All representatives of acacia are characterized by rapid growth and with good, attentive care are able to give a good growth. From this article you will learn what ways can multiply acacia.
How to multiply acacia cuttings
Reproduction of acacia cuttings - one of the easiest ways to grow plants. This procedure is carried out in the spring or at the end of summer, while the weather is still warm and the cuttings have all the chances for rooting and development. Used for breeding tops of shoots. Cutting the cuttings of acacia is carried out at an angle, cutting off the shoots 10 cm long. For better rooting, the ends of the shoots are dipped into the Epin or Zircon solution for six hours. During this time, prepare a nutrient substrate: take the finished mixture for flowering plants, sand, "Vermiculite" in proportions of 1: 1: 0.5. In the cooked mixture, add charcoal pieces.
Important! When planting acacia seedlings at the bottom of the pit lay a good layer of drainage, compost and a complex of mineral fertilizers. Nutrient substrate for acacia is one of the main conditions for the successful development of young plants.
Before planting, moisten the soil evenly, deepen the cutting in it and cover it with a cap (plastic bottle). A box with cuttings is placed in a warm place with a temperature not lower than +22 ° C, with good lighting. If provided to be heated from below, this will significantly speed up the rooting of acacia cuttings. Usually the rooting process is completed in two to three months.
Did you know? The ancient Egyptians revered acacia as the tree of life. Because of its yellow flowers, the acacia was considered a symbol of the sun and a symbol of the god Horus. From the acacia wood of Arabia in ancient Egypt built ships.
Propagation of acacia by separation of root shoots
The root growth is formed by adult acacia plants. In the spring, the root system is carefully excavated and the root shoots are chopped off from the mother tree with a sharp shovel. At the same time you need to try to dig up the shoots together with the soil clod. Seedlings immediately determine a permanent place, after planting moisten the soil. If several plants are planted, the distance between them is no less than half a meter.
Attention! When planting acacia, make sure that the groundwater is deep-seated: the plant does not like overmoistening of the soil.
How to multiply acacia layering
In spring, the acacia is propagated by layering. To do this, choose a young shoot no older than two years, growing closer to the soil surface. A shallow furrow is dug under it, an escape is laid in the furrow, after making several cuts on the underside of the branch. In order not to raise the branches, it is clamped with wire straps and added dropwise, then watering is carried out. The following spring, an acacia sapling is separated from the tree and planted in a permanent place.
Interesting! Australia is famous for the variety of species of acacia, there are more than eight hundred of them here. Australia's Acacia Day is celebrated on the first of September in Australia. But in Israel with acacia are fighting. They brought a plant from Australia, but it grew so that it began to crowd out other trees and shrubs.
Acacia vaccination
One of the simplest methods of vaccination is the budding of acacia in the root neck. Carry out the procedure in the spring, using the eye with last year's escape. In the summer, the procedure is carried out with the eyes of the current year.
The graft for the summer procedure will be cuttings about 30 cm long, cut from the shoots of the current year a couple of hours before budding. Leaves and stipules are removed from the cuttings, leaving a petiole an inch long. Cuttings previously put in the water. Reproduction technique by budding is as follows:
- With the cutting cut off the flap with the kidney;
- A cross-shaped incision is made on the bark of the stock;
- The flap is gently inserted into the incision, covered with bark and tightly wrapped, so that the kidney in the sinus of the cutting remains open.
The acacia blooms beautifully, on the plot it can be planted both in single and group planting. Acacia is unpretentious in care: it is resistant to drought, frost, its reproduction is represented in several ways, also not components of labor. This plant is now becoming one of the most popular in landscape design.
