Re: spring grape cuttings
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- Subject: Re: spring grape cuttings
- From: "* S* <g*@swbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:50:24 -0600
Margaret there is a difference of opinion about making cuttings. I cut the
top squarely, so I can hammer the pointed bottom end into trhe ground.
Well, that's my mnemonic image anyway. You say the opposite. What's your
image? Is there an 'approved' way? Geoff
-----Original Message-----
From: margaret lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
To: propagation@mallorn.com <propagation@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: spring grape cuttings
>At 05:43 PM 3/23/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>lon r, others:
>>
>>I just did a pile of cuttings of swenson red grapes, can I let these
>>callous up & plant them in a few days? I don't have any rooting
>>hormone, does it make much difference with grapes such as these.?
>>
>>miekal
>>
>I don't know whether this is widely practiced or not,but a former county
>agent in sw Idaho came up with a plan to plant grape cuttings upside down
>for a month or so, then plant them right side up, the theory being that the
>auxins that had gone to the top then would stimulate root production. It
>does work. Cut bottom squarely, and top at an angle when pruning to tell
>the difference for this type of propagation. Margaret L
>
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