Propagation 49 



second joint, always leaving one joint on the 

 shoot still attached to the tuber. Trim off 

 the lower leaves from this cutting, and if the 

 terminal leaves are large cut them to half the 

 size to save evaporation. The cut should be 



Green cutting as taken from sprout. Leaves 

 and stem to be trimmed where indicated 



made close under the joint so that roots may 

 start from both the joint itself and the cut below. 

 Place an inch of good light soil in the bottom 

 of a box six inches deep, giving good drainage 

 underneath. Fill the box with clean wet sand 

 to within an inch of the top, and place on a 

 bench which has bottom heat, or in the hot bed. 

 Insert the cutting into the sand directly after 



