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with Small Roots | with Small Roots Planted |
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with Tiny Roots | with Tiny Roots Planted |
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with No Roots | with No Roots Planted |
Peony Helper
Monday, September 24, 2012
2012 Peony Experiments - Intersectional Divisions
I divided a huge Peony 'Bartzella' this week with 24 stems. I ended up with 10 divisions. Four of the divisions have large root systems, and I know they will grow fine. However 6 of them had little to no root left on them. Since Peony 'Bartzella' DNA seems to be quite valuable these days, and I am not currently in the business of cloning :), I thought I'd plant them out to see if they'd survive, grow, and thrive. Some of them have only a stem and a bud on them. So those I planted a little deeper hoping for an adventitious root. I know some peonies are known to create adventitious buds. So I'll be curious to see if these are able to develop adventitious roots. :) I planted these out in my new peony seedling test bed which I guess is now just my peony test bed. I also had a little helper that sprinkled a bit of water on them. :)
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I just checked my eyeless bare root keiko itoh peonies today, and some of them are starting to form eyes of their own which I expected, but not this soon.
ReplyDeleteI plan on keeping them right around 45F in my greenhouse to ensure proper vernalization. I'm not sure if your branch cuttings will take root, but I believe that large tuberous roots can produce viable divisions since they tend to produce their own eyes like potatoes.
Steve,
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very exciting! Good luck! Yes, I think I am expecting something similar.
Adriana