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Select Good Healthy Mother Plant Branch for Air Layering
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Materials for Air Layering
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a. Materials
b. These are the materials you will need to air layer a
c. houseplant
d. Sharp knife
e. Toothpick or small piece of wood
f. Twist ties or cotton cord
g. 8 in. 3 20 in. sheet of clear plastic
h. Three to four handfuls of sphagnum moss OR "healthy chikni mitti"
i. Water
j. Rooting hormone (optional)
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Materials for Air Layering
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Wounding the Plant :
• Air layering is done by first wounding the plant with a cut in the stem (figure 2).
Make a slanting cut into the stem. • The cut should penetrate the stem to about one fourth to one-third its diameter. • Be careful to not cut entirely through the stem. • Hold onto the plant above the cut so that it does not fall over and break at the cut. | |
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Placing a tooth pick in the cut :
• Keep the wound open using a small piece of wood such as a toothpick (figure 3). This is necessary to prevent the wound from healing over without forming roots.
• A rooting hormone can be applied by pushing it into the opened wound. The rooting hormone is optional, but it does promote more rapid root development.
• Purchase it from garden suppliers and garden centers.
• Saturate a couple handfuls of sphagnum moss with water.
Types of Different Plant Propogation / growing techniques
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Placing sphagnum moss around ( sphagnum moss is a material which you can see in a money plant stump you can also use “chikini mitti” instead of it.
• Squeeze slightly to remove excess water and press the moss into a tighter mass. Wrap the damp sphagnum around the wounded area on the stem (figure 4).
• Wrap a sheet of clear plastic tight around the ball of sphagnum (figure 5). Make sure none of the moss protrudes out the ends of the plastic. Use a large enough sheet of plastic to be able to go around the ball twice.
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Wrapping plastic around the sphagnum moss.
• Use twist ties or cotton cord to secure each end of the plastic snug around the stem, without injuring the stem (figure 6).
• Check the sphagnum ball every 7 to 10 days.
• If it has become light tan in color, it will need to be watered.
• This can be done by removing the top
twist tie and pouring a little water on the sphagnum moss so that it turns dark brown in color. | |
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Securing the wrap with twist ties.
• Examine the plant occasionally for root development.
• There is considerable difference in the amount of time required for roots to form; it will depend on the plant species. Some may form roots within 30 to 60 days,
• While others may require 6 to 8 months. When the roots have filled the sphagnum moss and are visible through the plastic, the newly rooted portion of the plant is ready for potting (figure 7).
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Air-layered stem ready to cut off and pot.
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New Plant is Ready for Potting or in land plantation.
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How to produce new plant at your home without any expense?
Labels:
air layering,
plant,
propogation
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