What are the methods in marcotting?

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What are the methods in marcotting?

Answer 1

Marcotting is simply the rooting of a branch by packing an area in a small ball of moss, tying it up (may even want to put a bit of plastic over it but not so as to cut off the air), and keeping it moist till roots sprout. Works really good on plants like rhododendron. For this you really need a plant that likes to root especially those that would root just by staking a limb down and covering/ watering it.

Answer 2

Marcotting is an old term for the propagation technique now called air layering, where a stem is induced to form roots while still on the parent plant. The stem is cut partly through and a rooting hormone (auxin) often applied. Then it is wrapped with moist sphagnum peat moss and ties in place

with plastic sheeting. When roots are well formed, the branch is cut below the roots to make a new plant.

Air layering is used for hard to propagate plants and to rejuvenate houseplants, such as that have gotten too tall.

Another method of air layering (marcotting) is simply bend a branch of a plant down to the ground and bury it partially in the soil. This works well with vine plants like honeysuckle and on plants like blackberry or raspberry.  Wait until the branch roots and cut it from the parent plant carefully dig it up and replant it where you want it.

This cite will give you a step by step instruction in marcotting with pictures of each step.

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