The most familiar species of begonia are room or garden plants with magnificent flowers and silk as if vyloshchenny, leaves. The choice of begonias is huge – bushes and semi-bushes, annual and perennial plants – to buy this pleasure in shop is quite expensive therefore it is better for fans of house flora to stock up with experience of reproduction of begonias.
Instruction
1. Begonias differently – tubers, stem shanks and even leaves breed. But about everything one after another. The most widespread way of reproduction of begonias – tuberous. Before landing the tuber needs to be separated into several parts so that each fragment had kidney. The place of cut is powdered surely with ashes. Put tuber in the humidified soil, having given it vertical position. Ware with future room beauty needs to be covered with polyethylene film and to put to the light place. When the begonia takes roots, the film is removed, and the plant is replaced in separate pot.
2. This royal flower can be planted sheet shanks – such way is usually applied when a lot of planting stock is necessary, he demands extreme care. For a start cut off the best, healthy and juicy leaf of begonia. Before cutting it, put leaf on glass and accurately cut the edges, avoiding thick streak. The leaf is divided into parts in the form of squares and vertically planted in sand or substrate of sand and peat.
3. Shanks take roots within 15-20 days, all this time it is impossible to remove the shelter and to touch seedling. When the young plant appears, it needs to be aired therefore the shelter is removed for short time. It should be noted that sheet shanks not all begonias but only plants with creeping stalk or the lowered lower part of leaf breed.
4. Stem shanks bush begonias breed. For reproduction choose shank with two kidneys, do two cuts - lower and top, half cut off large leaves on shank. Shanks cover with polyethylene or transparent ware which is removed for a while to air young plant.
5. Less popular method of cultivation of begonias – seed. This quite labor-consuming occupation, it demands special knowledge and great patience. Sow seeds of begonias in the middle of the winter, for this purpose use the special soil – peat, sand or the earth. Seeds of begonias are very choosy – they sprout at low temperature in the conditions of high humidity and bright daylight.