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HEEL CUTTING [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Cutting which retains a portion of the parent branch at its base. Often the part retained when the bark adheres to the base of a cutting torn or cut from the parent branch.

OBS

In preparing cuttings, it is often recommended that a "heel" (a small slice of older wood) be retained at the base of a cutting in order to obtain maximum rooting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Même type de bouture que la bouture à crossette mais la partie du rameau porteur est réduite à l'empattement du rameau d'un an.

Spanish

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