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Rooting Ability of Sugar Maple Cuttings Depends on Date of Collection in Each Region

Efforts to propagate twig cuttings of sugar maple have not been completely successful primarily because of the excessive mortality of the rooted cuttings during the first winter. In previous work (1, 2, 4), cuttings have been collected in late June or early July. By the time cuttings collected during this period have rooted, the growing season is nearly over and, when outplanted, the rooted cuttings go immediately into dormancy. We thought that if root development could be completed earlier, rooted cuttings could be outplanted while growing conditions still were favorable for food accumulation. This should result in increased overwinter survival. The first question to be answered was how rooting would be affected by earlier collection of the cuttings. Accordingly, in February 1965 a study was begun at the Burlington, Vt., unit of the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station to determine the most favorable collection date for early rooting of sugar maple twig cuttings. Such date was found. The rooting responses in relation to the date of the collection of the cuttings are reported here. Subsequent reports will cover the effects of earlier rooting on overwinter survival.


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Author(s): Melvin R. Koelling

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 19, Number 1 (1968)

Volume: 19

Number: 1