🌿 Types of Layering: Vegetative Propagation Techniques. 🧑🌾🌱
Layering is a natural method for obtaining new plants without cutting the branch from the start.
✅ 1. Air Layering:
The bark is removed from an aerial branch, it is surrounded with damp moss or soil, then wrapped in plastic to encourage root development.
✅ 2. Simple Layering:
A flexible branch is partially buried while remaining attached to the parent plant. It develops roots, then it is separated.
✅ 3. Tip Layering:
Only the tip of a thin shoot is buried, leaving the upper part exposed. Perfect for plants with thin branches.
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