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  1. Lyudmila ULEYSKAYA, Cand. Biol. science

    We cut citruses with our own hands

    The optimal time has come for cuttings of citrus crops.

    Sprigs of lemon, citron are best rooted. Somewhat worse - orange, grapefruit and tangerine, in which even if all conditions are met (green or lignified cuttings with 3-5 buds in special greenhouses), only 25-30% get a successful result.

    Improves the rooting of citrus cuttings by keeping them before planting in a weak solution of heteroauxin (1 tablet per 1 liter of water). To speed up the processing process, an alcohol solution is used: for 1 ml of 50% alcohol, 8-10 mg of a stimulant + 50 mg of vitamin C + 20 mg of vit. B. The cuttings are lowered for no more than 15 seconds.
    After the roots appear, good development of seedlings is facilitated by fertilizing with a weak solution of ammonium nitrate (0,25%) and slurry (1:15).

    Successfully rooted plants are planted in the substrate: soddy land, leaf, sand (2: 1: 0,5), providing good drainage.

    For the first two years, seedlings do not form a powerful root system, unlike budded seedlings, so transshipment begins at the age of 4-5 years.

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