The seedling-inarch and nurse-plant methods of propagation . ight every shootmay be inarched.(See fig. 9.) THE CONVENIENTPLACING OF MOTHER PLANTSFOR INARCHING. Most of the workof inarching on seed-lings in large pots hashitherto been donein the field. Largeand unwieldy plat-forms have been built around trees on which to place the potted seedlings convenientfor inarching with small branches. By the new method of inarching, this trouble and expense are unnec-essary. The process of inarching and caring for the seedlings duringthe period of uniting will require much less work than by the oldermeth
The seedling-inarch and nurse-plant methods of propagation . ight every shootmay be inarched.(See fig. 9.) THE CONVENIENTPLACING OF MOTHER PLANTSFOR INARCHING. Most of the workof inarching on seed-lings in large pots hashitherto been donein the field. Largeand unwieldy plat-forms have been built around trees on which to place the potted seedlings convenientfor inarching with small branches. By the new method of inarching, this trouble and expense are unnec-essary. The process of inarching and caring for the seedlings duringthe period of uniting will require much less work than by the oldermethods. Plants of tested and approved varieties intended for usein propagation can be kept from growing more than 5 or 6 feet inheight. There is then no necessity for wooden staging, as the pre-pared seedlings weigh only about 1 pound each. A seedling in a5-inch pot weighing nearly 4 pounds needs benching to support it,but the small seedlings tied in cloth can be supported by individualstakes or by a piece of string secured to a stout branch (fig. 9). The 202. Fig. 7.—Seedling mangos four months old in 4-inch pots. The stemsof the stocks are about one-fourth inch in diameter. When potting,the seedlings are placed close to the rims of the pots to preventstrain on the stock and scion when inarchinsr. 18 SEEDLING-INARCH AND NURSE-PLANT PROPAGATION. use of large or even moderate-sized mango trees growing in the fieldwith several feet of stem above ground for propagating purposes isinadvisable by the method herein described, because of the incon-venience entailed both in the operation of tying on the seedlings andin supplying them with water and shade during the time of would be a great saving of time and work if the trees to be propa-gated were planted moderately close together inside a lath structure,
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