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Friday 1 October 2021

Dragon's tongue or hemigraphis repanda plant propagation and care

Dragon's tongue or hemigraphis repanda plant propagation step: 1) First of all cut some healthy stems from the main plant. 2) Take two pots and fill it with cocopeat. 3) Take stem cuttings and plant into the cocopeat. Don't required any rooting powder. It is a very easy process, you can do it any time of the year. 4) Finally sprinkle little bit of water and keep it in a partial shaded place. 5) After two weeks cuttings look like this. Roots are very well developed within two weeks. Now we transplant into the bigger pot for better growth. 6) Making potting mix for dragon's tongue plant, the ratio of the potting mix is 40% garden soil, 20% cocopeat, 20% fine sand and 20% vermicompost. mix it well. 7) Take two well-drain pots and cover the drainage holes with some coconut husk. Fill it with potting mix. 8) Plant dragon's tongue into the potting mix. 9) Finally thoroughly watering. Dragon's tongue is a very low maintenance house plant. The care tips of dragon's tongue or hemigraphis repanda plant : 1) Light : It prefer bright to medium indirect sunlight. Don't keep the plant in direct sunlight, it can burn the plant leaves. 2) Watering : Dragon's tongue plant don't required too much water just keep the soil evenly moist (but not soggy). When top of the soil feels slightly dry then water it. 4) Fertilizer : This plant don't require too much fertilizer. Use little bit of vermicompost or any organic house plant fertilizer once in a two month.

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