Can bougainvillea grow roots by soaking? How to grow roots by soaking

1. Can the roots be soaked?

Bougainvillea can grow roots by soaking, but you need to create more suitable conditions for rooting. The temperature should be maintained between 20-30℃ as much as possible, and 25℃ is best. However, this method requires special attention to the water quality. There must be no impurities in the water, and it must be clean enough. The water needs to be changed every 3 days or so, and new roots will grow after waiting for 30-45 days.

2. Use water to root

1. Preparation: Use scissors to cut a section of sturdy woody branches from the mother plant. Avoid using weak and leggy branches, which will reduce the chance of rooting. After cutting, remove the leaves at the base of the cuttings and soak them in rooting water for half a day, or add some rooting water to the water cutting container. This is to speed up the rooting process.

2. Water insertion: Soak the processed branches in a container, avoid letting the branches and leaves touch water, provide appropriate light and ventilation, change the water in time, ensure that the container is clean enough, and wait for rooting. Note that the number of cuttings in the bottle should not be too many. Just insert 1-2 branches in each bottle.