RU2811870C1 - Method of creating "mix" plants - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: biotechnology.

SUBSTANCE: invention is a method of plant propagation and includes a combined “grafting” method and a “cuttings” propagation method. The method is intended for growing new forms of plants under the abbreviation “mix” by combining two existing forms of plants of the same species and family, but different varieties. When applying the method, a faster, desired result is observed, which is important for industrial growing of plants.

EFFECT: two different varieties of plants have a single root system and are not afraid of anti-aging pruning.

1 cl, 9 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the industry, agriculture, to the type of economic activity, crop production.

The invention is recommended to be used in the field of plant growing, for the further creation of new decorative forms for use in landscape art, for the improvement of personal plots, as well as for urban landscaping.

This invention is a new way to create attractive mixes using existing plant species of the same family.

The closest thing to this method is the grafting method, which is widely applicable in agriculture, for growing plants, on a production scale.

The goal of the new method, in a faster and more efficient way, is to create decoratively attractive forms of plants under the “mix” brand.

This method is one of the methods of vegetative propagation of plants.

The method involves connecting two lignified plant cuttings of equal length, volume and diameter, cut into two equal parts, which are connected using polypropylene twine by tying. Cuttings are used from young, one-year-old branches. The older the material for cuttings, the lower the percentage of rooting: 1 year, minus 25% of the positive result. (Figure 1)

The length of the cuttings used is 10 cm, the approximate diameter is 0.5-0.8 mm, the cutting is connected and tied in three places, top, middle and bottom. The upper cut of the cutting is even, since under these conditions there is less moisture evaporation; the lower cut is at an angle of forty-five degrees, which contributes to a greater amount of useful substances obtained, since the area of moisture absorption by the cutting, due to this cut, is increased.

The cutting is cut in such a way that the growth buds are located approximately in the middle of the cut half of the cutting. At a height from the top, straight cut, approximately 1.5 cm.

When connecting a cutting, the binding material used is polypropylene twine, which, due to natural influences, tends to collapse and does not subsequently create an obstacle to the normal development of the plant. We tie equal halves of the cutting in three places. Above, above the growth bud, below, next to the cut and approximately in the middle (Figure 4).

The time for planting cuttings is from April 1 to April 10. Also, this method can be used for summer cuttings, with young, lignified cuttings, planting time from August 1 to August 10, the current growing season, for central Russia.

We plant the cuttings in open ground, vertically. About two centimeters of the upper part of the cutting should be above the soil surface, 8 cm of the length of the cutting should be immersed in the soil (Figure 2, 3).

The soil around the cuttings is moistened approximately once every three days. On days 7-10, after planting, the cuttings begin to develop growth buds. On the thirtieth day after planting, young shoots of two different plant varieties begin to develop on the cuttings. (Figure 5)

During the growing season, the current year of cuttings, the plant requires high-quality care, and this is watering at least twice a week, loosening the soil around the developing bush, which is done at least once a week, destroying weeds and fertilizing with nitrogen-potassium-phosphorus fertilizer .

On July 1 of the current cutting year, we prune the young shoots so that the new bush begins to form a crown.

With quality care, the plant's growth is approximately 60 cm. The crown is formed from four to six or more skeletal branches.

In the second year of the growing season, the plant is completely ready for planting in a permanent place, for landscaping areas, and also for sale at sales sites.

In the second year, the plant develops a crown and peduncles of white and pink color, confirming the abbreviation “mix”. Two equivalent halves of the cutting form a single, whole, skeletal, woody body of the plant. Abundant flowering is observed in the third year of the growing season.

One of the priorities of this method is that the “mix” plant, which previously could only be created using the grafting method, has a single root and is not afraid of anti-aging pruning, while maintaining all its decorative qualities.

As an example, I give a photo of the plant Spiraea loosestrife “Douglas” + “Alba”, the name of which I gave as Spirea loosestrife “Svetlana” mix. We can observe in the photo the complete process of growing this plant in a new way. And as you can see in the photo, the result is positive, the method is fully working and ready for use in agricultural departments (Figure 6, 7, 8, 9).

Claims (1)

A method of vegetative propagation of plants with the creation of a plant mix, which includes combining two halves of lignified cuttings of equal height and volume of different varieties of plants of the same genus, species and family, cut into equal parts and interconnected using polypropylene twine by tying, using cuttings of length 10 cm, 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter, from young one-year-old branches; the cutting is connected and tied in three places: above, in the middle and below, while the upper cut of the cutting is straight, the bottom at an angle of forty-five degrees, the cutting is cut in such a way that when connecting the cutting, the growth buds are at a height of 1.5 from the upper straight cut cm, the time for planting the cutting is from April 1 to 10 or from August 1 to 10, while the cutting is planted vertically in the ground, about two centimeters of the upper part of the cutting should be above the soil surface, 8 cm of cutting length immersed in the ground, the soil around the cutting is moistened once every three days, during the growing season of the current year of cutting, the plant is watered twice a week, the soil of the developing bush is loosened once a week, weeds are removed and fed with nitrogen-potassium-phosphorus fertilizer.