Field-Testing the Propagation of Yellow-Poplar Seedlings by Longitudinal Splitting
To investigate an inexpensive method for propagating yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.), seedlings were split longitudinally and planted outdoors in a seedbed. Seedlings were split into halves, quarters, or left whole. Of the seedlings split into halves, 97% survived; of the quartered seedlings, only one survived. Surviving propagules were halved again, but very few survived. The propagation limit appears to be one cycle of halving.
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Author(s): Richard R. Braham
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 38, Number 4 (1987)
Volume: 38
Number: 4