What is this pasta
Cytokinin ointment for orchids is a popular drug that contains the hormonal component cytokinin. It promotes active reproduction and growth of plant cells. If you apply the ointment to an area of the plant, you can stimulate the appearance of a new element, for example, a shoot of a flower. A lasting result can be achieved if you use a phytohormone for indoor plants.
Orchid processing
The main advantage of the drug is its ability to regulate metabolic processes and induce cells to divide. Thanks to the use of the ointment, you can awaken dormant buds, accelerate plant growth, and extend the flowering period. An irreplaceable remedy for the restoration of plants that begin to die due to poor care.
Note! The use of cytokinin paste for orchids guarantees 100% results in the formation of children.
Definition
Cytokinin paste is a preparation based on the phytohormone cytokinin, which stimulates cell division... In the beginning, the drug in the west was called Keikigrow, which means "baby, baby" in Hawaiian. The store has analogs of the original imported paste, which contain the hormone in lanolin and are much cheaper in price. There are also preparations with additional components - vitamins.
Attention! When using cytokinin paste, it must be borne in mind that it belongs to the class of hazardous substances, so it must be stored away from children and animals, and when working with the drug, use gloves.
On our portal you can find information about other preparations for the treatment of orchids:
- Fitoverm - to combat thrips, aphids and other pests;
- Aktara - to combat pest larvae;
- Zircon - for growth and flowering;
- Fitosporin for getting rid of powdery mildew, root rot, fusarium and bacteriosis;
- Epin - for long flowering and prevention of fungal and bacterial diseases.
Making pasta at home
The ingredients that make up the ointment are sold at any pharmacy. Therefore, you can easily make the ointment yourself at home. This will require:
- cytokinin 1 g:
- 99 g of anhydrous lanolin.
Succinic acid for orchids - application
The lanolin must be heated in a water bath. It should be kept until it becomes liquid. But you can't let the lanolin boil. Then, stirring constantly, you need to mix 1 g of cytokinin with lanolin. The mixture is left open to thicken.
For your information! You can store the resulting paste for three years in the refrigerator.
How to store the drug?
Cytokinic acid is stored in the refrigerator or in a place protected from direct sunlight and heating appliances. Shelf life is 3 years.
Often, when growing orchids, flower growers use top dressing. So, for example, Fitoverm KE and Aktara help fight pests, and garlic water, Fitosporin and succinic acid relieve the plant from various diseases. In addition, vitamins can be used to maintain the health of the flower.
For reproduction of orchids
Orchid pests - why they appear and how to fight
Indoor plant owners are often faced with a situation where, even with good care, the plant does not reproduce. This phenomenon is most relevant for orchids and violets, which are considered the most capricious flowers.
Orchid propagation paste can increase the likelihood of babies forming. This is due to the fact that cytokinin is actively involved in cell division.
How to use for breeding
Indications for use
The cytokinin product is used to awaken indoor flowers and as an additive for the rapid growth and ripening of greenhouse vegetables for sale in the winter.
It is allowed to process the buds of plants that do not suffer from fungal and infectious pathologies.
When fertilizing the roots and the green part of the young plantations, the latter will die.
In case of illness this year, it is advisable to postpone the use of the drug until next season. A prerequisite is the application at a specific time when the flowers wake up from hibernation. Another period is not acceptable.
It is necessary to process crops suffering from a lack of sunlight and unsuitable living conditions.
To activate flowering
Orchid substrate - which is better for growing
Late spring, severe cold in winter cause the plant to bloom late. To avoid this, it is necessary to stimulate him. The paste activates the development of shoots and buds, which will further accelerate the flowering process.
If, during the period when the flower should come out of hibernation, treatment with a cytokine agent can be performed, the flowering process can be accelerated, since cytokinin has a positive effect on the development of the kidneys.
To restore dormant kidneys
Orchid bud-awakening paste can be a salvation for residents of the northern regions with a very long winter. Such weather can cause a long awakening of the plant. There are also cases when the kidney has formed, but has suspended its development. To apply the paste in such cases, it is necessary to induce the plant to wake up.
Important! If the flower is in a dormant state, then it is necessary to use the remedy precisely during the period when awakening occurs - from the end of February to the beginning of March.
Flowering activation
Other ways
Instructions for the use of cytokinin paste also contain other cases in which the agent can be used:
- reproduction of orchids with cytokinin paste. Thanks to the tool, you can induce the shoots to develop from the side;
- delay in plant aging. Often in adult flowers, leaf fall is observed. The cells receive less nutrients, which leads to the fact that the leaves begin to dry out. Orchid ointment applied to withering leaves slows down the aging process. This becomes possible due to the fact that the components of the agent have a positive effect on the enrichment of cells with nutrients.
Cytokinin paste can also be used to increase the plant's resistance to harmful factors. Waterlogged or dry air, low room temperature are all unfavorable factors for flower development. Under their influence, the nutrition of cells is disrupted. As a result, leaves wilting, growth slows down. After applying the paste, lifeless plants begin to come to life.
Flower treatment to delay aging
What can be replaced?
Often on the forums you can find the question of how you can replace cytokinin paste. It is successfully replaced with homemade hormonal paste. To prepare it, you must have with you only three components... Therefore, if it is not possible to buy in a store or order by mail, you can make it yourself.
You can make your own hormone paste.
Contraindications and restrictions
Cytokinin paste is a fertilizer, and working with any kind of fertilizer requires compliance with safety rules. You can use the ointment only in accordance with the instructions. It is important to pay attention to a number of points:
- check the expiration date before use;
- storage should only be in the refrigerator;
- all work must be carried out with protective gloves;
- before application, the drug should be warmed to room temperature;
- only two plots are processed on one plant, no more.
It is not always possible to use the drug. There are certain limitations to consider. If the plant is sick or attacked by pests, the ointment is not used. Thus, the owner will only accelerate the death of the plant, and not provoke stimulation.
Note! You cannot activate a large number of shoots at the same time. For an orchid, it is permissible to apply the ointment at a maximum of three points. In this case, the flower must be completely healthy, the roots must be properly formed.
The ointment can only be used on shoots. It is not intended for processing leaves and roots. You can not process a young plant under the age of three years. He has not yet formed a root system, so such stimulation will lead to the flower dropping its leaves.
A competent approach to the use of the drug will allow you to achieve active flowering of the orchid even after a long and cold winter. The main thing is to do everything in moderation and taking into account contraindications.
Caring for the plant before and after applying the drug
After treatment with cytokinin paste, orchid care is as follows:
Lighting... The orchid loves to grow and develop only in a well-lit area. It is best to keep it on east or west facing windows so that there is no direct sunlight.- Watering... The flower after processing with the paste requires regular and moderate watering. Moisten as the soil dries out, using warm and settled water.
- Top dressing... 2 weeks after stimulation with the paste, you need to buy succinic acid, from which to make a nutritional composition and water it 2 times a month. To prepare the solution, take 2 tablets, turn them into powder and pour 1 liter of water.
Our experts have prepared materials for you on how to feed an orchid so that babies appear, as well as during flowering. In addition, we present you with information on how to independently prepare fertilizer for a plant.
