Propagate Neomarica
N Sterman (Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:07:42 PDT)

Okay, so this is what I am thinking. I have about a dozen flowering
stalks with green plantlets at the tip. I have a 355 day growing
climate. What if I just pin the stalks to the ground and allow the
plantlets to root that way? The plantlets will still be attached to
the mama plant but they will be sitting parallel to the ground rather
than with their posteriors set into the ground. Will that be a
problem for rooting?

MIllie, I have powdered rooting hormone and a liquid (dip-it or dip
and grow or something like that). Gel sounds like a better medium
than powder or liquid. What gel can consumers purchase?

Nan

On Oct 5, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Millie Burrell wrote:

I thought I'd add that if you lightly scratch the basal end of the
offshoot and dab some rooting gel on it before sticking it in a ½
peat: ½ perlite mixture, you'll have even better success in
rooting. By a slight injury to the epidermal layer, you will
accomplish two things: 1) auxin flows downward in the plant (auxin
is the hormone that stimulates rooting) and 2) the new cells that
form at the injured site will be callus cells that are non-
differentiated and are easily coerced by that application of auxin
in your rooting gel to form roots.

Cheers,
Millie

Millie Burrell
Plant Genetics and Systems Laboratory
Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
Norman Borlaug Center
MS 2123
College Station, TX 77843-2123
millieb@tamu.edu

TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com 10/05/05 3:21 PM >>>

Can anyone give me instructions for propagating Neomarica from the
plantlets that form at the tips of flowering stalks?

Thanks
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