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76 ‘r[II!: N (iR$ER Ii’--MA N i.?./t IAIl’ht: ~0-mlled cI b=hyrwPot-kryering, rirvu ttrtpositio;rl , ct.l:r-hycrirrg aid Chiwsc bycrimpare term applied to the rooting of rigid stem by meansof surrounding t hvrr:, while in their natural position, withearth or moss, or similar ma.terial. The stem is wounded --~onunr~nly girdled and preferably just below a, node --- a,nd a(ii\-ided pot or bos is placed &out it ilnd filled with earth(Fig. 67). The roots start from a’bove the girdle, and whenthey have filled the pot the st,cm is severed, headed back andI)lwllted. Pot-kyring is practiced mostly in greenhouses,n-here it is possible to keep the earth unifornilj- moist. Buteven there it, is wdvisablt towrap the pot in I~OSS to checkevqmration. ~SOIllC phts, asIS’irlls ~lwfi~‘~t a 1~1 dracerla., (.‘a 11be rc;tdily rorrtcd by wrcqq)irlgthn with tnoss itlo~w, if theatniosphere is sufkiently ulosc ;1: / iFIG. 67. Pot-layerage. FIG. 6X. A “ mossed” dracena plant,