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Mist Propagation Recommended for, Expanding Cottonwood Clones Rapidly

Eastern cottonwood clones can be rapidly expanded by removing 6-inch sections from elongating shoots of parent plants, placing them in a rooting medium, and spraying them lightly with a water mist. The procedure is relatively inexpensive and the equipment needed is not elaborate. The Southeastern Area for State and Private Forestry USDA Forest Service) will soon distribute limited numbers of cuttings from eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides Bartr.) clones selected for pulpwood and timber production in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. To produce sufficient numbers for field planting, nurserymen will have to vegetatively propagate their cuttings. Mist propagation is recommended for expanding cottonwood clones rapidly. This system is used by horticulturists, and has proven reliable in experimental and production nurseries in the Midsouth and in Europe (Koster 1968).


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Author(s): William K. Randall, A. J. Erwin Miller

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 22, Number 4 (1971)

Volume: 22

Number: 4