How to propagate lilacs? Inoculation, propagation, seeds

What gardener does not dream of breeding a fragrant lilac bush? It can be planted in several ways: by grafting, by layers, by cuttings. Therefore, the grafted plant and the root are distinguished. How to propagate lilacs? You can make this choice after you study our article. But back to our topic. The native lilac is a more prosperous variant of reproduction, it lives much longer, is not burdened with care in terms of removing young growth, besides the bushes grown by cuttings give excellent material for planting in the future. Especially it concerns hedges. But let us consider the propagation of lilacs by cuttings in more detail.

Rules for selecting the starting material for planting and planting:

"It starts with choosing a good mother plant." The bush should be moderately fed with fertilizers, not too severely circumcised.

- You must select the correct seed material. Look for thin, not stiff, but green branches.

How to propagate a lilac correctly? Growing in the greenhouse

The process of rooting the cuttings of lilac is very laborious. In conventional greenhouses and hotbeds the number of entrenched cuttings does not exceed 30-50%. Properly you need to prepare the planting material. Cuttings should have an oblique lower cut located just below the knot. It is not necessary to cut off in internodes - this planting material weakly takes roots, and can not get accustomed at all. Cut the cuttings of lilac either in the flowering period, or soon after it. But not later. The length of cut cuttings should not exceed 15 cm, before planting they are stored under the film. To accelerate the development of roots and increase the proportion of rooting planting material, it should be treated with growth regulators. In this case, you can take the drug heteroauxin (water or alcohol solution). To cuttings are rooted, they are placed in a greenhouse or a greenhouse, sand is poured onto the soil, a layer of 2-3 cm. The temperature is maintained at 25 to 30 ° C, and scattered light is produced. When a well-developed root system appears, the lilac is transplanted to a permanent place. Do it best from July to September. If planted in early spring or late autumn, then the bush will not give much growth. Saplings for winter cover with peat with fallen leaves or lapnika. You can prikopat them in the basement, and in the spring to plant on the beds.

How to propagate lilacs? General agrotechnical measures

The agrotechnics of rooting of cuttings are suitable for all kinds of lilac. Hungarian lilac, whose reproduction is most often carried out by gardeners, differs unpretentiousness, drought-resistant, and also grows successfully with excessive moisture. It reproduces well not only with green and lignified cuttings, but also with seeds. The root shoots do not. Seeds come together, seedlings develop quite fast: by the second year of life their height is 50-60 cm. By the third year well developed and strong plants can blossom, but the main flowering will begin in the fifth year. Often Hungarian lilacs are used as a stock for other varieties of lilac. Vaccinations on this kind of lilac well take root and are sufficiently durable.

About how to propagate lilacs, you already know, so you can safely do her breeding.