Various ways of sowing plants

1, divided

The roots of the plant, the stem base of the small branches of the plant and the parent plant connected to the place cut off, and then planted separately, so that it grows into a new independent plant propagation method. Hanging orchid, a leaf orchid, gold diamond, Hopi taro, Nirvana can be reproduced by dividing the plant.

2, pressure propagation

The mother plant of the branches or stems buried in the soil, or in the branches of the soil, moss, etc., so that after rooting, and then cut off from the mother plant, become independent plants. There are ordinary pressing method, undulating pressing method, mounding soil pressing method, aerial pressing method, etc. Aristolochia, rose, heshouwu, cranberry, forsythia, etc. can be propagated by this method.

3, sowing

Sowing propagation applies to the vast majority of flowers, most of the herbaceous plants can be used in this way. Generally there are two kinds of open field seeding and pot seeding. Open field sowing should choose the terrain is high and dry, flat, windy and sunny, loose soil, well-drained places.

4, grafting

Grafting refers to a plant branch or bud to other plants with roots on the plant body, so that the period of healing and growth into a new independent individual reproduction methods. People call the branch or bud used for grafting the scion, and the lower plant with root system is called the rootstock. Grafting reproduction can maintain the traits of good varieties of plants, accelerate the growth and development of plants, early harvest of medicinal herbs, enhance the ability of plants to adapt to the environment, etc..

5, sexual reproduction

Sexual reproduction is also called seed reproduction. Generally seed propagation out of the live seedling, more adaptable to the environment, at the same time, the reproduction coefficient is large. Seed is a living organism in the dormant period. Only good seeds can produce good offspring. There are many kinds of medicinal plants, and their seeds have different shapes, sizes, colors, lifespans and germination characteristics.

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