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Suggestions for Using Compost Tea in Cutting Propagation

Venter, H. M. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings 2006, 56:65-70. 2007.

Compost tea is a liquid extract of humic compost containing large numbers of ben- eficial microorganisms. It is already in use in many nurseries in Europe as an aid to pest and disease management in plant production, but this paper highlights some potential uses in propagation.


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Author(s): J. Summers

Section: Vegetative Propagation and Tissue Culture