Re: hardwood tc

[Alan L Winthrop <TQPLlab@AWINTHROP.FREESERVE.CO.UK>]

Dear Jens,

Thank you for your postings but I have to respectfully disagree, and I don't
want Frank to find out something is difficult in reality.... when it has
been said to
be easy.

For the sake of accuracy are you telling the group that bamboos are easy to
tc? Certainly this is not the case with many temperate species of bamboos
while many tropical genera are also challenging. Could you perhaps enlighten
us with some botanical names of the easy ones!

Perhaps you know of some published and easy protocols, that really work,
other than those registerd as patented? I am not aware of many labs in
Europe that have a good success rate with true to type propagation of
temperate bamboo. Genetic stability and growth out of culture has been a
problem in the tc plants I have seen. Bamboo is not a tc mainstream crop yet
in 2001 in Europe .... therefore by definition it is not yet easy in the
commercial (EU) world.

Also sorry to be specific again  - but bamboos are not woody plants. It is
generally accepted in botanical and scientific usage the definition woody
refers to secondary thinkening. Bamboo enthusiasts may use the term 'tree or
timber' bamboo but this only refers to size or usage.

Best  Regards
Alan L Winthrop
TQPLlab@awinthrop.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Varnskuehler" <jv@plantservice.de>
To: <plant-tc@tc.umn.edu>
Sent: 21 February 2001 08:14
Subject: Re: hardwood tc

> Dear Frank,
>
> it is true that a lot of woody species are difficult to tc (from my
> experience mainly rooting/hardening) but there are plenty of woodies which
> are easy, like roses, prunus, syringas bamboo etc. So if you need further
> information, please contact me directly.
>
> p.s. Do you want to do research with woody plants or what is the information
> used for?
>
>
> Jens Varnskuehler
>
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