method of stimulating root growth in a plant limb in order to grow the limb as a separate plant
Layering is a means of
plant propagation in which a portion of an aerial
stem grow
roots while still attached to the parent plant and then detaches as an independent plant. Layering has evolved as a common means of vegetative propagation of numerous species in natural environments. Layering is also utilised by horticulturists to propagate desirable plants.
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