Hort Ch 14

Front 1

simple layering

Back 1

an intact young shoot is bent to the ground, the bent portion is covered with soil or rooting medium. Sometimes the bent portion is cut to stimulate rooting. The end of the stem is pointing up to form a u.

Front 2

compound layering

Back 2

similar to simple layering except that the entire branch is laid horizontally to the ground and covered with rooting media, numerous shoots for rooting develop

Front 3

air layering

Back 3

an aerial stem is girdled and enclosed with rooting media to produce roots in the upper part of the plant

Front 4

mound (stool) layering

Back 4

shoots on established plants are cut back to the base annually and mounded over with rooting media at intervals during growth to stimulate rooting.

Front 5

stooling

Back 5

cutting shoots back to the base for mound layering

Front 6

trench layering

Back 6

shoots of established plants are placed horizontally at the base of a trench where new shoots are covered at intervals during growth to induce etiolation

Front 7

drop layering

Back 7

bases of shoots in plants in containers are covered as in mound layering

Front 8

tip layering

Back 8

natural layering in which the stem tip of some species of rubus form roots when inserted into the soil

Front 9

runner

Back 9

a natural form of layering in which a specialized stem grows laterally from the crown of the plant and takes root at alternate (or other) nodes to produce a new plant

Front 10

stolon

Back 10

specialized underground stem that grows laterally from the crown of the plant to produce either another plant or a tuber

Front 11

offsets

Back 11

a specialized leafy plant stem that develops from the base of many monocots and is used for propagation

Front 12

suckers

Back 12

a term given for an adventitious shoot emerging from a root

Front 13

crown division

Back 13

the root-stem juncture of a plant