Growers must maintain a favorable propagation environment and implement cultural practices to promote root initiation and subsequent root growth and development.
AmericanHort’s Craig Regelbrugge outlines how this USDA program will expedite the unrooted cuttings supply chain, while improving the quality of plant material.
Researchers at Colorado State University has spent the last three years studying production methods for increasing efficiency and productivity with three herbaceous perennials.
After experiencing issues with Xanthamonas in 2017 that affected the begonia supply in the North American market, Dümmen Orange has deeply invested in new disease-reducing production methods. Recent efforts have focused on defining and implementing improvements to ensure a reliable, quality supply of begonia cuttings for the spring of 2019.
Beltech, a Netherlands-based company that specializes in vision technology, is working with a young plant grower on a system that could ultimately improve plant cutting quality.
Greenhouse Grower Editor Laura Drotleff explains why she thinks gamechanging products like Basewell have the potential to disrupt the way the industry does business, and why growers need to embrace innovation.
The potentially gamechanging new propagation system developed by Dümmen Orange offers growers a cost and labor-saving alternative to traditional production.
Basewell bare-root cuttings feature advanced root development and no growing media, which allows products to ship to growers from off-shore production locations, ready to transplant directly into the finish container.
e-Gro, an online clearing house for alerts about greenhouse disease, insect, environmental, physiological, and nutritional disorders, recently posted two new propagation-related webinars on YouTube.
