Cutting Types

Question 1

herbaceous cuttings:

where are they taken from?

Answer 1

soft, current season’s growth

Question 2

herbaceous cuttings:

taken at what time of year?

Answer 2

any time of the year

Question 3

herbaceous cuttings:

how long are the cuttings

Answer 3

3-5 inches

Question 4

herbaceous cuttings:

kind of growing medium and environment

Answer 4

in moist, well-drained substrate; in greenhouse with mist and bottom heat

Question 5

herbaceous cuttings:

auxin treatment?

Answer 5

they might or might not be treated with auxin

Question 6

leaf cuttings:

how do you take them?

Answer 6

cutting made of a leaf blade or a leaf with the petiole

Question 7

leaf cuttings:

taken at what time of year?

Answer 7

any time of the year

Question 8

leaf cuttings:

environment?

Answer 8

in greenhouse with mist or humidity tent

Question 9

leaf cuttings:

limitations?

Answer 9

only specialized plants can do this. must be able to produce adventitious roots AND shoots from the base of the petiole

Question 10

heel cuttings

Answer 10

pulling current season’s growth from older wood; needle-leaved evergreens; juniper species

Question 11

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

cost effective?

Answer 11

inexpensive

Question 12

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

environment?

Answer 12

no mist; can be mechanized; field planted, winter callused, or greenhouse planted

Question 13

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

taken at what time of the year?

Answer 13

dormant cuttings taken in the fall through spring

Question 14

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

how long are the cuttings

Answer 14

4 to 30 inches long; cut just below the node

Question 15

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

how is it planted?

Answer 15

planted deeply with only one node above the ground

Question 16

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

auxin?

Answer 16

auxin used for hard-to-root plants

Question 17

hardwood (deciduous) cuttings:

limitations?

Answer 17

only a few species root from hardwood cuttings

Question 18

hardwood (evergreen) cuttings:
when are they hardwood (evergreen) cuttings:
how are they taken?

Answer 18

dormant cuttings taken in late fall through winter

Question 19

hardwood (evergreen) cuttings:

how long are cuttings?

Answer 19

4 to 8 inches long

Question 20

hardwood (evergreen) cuttings:

environment?

Answer 20

in greenhouse or cold frame

Question 21

hardwood (evergreen) cuttings:

auxin?

Answer 21

cuttings usually treated with auxin

Question 22

leaf-bud cuttings:

how do you get cuttings?

Answer 22

consists of leaf blade, petiole, and a short piece of the stem with the attached auxiliary bud; cutting is leaf with a single node containing a bud

Question 23

leaf-bud cuttings:

when are they taken?

Answer 23

depends on species: some are taken in early summer and treated as softwood cuttings; some taken any time of year and treated as herbaceous cuttings

Question 24

leaf-bud cuttings:

when is this used?

Answer 24

used for plants that cannot form adventitious shoots on leaf cuttings; common method for vines

Question 25

mallet cutting

Answer 25

a type of leaf bud cutting; a hardwood cutting of current season’s growth with a heel of the previous season’s growth

Question 26

root cuttings:

when are they taken?

Answer 26

taken in winter when storage reserves are highest in the root

Question 27

root cuttings:

how long is the cutting?

Answer 27

1 to 16 inches long

Question 28

substrate and planting info?

Answer 28

very well -drained, moist medium; polarity is important

Question 29

root cuttings:

limitations?

Answer 29

only plants that form shoots on roots are propagated by this method

Question 30

Semi-hardwood cuttings:

Answer 30

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