COMPARISON OF ROSE YIELDS WITH UPWARD AND DOWNWARD CUT METHODS

A. Champeroux, A. Jaffrin, M. Le Bris
64 adult rose plants (Rosa hybrida cv. Diplomate), were grown soilless, with 2 harvesting methods (Fig. la & lb):
  • the traditional upward cut in which each flower stem is harvested by leaving on the mother-plant its first two 5-leaflet leaves;
  • the downward cut, which consists in initiating shoot breaks on successive downward positions of a cane after suppression of its apex bud.
Champeroux, A., Jaffrin, A. and Le Bris, M. (1996). COMPARISON OF ROSE YIELDS WITH UPWARD AND DOWNWARD CUT METHODS. Acta Hortic. 424, 347-350
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.424.64
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.424.64

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