Croton (Codiaum) - a flower not only beautiful, but also very capricious.
Proper care it will immediately affect his “behavior”, if there is no such thing, an exotic representative of the flora can “lose heart” - lower the leaves or change the color.
Therefore, the question of attention to him - the question of maintaining the flower aesthetics in the home.
Ways
How does croton (codiaum) breed at home? Exists several ways How to dilute Croton at home:
- Apical cuttings;
- Air layouts;
- Seeds.
Cuttings (leaf)
Main mode breeding codiame - reproduction by cuttings.
Do it in the spring.
Cuttings should be cut with a sharpened knife from woody shoots.
The cut is made straight; two leaves and one bud are left on the shoot.
The top cut is sprinkled with crushed charcoal, after which the cuttings are put into warm water with charcoal added to it to wash away the milky juice. (We must not forget that the juice codiaeum is poisonous, and be careful in the work.)
Then cut lightly dried. For codiaeum (Croton), leaf reproduction continues by rooting cuttings.
Rooting
How to root Croton?
To make Croton's stalk better, the lower part of it treated with phytohormones. Leaves recommended tie a straw - so the moisture is better preserved.
For landing take small pots or use miniplicks, and you can dip the cuttings in a container with water. Minutes are honored. air temperature 25ºC, but soil - 30ºC, occasionally airing and sprinkling Croton (Codiaum).
Croton reproduction at home continues with the fact that pots with a diameter of 12 cm are filled light substrateconsisting of sphagnum-moss, sand, leafy earth (1: 0.5: 2).
Each place a few cuttings, inserting them into small cavities in the soil and compacting the substrate at the base. Tanks put in a warm place, for example, on the window sill, heated by a radiator. Must be avoided hitting them direct rays of the sun.
Keep the substrate moist, cover the landing with polyethylene or cans. Cuttings 2 times a day sprayed, ventilated, smoothly adapting to room temperature.
Rooting occurs through 1-1.5 months: the young leaves that appear on the apical handle let know about it.
Then the plants are seated in separate pots with suitable soil.
The best is the composition of the sheet, sod land, sand, peat and humus, taken equally.
Root the codiam stalk can and in water. To do this, take the capacity with dark glass. In water gets divorced 1 tablet of activated carbon. The lower part of the cuttings is treated with heteroauxin.
In a jar (glass, plastic bottle) with a handle, periodically pour water, replenishing the evaporating. White strong roots come out 2 months laterCroton transplanted.
In summer, the roots grow back even on a cut leaf. To do this, it is simply immersed in water. Propagation by leaves (cuttings) is the most suitable method of growing such a flower as Croton (Codiema).
Air layouts
Croton breeding at home can be done air layouts. This method of "multiplying the genus" is used when the trunk or the branches of the plant will be greatly exposed. The best procedure time is summer.
There are two options for this method:
With a pouch:
10-15 cm below the top of the shoot, the bark is cut off in a circular fashion, producing a ringlet about 1 cm wide.
From this place, the codiaum will release new roots. Cut point processed by rooting (heteroauxin)wet wrapped peat or cut sphagnum.
From above, a dark film in the form of a bag is placed on the peat, its bottom edge is tied under the cut, and the top one is above, but not tightly, so that the substrate can be moistened in the gap.
Later one and a half to two months roots of 5 or more cm long will come out of the substrate. The stalk is cut off under the bag and transplanted into a pot.
Dug shoots:
Lignified branch pressed to the ground and pinned down, sprinkled with earth on top. The lower edge of the twig should be slightly cut, speaking wipe the juice, cut process by the rodent. The rooted bone is cut off from the maternal branch and transplanted to another pot.
Seeds
How to propagate Croton (codiaum) at home with seeds? Since croton seed germination quickly lostfor sowing use only freshly picked. Their put in late winter (January February).
Before seeds need to be dipped in a solution with phytohormones for 2-3 hours. (Some growers replace this procedure with half an hour soaking seeds in warm water - 60ºC followed by their swelling during the day.) Then the seeds are sown in small containers or boxes to a depth of 1 cm.
Observe the temperature 22ºC mode. Before the emergence of seedlings, the soil should be wet, for which the lower watering is used, or the crops are covered with a film (glass).
In a month shoots appear. When the seedlings grow a third leaf, they are seated in separate pots with a diameter of up to 7 cm.
Care of them is necessary as for adult plants. Main rule wherein: moisture retention using airing and spraying and stable temperature.
Growing codiaeum from seeds is a laborious, lengthy and not very rational.
Croton (Codiaeum) - a plant not only bewitching motley foliage, but also useful. is he able to improve the air quality in the apartmentby eliminating toxic substances from it.
Remember that for Croton care at home, reproduction is the most important component in the life of the plant. If you show love and care to a cute person, as a living being, are willing to spend time on it, then there will be no problems with its content.
