Layering
Spencer Horticulture
Curriculum
2011
Layering
Roots are formed on a stem
Root while still attached to
the parent plant
Layering
Layer: the stem or root which
is rooted
Layer is removed from the
plant after rooting has taken
place
Layering
Advantages:
Relatively simple
Usually very successful
Some plants layer naturally:
raspberry
Layering
Disadvantages:
Requires more time
Requires a lot of work by hand
Fewer plants can be started from
each parent plant
Simple Layering
Branch from the parent plant
is bent to the ground
Covered with soil
Terminal end remains exposed
Simple Layering
Air Layering
Eliminates burying part of the
plant in the soil
A part of the stem is girdled
Girdled: cut (wounded) all the
way around
Cut or wound is surrounded by
moist sphagnum peat moss
Air Layering
Moss is wrapped with plastic
to hold in place
Roots grow from the wound
on the stem
Air Layering
REVIEW
What are the two types of layering?
Name two advantages of layering.
Name two disadvantages of layering.
Define Layer.
Define Girdle.
Name one plant that is commonly
propagated through layering.