CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

Il’ittfvr wffiup. - Jlalcc the cuttings in iLlltlllllll ilS SOOll ;I5 111(1
lw,wS are shtd. I’se well-ripened unl,rantrhcb(l IVoo(l of tllca SI’iiSOil’S
growth, pro(lucv(1 in ~vell-lightcvl SitlliktiollS. .4l)ollt 4 to 5 i;iclicbs
is a suital,le length. Tf a greenhouse is a~xilal~lc, set t lie cnttings,
upright or at an angle, in a cutting&vi of 3 part,s of bxiswood
sawdust t0 1 part, of Pt’iLt. blhple or bircli SZ~Wcl~l:~1: dovs IlCilrly
as well as l~lsswoocl. For winter cu t.tSinps, Sit\V(lllSt, anrl ]X’iLt,
provide II lwf.tFbl’ r~llt~ill~-\Kd t.hiMl F)t’ilt ;lIld Sib Il(1. i.‘Nliir 01
pine sawdllst is too arTid. Keep the cutting- bet1 ilt il tt~liipvraturt:
of 55” to fi.5” for 2 month, when the cuttings will be callused. Then
CllilIljiC? t0 :3s” ikt iiigSllt, il.IlCl GO” in the daJ4nie. :\fter itbOll t tIVo
months, the st.arch-to-su~,PILr tritIlSforInatiOII consecluent on the drilling
will llik\7f’ t~iLl,tirrle, the air tll,o\-c the cutting-hcd being kept sat~lrtlted or
Jlt’il rlF SO. After nmv twigs have pushed from the upper burls,
tliv new growth lias heen terminattvl l)y the browning of the
tips, :111rl the new lcavrs have reached tllcir full size am1 acquire(l
the (lilrli grthtbri color illld tcsture of niaturit)., roots Ivill
I)t>gin to form ttt lilt lowcar en(ls of the cilttings. Rooting is
visually foliowrvl 1)~. stbcontlary twig growth. 17cntilut-ion may then
incrcxw, anil tlic rootccl PlilIltS be treated thereafter as dcscribcd
under “ tubering.”
If 110 grcr9hollsc is :bV;lilill)l(l, the cuttings slrolllrl 1W IllilCll’ in
tilt\ iLUtIlIIlr1, IiLiCl in l)oSCS, covervrl lvitli pllW moist l)ilSS~VOO~l SikFV-
dust, and kept in ;In iIlcllI)iltOr for ii month ilt iI tt~rllpCl’i~tlllT Of
55” to CiOO, in order to c:illus. 120r tlw I’Clliili~ld~~l’ of tlie winter
the ~OXPS ~h0I~lt1 be kept at ;L temperature of 32” to JO”, an(l tls
soon as the frost is out of the ground in sprin, (r the cuttings should
be set \~er~- ~xl*c~fllll~~, so ilS not, to injure tile C’iIllllS1’S, in a cuttingbecl
Of S:l.IVClllSt. illlcl IWiLt, OI’ INXt illl(l SilIlCl, as alrt~ad~~ (lescril)cd,
in a CWltlfIXIllt?. Wlf.~ fl*:lIllC1 SllOllltl IW lt, 11s 11C;ll’ 55” tO (XI0 ilS
possible, ilS earl)r iilld tLs long :LS the W~~i~tllCr permits. The latcl
progress itd trcrttriic~nt Of tlK? cuttings SllOllltl XX? ilS itlWiLCl~~ destrrild.
Budtlirrg. --For stocks use the sl-rang new shoots from wild
I-mdiw cut to the ground in the preceding cloIWli~Ilt sca,son. Ttlld
them in July- or early LIugust. ITse buds from selected l~>vl)ritl~,
choosing from the season’s growth those whose scales haye turned
brown. In the hottest weather sticks of such buds can be carried
safely for one or two days if wrapped in clean moist muslin and.