Orchid cytokinin paste: instructions, why and how to use

The use of cytokinin paste on orchids has repeatedly proven effectiveness. It can be used for other indoor plants, carrying out a number of useful functions. The safety of pasta for plants of various species has been proven by the experience of gardeners. The properties of the product are useful for growth, development and flowering. By providing an additional effect on the root system, the cytokinin paste helps the entire orchid.

Description and properties

Pasta is sold in various forms, but you can produce it yourself. It consists of anhydrous lanolin, cytokinin and medical alcohol. This substance is thick, similar to toothpaste in consistency. Sometimes similar to liquid sour cream. Color is white or beige with yellowish veins.

Important properties of cytokinin paste:

• the awakening of sleeping peduncles, the formation of new buds;
• treatment of wounds that appeared on the body of the plant;
• stimulation of root growth;
• to stimulate flowering, if the flower suddenly fell asleep, lost strength and desire to bloom further;
• used for breeding, stimulating reproduction;
• for growth and rooting kids.

Orchid cytokinin paste is rarely sold in paste form. More often on the shelves of specialized stores there is a white friable powder called 6-BAP. The disadvantage of this form of release is the limited shelf life and complexity of self-breeding.

Just make the pasta yourself by buying all the necessary ingredients. However, the shelf life of a home remedy is much lower, therefore it is recommended to use it without harm to the plant and without loss of useful properties in the first three days after preparation.

It is optimal to purchase a fully prepared ointment in sealed packaging to increase the shelf life.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantage of using pasta is the speed of action. After application, the effect occurs instantly. Other advantages:

1. Effect on metabolic processes directly in plant cells: the factor significantly increases efficiency.
2. Use is permitted in all conditions of growing a flower - in a pot or in the garden.
3. Help with recovery from damage - the instruction allows you to use the substance even on weak orchids, the main thing is to do it correctly.
4. Ease of use: using a cytokinin paste made in an industrial environment is easy if you follow the instructions.

The tool has disadvantages that prevent its use:

1. Incompatibility with pests on plants. Before use, the plant must be checked for pests - if there are any, first remove them, and only then it is recommended to use drugs with cytokinin. In the opposite case, the culture will spend all its energy on new buds and shoots, but will soon die due to the final weakening of its own mother plant.
2. Negative effect on young shoots of phalaenopsis: underdeveloped plants dry out when exposed to substances from the composition of the product, leaves turn yellow and fall off.
3. With frequent treatments, the root is dried and the nutrients in the root system are neutralized.

Impact on the plant

The combination of all substances in the composition affects different parts of the plant, providing a comprehensive treatment of the vegetative and root systems of the orchid.

Sometimes buds appear on plants, but are in no hurry to blossom. Pasta is able to wake up the sleepy kidneys and provide orchid bloom stimulation. You can use the ointment for such purposes several times in a row, but the method used should not be changed.

Procedure for awakening:

1. After carefully examining the plant, determine where the youngest bud is located.
2. Use a sharp blade to remove the topmost scales. It is important to do this very carefully. Remove the scales completely.
3. Apply a small amount to a toothpick and spread the whole kidney evenly with a paste.
4. The propagation of orchids by cytokinin paste is due to the birth in new buds of new children suitable for transplanting into other pots.

Hormonal ointment for orchids affects the metabolic processes in plant cells. The process takes place in plants that have already completed their growth and are fully formed. The paste for the propagation of orchids slows down the aging of cells, provides them with adequate nutrition and helps to form new kidneys and children. With an established metabolism, the orchid becomes easier to develop and grow, adapt to new conditions. To regulate this process, apply the cytokinin ointment with gentle rubbing movements in the stems and under the leaves. Repeat the procedure 3-4 times with a difference of two days.

Once on the vegetative system of the flower, the paste starts the process of cell regeneration. When renewed, they stop aging, acquire the ability to actively reproduce. The number of children ready to separate from their mother is increasing.

