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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

Tom,
What kind of cuttings were being rooted by Parent?  I know from practical
experience that rose cuttings can be rooted in this manner, with a potato
placed in good soil.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 7:06 AM
Subject: [nafex] Antique Rooting Method.


>Hi,
>
>Listening to Paul Parent's garden club on web radio this
>morning and he mentioned an old rooting technique, used in
>England over 100 years ago.
>
>You take cuttings in April, while still dormant, put a small
>hole in a potato and insert the cutting into the hole, and
>bury the potato in soil.
>
>The potato provides constant moisture, and starches to the
>cuttings while it roots.
>
>Anyone tried it?  Wonder if rooting hormones would improve
>the process.
>
>Just thought I would pass it along.
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>--
>Thomas Olenio
>Ontario, Canada
>Hardiness Zone 6a
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