Propagation Of Plants By Layering
by John Yazo
Layering is a method of plant propagation that allows a new plant to be created before it is cut away from the parent plant. There are more than one method of layering. There is simple, serpentine or compound, continuous or trench, mound or stool and air layering.
Simple layering is a very basic method of propagation. It is done by bending over a branch while it is still attached to the parent plant and burying a portion of it in the ground to allow it to form a root system.
Serpentine or compound layering is done the same way simple layering is done except that more than one section of the stem is buried at the same time. Each section of the stem that is buried will develop a root system.
Continuous or trench layering is done by laying a branch horizontally in a trench while still attached to the parent plant and burying it. This will encourage a root system to develop and shoots will form in several locations.
Mound or stool layering is a method of layering that is done on mainly shrub type plants. The plant is cut back so new shoots will form at the base of the plant. The following spring dirt is mounded around the new shoots allowing the shoots to develop a root system.
Air layering which is also know as pot layering is a method that involves slitting a stem at an angle and covering it with a moist potting medium at the point of the cut to encourage it to develop a root system.
All these methods of layering are easy ways to develop new plants out of older ones.
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