DENDROLOGY

TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING

PLANTING TECHNIQUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Figs, raspberries, blackberries, and many ornamentals can be propagated by ____
A
Layering
B
Stolons
C
Cuttings
D
Grafting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Similar to tip layering, except a 6-to 12-inch section with the shoot tip is left above the ground. Plants to try: climbing roses, forsythia, rhododendron, honeysuckle, boxwood, azalea, jasmine, abelia, pyracantha, and wax myrtle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tropical fruit trees that can be air-layered successfully are mamey sapote, carissa, white sapote, star – apple, velvet-apple, tropical apricot, longan, lychee, macadamia, barbados cherry, sapodilla, ambarella, loquat, carambola, persian limes and figs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jasmine and strawberry plants are propagated bythe method of layering.

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