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Foliar Methods to Propagate Plants from Cuttings: an Overview
• The foliar Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods are used on cuttings that are leafy in the growing season.
• Foliar methods are not used on
dormant or leafless cuttings.
• Rooting Solutions are applied to
the leaves of cuttings.
• Foliar methods Use Rooting Hormones that are made
using water only, applied by spray onto foliage or totally immerse.
• For foliar methods only Use Rooting Hormones made
with water and Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts. Never use other ‘Rooting Solutions’ made with active solvents since
they will dehydrate and kill plant cells.
Water-based Hortus IBA Water
Soluble Salts® Rooting Solutions are applied to leaves of
cuttings. The Rooting Solutions enter the plant through stomata, the minute
openings in the leaf. The stomata allow entry into the plant of gases and
liquids such as the Rooting Solution. After entry into the vascular system of
the plant, the rooting hormones in the Rooting Solution move by mass flow to the
basal end of the cuttings. Plants store rooting hormones at the basal end where
they are slow released to induce roots.
ROOTING PRODUCTS TO USE
Use Rooting Hormones made with
Hortus IBA Water
Soluble Salts®
METHODS
spray drip down
1) stick the basal end of the cuttings into media
2) spray the leaves of the cuttings with the Rooting Solution until the solution drips down
See the Spray Drip
Down Rate Chart
Total Immerse Method
1) total immser the cuttings into the Rooting Solution
2) stick the basal end of the cuttings into media
See the Total Immerse
Method Rate Chart
The selection of a method, either the Spray Drip Down
or Total Immerse Method, usually depends upon the number of cuttings in a lot.
Large homogenous lots may be easier to treat by the Total Immerse Method. Many
small lot sizes may be easier to treat by the spray drip down.
USE A SECOND FOLIAR TREATMENT
• Overcome slow root development
• Improve transplanting of rooted cuttings.
• Level the production crop.
• Improve roots of cuttings which were already
treated by any method, either rooted or un-rooted.
Stimulate rooting by using the spray drip down
with one or two weekly additional applications. Use Hortus IBA Water Soluble
Salts at 80-200 ppm or the initial foliar rate.
STOCK PLANT PREPARATION FOR FOLIAR METHODS
The stock plants must be adequately fertilized and
kept in light during the days before the cuttings are taken. These factors allow
the plant to store carbohydrates necessary for root formation.
ADJUSTING THE FOLIAR RATE
• Use as low a rate as possible to achieve rooting.
• When root formation is slow in formation trial at a
higher rate.
• When foliar methods produce leaf spotting, leaf
curl, or leaf drop it may be caused by inadequate stock plant preparation or too
high a rate.
Introduction to Plant Propagation from Cuttings:
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Products: Hortus_IBA_WaterSolubleSalts(20%) RhizoponAA_DryPowder_RootingHormones
Methods: Foliar_Methods-Overview Total_Immerse_Method Spray_DripDown_Method
Basal_Methods-Overview Basal_QuickDip_Method Basal_Long_Soak_Method
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