Reproduction Of Hyacinths

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Hyacinths can be propagated by seed. However, the duration of such reproduction will not inspire every summer resident, taking 6-8 years of life. Therefore, seeds, as a rule, are propagated by hyacinths by breeders engaged in breeding new varieties of plants. Ordinary summer residents go in other ways

Vegetative propagation

During vegetative propagation, the plant retains all the characteristics of the mother plant. But hyacinths are in no hurry to breed offspring, forming onion babies at 6-7 years of age. At the end of the growing season, babies are laid at the bottom of the bulb, in the axils of the scales. They are in no hurry to enter an independent life, comfortably settling in the sinus of the scale for 1-2 years. Only as the covering scales are exhausted and dying off does the baby come to the surface.

Do not rush to separate the babies from the mother's bulb. At first, their size is so small that by separating the baby, you can leave it without a bottom, therefore, deprive it of the opportunity to take root. Therefore, while the children are very small, it is better to plant the mother's bulb with them, giving them time to grow up and gain independent strength.

From the above, it can be seen that dividing the bulbs naturally is a long process. Not every summer resident has the patience to cultivate hyacinth plantations, relying on the nature of nature. This partly explains the not too great popularity of hyacinths among fans of flower cultivation on their lands.

But there are other ways of their vegetative reproduction.

Propagation by leaves

This method of reproduction of hyacinths is good in that the mother's bulb remains intact, continuing the race.

The hyacinth leaf, cut at the time of plant budding, is able to form babies at the site of the cut. The cut sheet is immediately planted in a container with peat, sand,

perlite * or a mixture of all three. For greater efficiency of the process, before planting the leaves, they are kept in a solution

heteroauxin **by dissolving half a tablet in 1 liter of water.

Incubator conditions: diffused light, air temperature 10-15 degrees, air humidity 90%. After 10 days on the surface of the wound is formed

callus ***; after 40 days - the rudiments of the bulbs; after 2 months - roots and a young leaf. When roots appear, the plant must be transplanted into nutrient soil.

The number of children formed on one sheet depends on the type of plant and can be up to 10 pieces. But some varieties, for example, Yellow Hammer, cannot be propagated in this way.

Reproduction by bulbous scales

It is possible to propagate with scales from July to November. The advantages of such reproduction are, firstly, that the mother bulb remains alive and is ready to continue the life of the plant, and, secondly, any variety can be propagated in this way.

The reproduction process is very laborious, relatively long, and requires the creation of certain parameters of the conditions under which reproduction will be successful. Such hyacinths bloom in the third year of life.

Reproduction by double scales

For this method, pure-grade hyacinths are selected at the beginning of their flowering. Peduncles are removed, and the dug out and processed bulbs are cut into 8 sectors. Each sector is divided into double scales with the bottom preserved under them. A large onion can produce 100 pairs of scales.

An important point of such reproduction is the disinfection of the planting material.

Advantages of the method: obtaining aligned offspring, since the bulb develops under the cover of two scales. Bloom in 2-3 years when favorable conditions are created.

Disadvantages of the method: large amounts of time spent on the preparation of planting material.

Reproduction by preparation of the bottom

This process is multi-stage, complex and risky. Such a method of reproduction was discovered by chance, when observing plants that were gnawed by mice.

Warming up the bulbs

All of the above propagation methods are associated with the preparation of the bulb, which is always associated with the risk of infecting and ruining the material. The processes themselves take a long period, which discourages those who want to do such a thing. After all, I want to quickly enjoy my fragrant garden.

There is a more gentle method - deep heating of the bulbs during summer dormancy. Moreover, the higher the heating temperature, the shorter the processing time. Warming up increases the natural growth of babies.

This method does not work for all varieties of hyacinths and is only suitable for large bulbs.

Note:

* Perlite - volcanic rock, expanded by heating, has a number of interesting properties that help to improve the quality of the soil.

** Heteroauxin Is a very active chemical that stimulates plant growth.

*** Callus - plant cells, which are formed in this case on the surface of the wound and are capable of giving rise to a new whole plant.