To activate growth and flowering in the cultivation, introduce ointment. When the buds swell on the stems, gently and gently rub the ointment in place in front of the alleged buds. Once inside, cytokinin starts the regeneration processes at the application sites and throughout the flower. Apply a paste under the leaves and in front of the root of the young plant. Updated cells stimulate the flower to open buds and it blooms. If the orchid grows tall, but does not let the buds, stop fertilizing and be sure to start processing the vegetative system.

To use the product as a propagation stimulant, apply it to the kidneys. First, put the ointment on a cotton pad, then attach it to the place where the baby is formed, and leave it to completely absorb for 2-3 hours. After two days, repeat the procedure again. Due to the saturation of the soil cells with nutrients, they let the children able to stimulate the reproduction of the flower.

How to apply cytokinin paste: step by step instructions

First you need to make a choice of orchids. If there is no peduncle on the flower, the use of paste will be meaningless.

Further actions:

1. Choose a kidney. The lowest or highest kidney is best developed, so it is better to stop at one of them for growing.
2. Handle the kidney. With a gentle movement, remove the flakes from it with a sharp knife. In this case, it is necessary to avoid damage to the stem and the closed part of the kidney.
3. Apply a thin layer of paste on an open, “bare” kidney of light green color.
4. For the effect, repeat the procedure after 6-7 days.

After processing, the orchid becomes sensitive to the sun, so it is better to remove it from the window for a while, but still leave it in a warm, well-lit place. Watering is carried out in standard mode. After processing, the root needs support in the form of fertilizers. Dissolve a tablet of succinic acid in water and water the flower twice a month after top dressing. The leaves and stem are sprayed on top with clean fresh water and cleaned of dust.

DIY cytokinin paste preparation

Ingredients:

• medical alcohol;
• lanolin;
• cytokinin.

Dilute 2 grams of cytokinin in 100 ml of alcohol. Dissolve lanolin in water. Mix the whole mass and place in a dark place in an open container. When the alcohol evaporates after 3 days, the product is ready to use. After preparation, store the product in tightly closed packaging in the refrigerator, otherwise it will quickly deteriorate.

Improper use of cytokinin paste poses serious consequences for humans and the flower. Rules that are mandatory:

1. Carefully inspect the flower. It should not be cracked or damaged. Acceleration of growth in such a situation will kill the flower, since it does not have enough strength to recover.
2. It can not be used on young plants - immature organism will die quickly.
3. Make sure that after using the paste from one kidney, two shoots do not go out - if this happens, leave a strong one.
4. Do not apply ointment to the roots.
5. Keep the paste only in the refrigerator.
6. Before use, remove the ointment from the refrigerator two hours before use and leave at room temperature.
7. Use only clean tools.
8. Do not allow ointment to enter the human mucous membrane.
9. Work only with rubber gloves.
10. Use only fresh ointment.

You can replace the paste for orchids. There are similar products. The best remedy of all the substitutes presented is Keykeygrow plus. It is mainly suitable for breeding orchids. Use similarly to cytokinin paste. Cytodef, a powder that requires dilution in special proportions, is also great.

Contraindications:

• rot, mold, fungus on the root or vegetative system of the plant;
• young age of the plant;
• leaf diseases.

Using the product in such cases will lead to the death of the plant, since it has thrown all its forces into recovery.

The tool is sold in stores with country equipment or in greenhouses. The cost of 150-200 rubles per package.

Reviews

People who have already used this tool on their orchids share their impressions and leave reviews.

Oksana, 27 years old

I was afraid to use cytokinin, but he helped me propagate the orchid. The flower didn’t want to let the kids go, after application they appeared, I was able to transplant it into a new pot, my greenhouse was replenished! I was afraid to cook the cytokinin paste itself, I bought it in a special store, the price is cheap.

Svetlana, 31 years old

Used to enhance flowering. Orchid never bloomed in a year and a half, tried all means. As a result, two weeks after application, the first buds appeared and soon blossomed! Cooked the tool itself, it turned out immediately and inexpensively! If stored correctly, it will act for a long time.

Orchid cytokinin paste is a chemical agent, but when used correctly it does not adversely affect the flower. The effect on the plant system is universal.