He cut a gardenia, put it into a mineral water bottle, and white roots grew out in 7 days!

The tools you need to prepare are very simple: a pair of scissors, a foam board, a plastic bottle, and a roll of tape.

2Cut the plastic bottle

First, use scissors to cut open the plastic bottle, as shown in the picture below, but do not completely cut off the upper part of the bottle mouth.

3. Cuttings processing

Cut the tender branches of gardenia grown that year, make a 45-degree cut at the bottom, keep the leaves on the top, and make the length about ten centimeters.

4 Insert the cuttings into the foam board

As shown in the picture below, insert the gardenia cuttings into the foam board, with the bottom about five centimeters exposed from the foam board.

5Put in plastic bottles

Place the gardenia together with the foam board into a plastic bottle, then add an appropriate amount of water into the bottle, let the foam board float on the water surface, and insert the top of the branch into the water surface. Then seal the plastic bottle with transparent tape, open the bottle mouth, and place it in a well-lit place for maintenance.

If the air humidity in your home is relatively high, you can simply cut off the top of the plastic bottle and put the foam board inside the bottle, as shown in the picture below. The reason why we only leave one bottle mouth for ventilation is to increase sufficient humidity for the gardenia and promote rooting.

6. Maintenance and management

If you do this kind of cuttings, you don't need to manage them in the later stage, just let them take root on their own. If you find that the water is turbid, you can change the water. Generally, white roots will grow one week after being inserted into water.

Water-inserted gardenia in pots

The roots of water-planted gardenias are relatively tender. If they are directly potted, they are easily damaged and recover more slowly. So Huahua will introduce to you how to pot gardenias after hydroponics~

1. First, find a disposable cup and make a hole at the bottom of the cup to facilitate ventilation and drainage.

2. Use tape to seal the hole you just made. I will explain the reason below.

3. Fill a disposable cup one-third full with water.

4. First add a small amount of soil into the cup, then put the gardenia with roots into the cup, and slowly add soil until the roots are completely buried.

The final look after filling the soil. Because there is water in the cup, the roots will not be harmed when adding soil. It is very practical.

5. After adding the soil, peel off the tape just now, the excess water in the cup will flow out, and the soil will be able to combine closely with the roots.