HortScience · 1982 · 15 citations · 0 references
AgricultureHorticultural SciencesPlant SciencesPlant EcologyPlant PhysiologyPlant PropagationCutting PropagationPropagation Of Herbaceous PlantsPropagation Of Woody PlantsRooting PhysiologyRootstock ManagementSeedling PropagationBlueberry ProductionCutting Rooting SuccessPropagation Of Woody OrnamentalsRootstock Propagation Material QualitySoftwood Cuttings
Abstract Softwood terminal cuttings of ‘Woodard’ and ‘Tifblue’ blueberry ( Vaccinium ashei Reade) rooted best in media containing milled pine bark alone or mixed with equal parts of perlite, compared to sphagnum peatmoss alone or mixed with equal parts of perlite. Percentage rooting, root quality, and percentage marketability of softwood terminal cuttings of Vaccinium ‘Tifton 275’, a complex hybrid of V. corymbosum L. and V. ashei , was unaffected by rooting medium.