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Layering

Layering. Original by Linda Rist Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office July, 2002. Asexual Propagation. Roots are formed on a stem root while still attached to the parent plant. Asexual Propagation. the stem or root which is rooted is called a layer

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Layering

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  1. Layering Original by Linda Rist Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office July, 2002

  2. Asexual Propagation • Roots are formed on a stem • root while still attached to the parent plant

  3. Asexual Propagation • the stem or root which is rooted is called a layer • the layer is removed from the plant only after rooting has taken place

  4. Advantages and Disadvantages • relatively simple • requires more time • requires a lot of work by hand • fewer plants can be started from each parent plant

  5. Advantages and Disadvantages • usually very successful • some plants layer naturally - raspberry

  6. Simple Layering • a branch from the parent plant is bent to the ground • covered with soil at one point • terminal end remains exposed

  7. Air Layering • Ancient Chinese practiced air layering • process eliminates burying part of the plant in the soil

  8. Air Layering • instead, a part of the stem is girdled • cut all the way around • the cut is surrounded by moist sphagnum or peat moss

  9. Air Layering • Moss is wrapped with plastic to hold in place • roots grow from the wound on the stem

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