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Wednesday 6 November 2019

How to propagate chinese evergreen or aglaonema plant and care tips



Aglaonema is an evergreen air purifying perennial ornamental beautiful foliage decorative house plant in the Araceae family. This species are mainly native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and New Guinea. It's commonly known as Chinese evergreens. The NASA recommended one of the best air purifying house plant is an Aglaonema. This plant propagate can be done by stem cutting and dividing the shoots. Best cutting growing season is monsoon, early autumn and spring. Now I'm going to show you how to propagate aglaonema from dividing shoots.

Plant Propagation Steps:
First of all take this plant and dividing shoots from the main plant. It is a very simple and fastest method. Separate this shoots from the main plant and grow it individual pots. Now I'm make potting mix for Aglaonema plant. The ratio of the potting mix is 60% normal garden soil, 20% vermicompost and 20% fine sand. Mix it well. Take a pot with well drainage system and fill it with potting mix. Take this dividing shoots and planted into the center of the pot. Finally through watering and keep it partial shade place.

Aglaonema is a very low maintenance and low light plant.The caring tips of Aglaonema plant.
1) Light : It prefer indirect sunlight or low light condition for best growth.
2) Potting mix : plant your aglaonema in well drained potting mix.
3) Watering : this plant love moist soil, so keep this soil just moist not soggy.
4) Fertilizer : this plant don't require too much fertilizer. Give vermicompost or any organic compost once in a six months.

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