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Nagchampa (Plumeria pudica) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is made from a combination of sandalwood and either champak or frangipani. Nagchampa is a fragrance of Indian origin. It widely cultivated in warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.
Nagchampas thrive with a little maintenance are easy to propagate and look magnificent with large cluster of sweet scented flowers almost throughout the year and hence make excellent garden plants. They are ideal for home garden, rooftop garden and open balconies.
PROPAGATION
1. At first you should purchased seedlings from any nursery store.
2. If you want to propagate, then take near about 5-6 inches long shoot tip cuttings in spring or during rainy season.
3. Use potting mix like 60% soil + 25% coco peat + 10% sand + 5% oraganic matters or any well drained potting medium.
4. Use rooting powder like IBA ( Indole butyric acid) powder to induce roots in cutting.
5. If you have no rooting medium no problem.
6. Rooting medium increase success to develop roots in cuttings.
7. Use large garden container to develop seedlings more.
8. Potting mix pour into the garden container and watering high before transplant cuttings.
9. Now shoot cuttings are wash in low concentrate broad spectrum fungicide.
10. If you have no fungicide just wash it thoroughly in fresh water.
11. Keep in mind that cuttings are done just 3- 5 mm below the node where roots will be developed.
12. Picks up maximum leaves from the cuttings leaving 3-4 leaves.
13. Now cuttings ends deep in rooting powder and transplant it into potting medium by making a hole with pencil tips or by finger.
14. Now covered it with transplant polythene and placed your container under semi shade area.
15. The cuttings will start rooting in 2 to 4 weeks.
16. Watering medium till seedlings are developed properly.
17. When seedlings are well developed you should separate the new seedlings and transfer each seedlings into 12 inch diameter garden containers.
18. The cutting will start rooting in 2 to 3 weeks.
WATERING
19. Nagchampas require profuse watering but keep in mind that over watering can damage your plants.
20. Next watering done when top soil surface is completely dry.
21. Any water logging in pot may harmful to your plant.
REPOTTING
22. When seedlings are well developed than transfer it into 20-30 litre container.
23. Now placed it in your desire place where it can thrive 5-6 hours bright direct sunlight.
FERTILIZER
24. Feeding of Nagchampa is a one kind of skill.
25. After transplant just feed one teaspoon bone meal in a month.
26. It promotes vegetative growth.
27. Bone meal just spread on the potting mix does not mix with soil.
28. Fertilizer leaching out slowly when watering will be done.
29. After vegetative growth next year start feeding with phosphate rich NPK 5:5:10 fertilizer.
30. Phosphate rich fertilizer induces blooms.
CARING
TIPS
31. Avoid fertilizer in rainy and winter season.
32. It may infect your plant by root or stem rot.
33. For more blooming you should controlled plant size by pruning.
34. Pruning helps to more branches out and thereby more blooming occurs.
35. Keep in mind that it is deciduous plant when leaves are going start shade down reduce watering.
36. Every year 2 to 4 inches top soil should be replaced with new fresh potting mix . It should be done before spring comes.
37. Some time infections occur during rainy and winter season.
38. In these seasons Nagchampa can be at risk of root and stem rot caused by fungal infection.
39. In such cases spray any broad spectrum fungicide.
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