Cutting production from mother stocks in chrysanthemums grown in rockwool, 2: Mother stocks management for increasing yield of cuttings
2000
Kunitake, T. (Fukuoka-ken. Agricultural Research Center, Chikushino (Japan)) | Tanigawa, T. | Matsui, H.
The yield of cuttings of the autumn flowering cultivar 'Syuhonochikara' whose mother stocks were grown in rockwool were examined. Influences of rockwool mat cover materials and rooting period were also investigated. In the case of using non-woven fabric for rockwool mat cover, the number of the cuttings increased by as much as 1.2 and 1.1 times compared to using polyethylene sheets for cover and coverless rockwool mat. The shoot growth of unrooted cuttings in direct planting was less active in number than those planted after the cuttings were rooted in the early stage, whereas, the cutting yields from direct planting of unrooted cuttings significantly increased in August along with the number of the total cuttings, compared to those planted after rooting in rockwool culture. When cut at the fourth node, the number of cuttings increased by as much as 1.2 and 1.7 times compared to those cut at the second or third node. Consequently, the number of the cuttings were maximal when the cu
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