Nauka Przyroda Technologie

2008 volume 2 issue 1 #5

Urszula Nawrocka-Grześkowiak, Małgorzata Bielecka

Influence of coconut fiber on rooting of Picea glauca ‘Conica’ cuttings

Abstract. The type of soil and time of taking cuttings are the most important factors during rooting of Picea glauca ‘Conica’ cuttings. Four types of media were compared: coconut fiber (coir) without any additions, coconut fiber with perlite (1:2), coconut fiber with peat (1:1) and standard soil (peat with perlite in 1:2 proportion) as a comparison. The coconut fiber without any supplements and coconut fiber with addition of perlite (1:2) can be recommended, especially, when cuttings are taken at the end of June.

Keywords: vegetative propagation, seedlings, coconut fiber, media, white spruce ‘Conica’, Picea glauca ‘Conica’

Full text available in Polish in Adobe Acrobat format:
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Streszczenie w języku polskim:
http://www.npt.up-poznan.net/tom2/zeszyt1/streszczenie-5.html

For citation:
Nawrocka-Grześkowiak U., Bielecka M., 2008. Wpływ włókna kokosowego na ukorzenianie sadzonek Picea glauca ‘Conica’. Nauka Przyr. Technol. 2, 1, #5.

Corresponding address:
Urszula Nawrocka-Grześkowiak
Urszula Nawrocka-Grześkowiak
Katedra Dendrologii i Kształtowania Terenów Zieleni
Akademia Rolnicza
ul. Janosika 8
71-424 Szczecin
Poland

e-mail: urszula.nawrocka-grześkowiak@ar.szczecin.pl

Accepted for print: 20.12.2007