Chinese lemongrass in natural conditions lives in China, Korea, Japan, in northern Russia. This plant grows in almost all areas: flat, mountainous, near rivers and streams.
The Chinese lemongrass is a non-capricious plant and it is well acclimatized in the dacha plots.
Cheap and angry, lemongrass seed reproduction
This plant is extremely resistant to cold and temperature extremes, therefore the magnolia vine can also be propagated in the northern regions with severe winters. However, one should know that lemongrass is not accustomed to drought, therefore with low rates of natural precipitation, watering should be enhanced.
Most of all young shoots suffer from a lack of moisture. For planting lemongrass need a well-drained, loose and humus-fertilized soil. The reaction of the soil is better neutral. Sand should be added to heavy clay soil, diluted with lime in peaty soil, or organic matter in peaty or sandstone.
If groundwater flows close to the surface, it is better to plant lemongrass on an elevation.
Did you know? The inhabitants of the Far East, engaged in hunting, say that one handful of berries of lemongrass can satisfy hunger, give strength and increase visual acuity.
How to plant seeds
Consider how to plant lemongrass from seed. The seeds of the plant are harvested from harvested ripe berries. They need to be washed several times and dry well.
You can sow in the fall on the beds to a depth of about 3 cm. After wintering, at the end of spring shoots appear.
For sowing in spring seeds need to prepare. For a start, within a month the seeds are kept in wet sand at 20 ° C. Once a week, the seeds are removed, washed and aired for five minutes. Then the seeds are stratified with a cold method for about a month at 0 ° C, also in wet sand.
When the seeds begin to crack, they are sown in boxes with prepared soil: earth, peat and sand (1: 2: 1). Seeds are sown to a depth of half a centimeter at the same distance from each other. Fall asleep with soil and watered, then cover with paper.
Before the shoots appear, the ground should not dry out. After about two weeks sprouts appear, but not simultaneously. As soon as the seedlings appeared, the box is put on the window (it is advisable to close the window from the sun).
When the sprouts appear three to five leaves, you can transplant on open ground. Time must be chosen when there is no threat of frost, in more northern areas this is the beginning of June.
How to care for seedlings
Knowledge of how to propagate lemongrass seeds is not enough. It is necessary to determine the site of planting crops and care for them. For good growth, crops are watered and covered with non-woven material.
Lemongrass loves penumbra, ideally it will suit the eastern or western wall of the house or garden building. In the first half of summer, water is watered every evening, but moderately. Shoots need to weed and loosen the soil around them.
In the first days of August, the cover from the shoots is removed, covered in October with dry leaves. The first year the plant grows very slowly and does not require special treatments. Lemongrass is planted on a permanent place in the garden only after reaching two years.
Important! When ordering seeds by mail, for example, specify the details and reputation of the nursery.
Schizping Chinese Schizandra
The grafting procedure for Chinese Schizandra is carried out only by summer cuttings. The plant obtained in this way bears fruit for the third year.
Interesting! In China, lemongrass is used for medicinal purposes from the V century. There it is called the "berry of five tastes": the peel is sweet, the pulp is sour, the seeds are bitter with a tart aftertaste, and the medicines made from lemongrass are salty.
How to cut and plant cuttings
In mid-June, young green-brown, slightly lignified shoots are pruned. Each of them should have three or four buds. Cut oblique cut under the lower kidney. Then a couple of days kept in the water.
It is better to plant in a greenhouse in a loose and moist soil. From above, they cover with a layer of sand about 4 cm. The distance between the cuttings is 5 cm. At the same time, the lower bud is in the soil, and the upper one is 5 cm above it.
Care rules
After learning how to propagate lemongrass cuttings, consider the rules for caring for them. After planting, it is necessary to pour and cover with non-woven material. Further watering goes on top of the fabric. After thirty days, the roots form.
In this method, the percentage of rooting is small - half of the planted cuttings. Such is the sad feature of planting lemongrass cuttings.
In August, the shelter is removed, and in early autumn, cuttings are dug along with a clod of soil. Store before planting in the cellar, placing in the moistened sawdust.
Attention! Do not leave cuttings for the winter in the greenhouse: even in the presence of shelter, they freeze over.
How to propagate lemongrass root processes (overgrowth)
The most reliable way to propagate lemongrass - is to multiply it by shoots. Adult creepers have many shoots with buds. Young shoots are separated from the parent branch and used as planting material.
Plants give results in the second year of life. In the northern areas it is better to plant in the spring, before the buds bloom, in the more southern ones it is possible in the fall.
Lemongrass breeding by dividing the bush
For the reproduction of lemongrass by dividing the bush from the rhizome, root sections of 5-10 cm with two buds are separated. After dividing the shoots are covered with a damp cloth so that the roots do not dry.
Planted in a greenhouse or on a bed in fertile soil, covering with 2-3 cm of soil. For better rooting the soil is moistened every day. At a permanent place shoots are planted next year in the spring.
How to multiply Chinese magnolia vine layering
Chinese Schizandra is a fast-growing liana. With proper care, the plant has bright leaves and fragrant flowers in spring and red berries in autumn. Such a plant will decorate any garden, and since it is a vine, and gazebos, house walls, arches. Make it easy, if you do breeding lemongrass layering.
Horizontal way
For the horizontal development of lemongrass around the bush, you need to make grooves about 20 cm deep. In these grooves bend down the branches and press them to the bottom with wooden stakes. The grooves are covered with earth. The tops of the branches remain on the surface. In spring and summer you need to water and loosen the soil.
Vertical way
With the vertical method of reproduction, the remaining tip on the surface is tied to a peg. As the creeper grows, support is placed higher for it. Gradually, it will take the desired form.
How the lemongrass reproduces, you understand, but the plant has another feature: the lemongrass has a floor. During the fruiting period, young vines form male flowers, and female ones grow as they grow.
In an adult plant, flowers are arranged in tiers: the bottom one is mostly male flowers, the middle one is mixed, and the top one is female flowers.
The floor of the plant is not a stable characteristic: it all depends on the light, humidity, temperature, and your care for food and care in general.
