This pumpkin plant grows so quickly and lushly that its owner does not have to worry about any supply gaps. He will always be able to pick a few fresh leaves for the rejuvenating tea. So why grow more immortality plants? The best reason is to give them as gifts. Well, then we would like to tell you all the suitable propagation methods.
How to propagate Jiaogulan plants?
Jiaogulan plants can be propagated by cuttings, sinkers, rhizome division or seeds. Cuttings provide genetically identical plants, sinkers utilize the natural root growth of shoots, rhizomes can be divided and seeds are sown.
How to get new Jiaogulan
There are several methods for propagating this Asian climbing plant:
- Cut cuttings
- Rooting sinkers
- Share rhizome
- Sowing seeds
Propagation via cuttings
Propagation via cuttings produces genetically identical plants.
- Cutting head cuttings
- alternatively shoot cuttings from annual shoots
- they shouldn't be woody
- Place in nutrient-poor substrate
- keep moist
- Roots will have formed after about three weeks
- transplant into nutrient-rich soil
- if applicable. fertilize with compost
- Put young plants in the shade in a pot
- or plant in the garden bed
Rooting sinkers successfully
The shoots of the Immortality Herb form roots at vegetation points as soon as they come into contact with soil. You can use this fact to propagate the plant. On a long shoot, roots will even form at several vegetation points. This means you get more than one young plant as a gift.
- Bend a tendril down to the ground so that the shoot rests on the earth.
- If necessary, fix the lowering bar in several places with stones or pieces of wood.
- If above-ground growth appears, you can separate the young plants from each other and from the mother plant and transplant them to a suitable location.
Share rhizome
After overwintering, around late winter, you can dig up and divide the rhizome of the plant. This way you get two identical plants. As spring approaches, both sections will sprout again and develop into an independent climbing plant.
Sowing seeds
With seeds, you are never sure what properties the plants grown from them will have. It has been observed that an immortality herb grown from local seeds copes better with our climate, but apparently produces fewer healing ingredients. Nevertheless, this propagation method should also be explained in bullet points for the sake of completeness:
- Sowing time indoors is April or May
- in the open air after the Ice Saints
- Soak seeds in warm water for a day
- Sowing depth is 3-4 cm
- Keep the growing trays bright and warm
- Keep soil evenly moist
- Germination time is 4-6 weeks
Tip
In order for the flowers of the Jiaogulan plant to be fertilized and produce seeds, you need a female and a male specimen.
