grow a few pots to satisfy your needs!

First, pick a healthy African violet leaf in the densest position and cut it off with a clean and sharp blade (preferably sterilized in advance).

After cutting, let it dry for a while to allow the cut to dry.

Then prepare a clean small yogurt bottle, fill it with water (leave 1-2 cm of water at the mouth of the bottle), put the leaves in, and make sure the bottom touches the water about 1 cm.

Change the water every 2-3 days and let the leaves of the African violet take root first.

After the roots have taken shape, you can proceed with the operation. It is healthier and safer to start with hydroponic rooting.

If you are not sure, you can continue with the hydroponic culture until small buds grow near the roots. At this stage, the plant is basically stable.

Then prepare clean sphagnum moss (sterilize it by blanching it in boiling water in advance, and let it cool to room temperature before use), wet it, put the rooted African violet leaves on it, and bury the roots.

When the sphagnum moss is dry, use a long-mouthed pot to wet the sphagnum moss directly, but don't pour it on the leaves. The old leaves will slowly wither and the new buds will gradually mature. During this period, you can sprinkle some slow-release fertilizer to accelerate growth.

After the small buds grow for 2-3 months, they will be ready to bloom. Before flowering, you can switch from sphagnum moss to normal soil.

Succulent

Growing succulents can be addictive. Even if it is the same variety, don't forget to plant multiple leaves in several pots. Each one grows differently. If the leaf cuttings show "affine growth", you'll be in luck.

Everyone knows that succulents can be propagated using leaves, but sometimes it is not easy to succeed. The reason is very simple. Either there are no growth points on the leaves, or the process is not ventilated and the leaves rot.

First of all, choose leaves with growth points. The growth point is at the bottom of the leaf. When you pick off the leaf, you can see a faint point in the middle of the wound. That is the growth point. Roots and buds grow from this point.

If there is a growth point, the success rate will be higher, even if the leaves are small and have defects, they can still take root and sprout. If there is no growth point, the success rate will be slightly lower, but it does not mean that there will be no sprouts at all.

Leaf cuttings are very simple. Just place the succulent leaves flat on the soil. The soil should be clean and hygienic, and loose as possible. This way, when watering, excess water will evaporate in time and bacteria will not breed and rot the leaves.

The best temperature for succulent leaf cuttings is 15-25 degrees. Too high or too low will affect the germination rate, but it is just a matter of speed. If the temperature is right, rooting and germination will be faster.

Some friends have reported that the small sprouts from succulent leaf cuttings do not grow well, possibly due to lack of light and nutrition. After the small sprouts grow three leaves, it is necessary to increase the light and pay attention to watering. If the light is good, water more appropriately to make the leaves fat.

If the lighting and watering are reasonable, but the small buds still fail to grow, it may be due to lack of nutrition. After all, they are grown with a leaf. After the old leaves degenerate, the small buds have no source of nutrition and need to be sprinkled with some slow-release fertilizer to provide nutrition.

Tiger Piranha

Tiger Piranha is also an excellent indoor plant. Trim the leaves in spring and cut off the excess leaves for leaf cuttings. If there are some rotten roots, you can also use the leaves for leaf cuttings.

Refer to the practices of friends, keep the leaves of Sansevieria in water, change the water every 3-5 days before rooting, and change it every 10-15 days after rooting, and add some compound fertilizer or hydroponic nutrient solution regularly.

Until small "pointed corners" grow near the roots, which are the young shoots of the snake plant, continue to grow them in hydroponics until the shoots grow a little bigger and then you can change to soil cultivation.

In addition to hydroponically cultivating the leaves of the Sansevieria, you can also cultivate them in the soil. Before inserting them into the soil, first dry the cut surface of the Sansevieria, then prepare moist sandy soil for inserting them. When the soil is dry, spray it with moisture. There is no need to water it too much.

Most snake plants can be propagated by leaf cuttings as long as the leaves are thick. The sign of successful leaf cuttings is the growth of "little pointed corners" next to the leaves. Before these "little pointed corners" appear, do not break the leaves.

It is easy for Sansevieria to take root through leaf cuttings, but it takes a long time for germination, which may take at least half a year or at most one year.

Look at the little tiger plant grown by leaf cuttings. Isn’t it very healthy? Here I would like to remind everyone that after the golden-edged tiger plant is grown by leaf cuttings, the golden edges may disappear. This is a normal atavism phenomenon.

The key to flower cultivation is the process

Raised from a leaf

It's also very fulfilling~

Have you learned it?

Source: Flower Growing Encyclopedia (ID:yanghua98)

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