Hello of Amorphophallus eccentrics,.
in the following article in the exotic style Forum:
multiplication by leaf cuttings I started today my own experiment, to see whether and how it works with leaf cuttings.
My A. had to hold maxwellii as guinea pigs.
What do we need:
-Perlite
-small flower pot
-Scalpel or very sharp knife
-Disinfection (I have owned 70% isopropyl alcohol taken)
-Cutting powder or gel
-Root Stimulator
-Glass with water
-Propagator
-Heating pad
-Cutting tablet or similar
-Paper towels
Preparation:
Before we cut with the start of cutting, must the cutting tool be disinfected first, to prevent the cutting or the mother is ill. Either one flaring from the knife or scalpel with an alcohol burner or taking isopropanol and wipes the blade properly clean.
Now we select a suitable section of the page. I chose an approx. 10 cm large piece which has more than one leaf segment.
Now, it truncates the previously selected piece with the
sharp knife or Skallpell and immediately puts it in the supplied water glass.
The water prevents the sheet piece draws air and thus the Blattsück dies down. In humans, it is also dangerous if air bubbles in the veins.
Sharp cutting tools are the nuts and bolts, because if you cut it with scissors or a dull knife, it squeezes the interface together and könnnte the plant absorb no water to more.
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Now that the piece of sheet in water is available, you can first of all make it to the page and perlite worry about that.
Now, I have mixed a root Stimulator for guidance with water and thus watered the perlite.
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Since I have served me from a different plant scene
the Stimulator consists primarily of vitamins and amino acids which stimulate the root growth. You can spray this also on the sheet, which then also takes it.
Implementation:
Now, I have the moist perlite in the pot filled and prepared me to my work:
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I've wiped with isopropyl alcohol to disinfect it the cutting board and the Skallpell. Now take the cutting out of the water and it appears a bit in the Bewurzelungspulver. It is important to examine the remains of the powder. It is enough to only a thin layer of powder around the plant to the roots to stimulate.
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Because we have set the cutting in the powder, the interface is clogged again. That is why we cut down a small piece of angle in a 45° and then we put it immediately in the perlite.
Now comes the cutting in the greenhouse and is situated at a bright place. You should always control the humidity in the greenhouse is how high and how hot it is. You can spray the cuttings with the root Stimulator and so that the plant can accommodate him on the hand.
Should the dry perlite, you can wet it also with the root Stimulator.
As a result of root hormone we the cutting in the area of the powder to the roots suggested.
Now it is called wait and drink tea.
If the experiment is run according to my wishes, I will be rare species forming no primary Cormels, so in the future (A.titanum, A.gigas, A.decus-silvae,....) multiply:)
MfG
Stephan
... to be continued