Commercial Floriculture

Propagation

• Chrysanthemum can be propagated both by vegetative and sexual methods.
• Maintain the purity of cultivar seeds are used to develop hybrids.

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
1. SUCKERS :
• Suckers arise from the underground stem and these are separated and planted in prepared nursery beds during January for stock plants.
• Regular pinching is performed in these plants for vigorous and profuse branching.
• Some of these stock plants are used for preparation of cuttings.
• The first pinching is performed in April, followed by monthly pinching up to June.
• After 3rd pinching in June, cuttings are taken from these mother plants.

2. CUTTINGS
Terminal Cuttings:
• Cuttings of 5-7 cm in length are taken form healthy stock plants in June.
• The cuttings are prepared removing basal leaves and reducing the leaf area of remaining leaves to half.
• The basal portions (less than half inch) of cuttings are dipped rooting hormone (1000 ppm solution of IBA) for better rooting.
• Sometimes the lower portion of cuttings is treated with some copper fungicide to avoid fungal growth.
• These rooted cuttings are ready for planting in the field.

3. Micro propagation

4. Grafting
• Among these, propagation through cutting is the most common and popular method.

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