PROPAGATION

CUTTINGS

100

The light, white substrate used for rooting cuttings.

Perlite

200

These cuttings are made from wood that is over a year old

Hardwood

300

These cuttings are usually taken in spring of the fresh new growth

Softwood

400

Preparing freshly rooted cuttings for the outside environment is called:

Acclimation

500

Cuttings can be rooted in anything with good ____ and _____ exchange.

Air, water

AIRLAYERS

100

Make sure to select a ______ branch for airlayering

healthy (also accept upright, nonsignificant)

200

You must remove a ring of _____ from the branch for an airlayer.

bark

300

You can root any size branch with airlayers T/F

True

400

It is optional but adding this can make airlayers root faster

Rooting hormone

500

You must kill this green layer right under the bark

CAMBIUM

GRAFTING

100

You must line up the _____ for grafting to be successful

Cambium

200

Grafting involves combining scionwood onto ______.

Rootstock

300

Grafting involves combining _____ onto rootstock

Scionwood

400

The type of graft we did in class is called a ______ graft.

Saddle

500

For best success, scionwood is usually wrapped in ______ while the graft union heals.

parafilm

CUTTINGS II

100

A _____ knife is a safe knife, when speaking about cuttings or airlayers.

SHARP

200

You should remove roughly _____ of the leaves from a stem cutting to keep it from drying out

1/3- 2/3

300

There are three kinds of cuttings: stem, leaf, and ____.

ROOT

400

The chemical that helps roots form faster on cuttings

Rooting hormone

500

The cut end of a cutting will form this warty-white growth before they turn into roots; undifferentiated cell growth

callous