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2. Cutting (plant) - Wikipedia

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   A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation. A piece of the stem or root of the source plant is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil. If the conditions are suitable, the plant piece will begin to grow as a new plant independent of the parent, a process known as striking.

3. Fruit tree propagation - Wikipedia

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   Root cuttings (pieces of root cut off and induced to grow a new trunk) are also not used to propagate fruit trees, although this method is successful with some herbaceous plants. A refinement on rooting is layering. This is rooting a piece of a wood that is still attached to its parent and continues to receive nourishment from it. The new plant ...

4. Propagation of Christmas trees - Wikipedia

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   Once potted, the rooting media need to be kept moist and the cuttings need to be misted regularly. The cuttings should develop an adequate root system for transplantation in about three months. It has been determined that rooting hormones containing higher levels of IBA increase the percentage of cuttings that develop viable roots in Carolina ...

5. Grafting - Wikipedia

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   In this case, cuttings of an easily rooted plant are used to provide a rootstock. In some cases, the scion may be easily propagated, but grafting may still be used because it is commercially the most cost-effective way of raising a particular type of plant. Hybrid breeding: To speed maturity of hybrids in fruit tree breeding programs.

6. Mark Bailey: Cuttings make for easy plant multiplication - AOL

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   A cutting is a piece of a plant, typically a stem, that is used to grow new plants. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

7. Plant propagation - Wikipedia

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   In some plants, seeds can be produced without fertilization and the seeds contain only the genetic material of the parent plant. Therefore, propagation via asexual seeds or apomixis is asexual reproduction but not vegetative propagation. [6] Softwood stem cuttings rooting in a controlled environment. Techniques for vegetative propagation include:

8. Division (horticulture) - Wikipedia

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   Division, in horticulture and gardening, is a method of asexual plant propagation, where the plant (usually an herbaceous perennial) [1] is broken up into two or more parts. Each part has an intact root and crown. [2] The technique is of ancient origin, and has long been used to propagate bulbs such as garlic and saffron.

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