A good way to rejuvenate many plants that do not winter in the ground, such as lantana, is to rooting cuttings. The tops of the shoots, which are pruned before transferring the plants to the rooms, can be used for this.The shoots without flowers or fruit have the best rooting, but if we have to take cuttings from the flowering shoots, remove the flowers (or fruits).
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Lanthanum seedlings are made from 10-12 cm long pieces of shoots containing 3 or 4 pairs of fully developed leaves. We cut the shoots just below the knot and remove the lower leaves.Treat the lower ends of the seedling with a rooting stimulating preparation, which you can buy in garden stores, and then put it in a pot filled with substrate into a hole prepared with a stick or pencil.Press the substrate around the seedling.
During rooting, keep the substrate constantly moist. This will make it easier for us to cover the pot with foil. Place the containers in a warm and well-lit place.After about 2 months, the cuttings should take root and resume growth.You can then move the plants to cooler rooms with a temperature of 10 ° C. Young plants should be removed to make them branch better.
