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

I would imagine that holly, an evergreen, would root in the
spring--considering what Ed Fackler has written about hormones for rooting
moving lower in branches near or at the onset of dormancy.  The rose
cuttings I rooted with a potato were done in the spring, but in a climate
where there were never any killing freezes.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Antique Rooting Method.


>Hi,
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>He said that it was used on holly.
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>He had not tried it, but learned of its use in the late 1800's in England.
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>He said we was going to experiment with it this season.
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>Doreen Howard wrote:
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>> 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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