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Re: Clematis from cuttings



On Wed, 7 May 1997, Amy Rupp wrote:

> > The leaves are left on, or sometimes one is cut off, mostly to give space 
> > in the cutting frame.  Cut [through] halfway between each leaf pair.  
> > Then cut off the stem above the leaf pair,  use the stem below the leaves 
> > to hold the cutting in the soil.  [It's internodal because the initial 
> > cut is half-way between leaf nodes.]
> 
> So basically each cutting is only one node-length long, with the node at
> the centre?  Rather than several nodes long stripped of bottom leaves as
> is done with most cuttings?  So, one long cutting would yield several
> smaller cuttings to root?
> -- 

Amy,

Yes, on all counts. You can try pieces from different parts of the 
shoot; generally those near the terminal, but with fully expanded leaves 
are the easiest to root.

Loren Russell
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