traveler. Bougainvillea, a resident of the rainforests from Brazil, is beautiful, but a lady with character. Conditions for the maintenance of bougainvillea
A tropical plant in nature is represented by small trees, shrubs and vines. Several varieties have taken root in the culture, which allowed breeders to domesticate the plant and create hybrids. Bougainvilleas are valued for decorative bracts - modified leaves that are located around a small inflorescence. Framing leaves painted in bright shades of lilac. In culture, the palette of colors is inexhaustible. Tropikanka settled on the windowsills, in greenhouses and winter gardens.
Agrotechnical requirements:
- temperature conditions - vegetation at temperatures above 12 ° C, flowering requires 21-270 ° C, rest at 5-10, with a short exposure to zero temperature is detrimental;
- dry sunny weather without prolonged rain;
- lack of drafts and strong winds;
- watering with abundant soft defended water, but without stagnant excessive moisture;
- spacious room, comfortable accommodation;
If the maintenance conditions are not met, bougainvillea stops blooming and leaves the leaves.
Bougainvillea, home reproduction
In native tropical forests, butterflies and birds of caliber carry plant seeds through the forest. Getting in favorable conditions, a sprout appears. All creepers in the internodes are able to take root, and the twig takes roots, there is a layer that grows over time.
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In cultural cultivation use:
- seed propagation;
- grafting;
- reproduction rooted layering.
For hybrids, vegetative propagation retains the resulting decorative properties completely. Seeds at home are difficult to obtain and they are very small, are in boxes.
Prepare a sterile substrate of peat and sand in equal shares. Soil the seeds before sowing in a growth promoter. Arrange the bottom heated container for seedlings. The temperature of the substrate should be27-300 ° C; seedlings will appear in 2-3 months. Therefore, a bowl in which bougainvillea develops from seeds should be covered on top of the drying out of the soil, but regularly ventilated and moistened with a fine spray on the surface. When winter sowing, the container should be illuminated with a lamp located at a distance of 25 cm from the ground surface.
Cutting is used in the spring and during the summer months. Lignified shoots are suitable. Green stalk cut obliquely under the bud. The operation is carried out in sterile conditions. A little dried, cut and removing the lower leaves, process the cut rooting agent.
The mixture for grafting should be sterile:
- turf ground - 35%;
- leaf ground - 35%;
- peat - 20%;
- quartz sand - 10%.
The stem is lowered to the second kidney in the substrate, a greenhouse is installed above it with a temperature of 25, aerated and the soil is kept wet. In a month, the roots will appear and the stalk is ready to be transferred to the permanent bowl.
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In another way, bougainvillea propagates by cuttings sprouted to the formation of callus in water. Ready for rooting, the plant is planted immediately in the pot. In this case, the increased humidity around the top of the cuttings is important. Sprouting in water is not always possible. For young plants in the usual ground you need to add sand.
The easiest way to breed bougainvillea is rooting the twigs, using the ability of the plant to give aerial roots in the internodes. If the bush grows in the open air, it is easy to root the twig; it is enough to take an adult twig, which is not completely coarsened, cut the bark and pin the cuttings to the ground.
Pour a mound of earth on top and lift the top. It will take a month and a half and you can carefully remove the twig, bearded from the roots, separated from the main bush and planted in the prepared soil.
The more space, the faster the vine grows. But it will bloom only after filling the roots with the entire volume of the earth. Therefore, the container is increased with each transplant, achieving a balance between the growth rate and the number of colors.
How to root if bougainvillea grows on the windowsill? Then you can choose a ripe twig, gently bend and lower it into a specially hung pot at the level of the cropped bark. The rest is the same.
A more convenient way is shown in the photo. Inside a layer of wet substrate. After rooting the twig is cut with shears and transferred to the prepared pot. The upper shell is cut, and the roots are arranged without injury.
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It is important to remember that no matter how you get the roots, they are very delicate and fragile. Transplanting into a new container should be carried out carefully. Novosadku need to continue to cover from drying out, the roots are not working yet. Open gradually, accustomed to normal content. 
Care for a young bush.
A young plant needs care. Young branches need to be formed, it is possible that external support will be required. If the bush is healthy, then it begins to bloom quickly. Therefore, it is necessary to create a wire trellis. On sale there are special coasters made of plastic in the form of a lattice.
In the process of growth, a tree is usually formed from a bougainvillea bare. Beautiful, more used as a vine. A prerequisite for obtaining a beautiful plant is the formation of the crown. Pruning of branches after flowering, when they retire is required. In the spring, when new stems grow, they are shortened, forcing the plant to branch and give it the desired shape.
During the summer, the twigs that get out of the composition are also removed. Bougainvillea well perceives pruning. Created bonsai trees are an ornament to any composition.
Transplant the plant in a large dish carefully, using the soil of the composition:
- leaf ground - 2 parts;
- turf ground - 2 parts;
- humus - 1 part;sand - 1 part.
Do not interfere with chips of wood and vermiculite. Feed in the summer to do regularly, apply universal fertilizer. Water, but do not flood, and the plant will thank flowering.
Bougainvillea in the greenhouse - video
