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Re: Rooting pines

On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Barry Garcia wrote:

> i just learned this interesting fact about Montereys native pine, P.
> radiata. It seems that in the wake of pitch canker fungus, the Pebble
> Beach Company is rooting candles from Monterey pines (resistant pines).
> They say that these are one of the few pines that will root from
> cuttings! Interesting eh? And i though pines couldnt be done ( in a
> reasonable amount of time). I think they took the cuttings in August,
> and now they have little saplings.
> 
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>                             "Ambushing me first thing in the morning?!"
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> -------------------Akane Tendo to Kodachi Kuno in ranma 1/2 vol.
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Some Pines can be rooted from cuttings. In 1966 at Cal Poly in Pomona
California, for a plant propagation class project I was successful in
rooting the juvenile shoots that appear at the base of Pinus canariensis.
These blue-green shoots rooted easily with bottom heat and intermittant
mist plus the help of some Hormodin type of powder.  The Prof of the class
REJECTED the project because "It can't be done". He wouldn't even look at
the results - rooted cuttings. The plants grew well and were planted in
the San Dimas Experimental Forest. The system can be used to produce
cuttings from exceptional clones of this ornamental pine.

Phil Soderman sgrower1@rain.org
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