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Saturday 2 April 2022

Ruellia simplex or mexican petunia propagation from seeds (with update)

Easiest way growing and propagation of Ruellia simplex or mexican petunia (ruellia tuberosa) from seeds. Ruellia simplex or mexican petunia is an evergreen perennial flowering plant growing to 3 ft tall, in the family Acanthaceae and native to Mexico and South America. It is also known as ruellia brittoniana, ruellia angustifolia, wild petunia, dwarf mexican petunia etc. Ruellia plant mainly propagate through stem cuttings and seeds. In this video I'm going to show you - how to propagate ruellia plant from seeds (with update). Ruellia simplex propagation step: 1) First of all collect some mature seeds, when seed pod color is brown then collect the seeds. 2) Take a well-drain pot or seedling tray and fill it with cocopeat. The main benefit of using cocopeat, you can easily separate and transplant all seedlings. 3) Place the seeds on the surface of the cocopeat. 4) Finally sprinkle little bit of water and keep it in a partial sunlight place for a few days. 5) After 45 days seedlings look like this, now we transplant into the individual grow bags or pots. Take out all seedlings from the pot. Making potting mix for ruellia plant, the ratio of the potting mix is 60% garden soil, 20% fine sand and 20% vermicompost. Mix it well. Take some grow bags or pots and fill it with potting mix. Plant ruellia into the potting mix. Finally water it properly.

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