2006-12-27 13:41:57 · 4 answers · asked by gibsonmanmusician 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
You know about rooting powder, right?
2006-12-31 02:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some plants are just very resistant to propagation, I know with Eucalypts even the highest tech tissue culture doesn't workl You get better results from tissue from the base of the plant, the upper bits can be more mature and differentiated.
I have heard from once source that you can get better results with cuttings taken when a plant has gone into dormancy, or stopped producing new leaves for a while, especially in summer. You could try producing more plants by grafting onto a similar species, not exactly a clone but it can give you more of the same.
Good luck
2006-12-28 17:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Greth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would self-pollinating a plant be the same as cloning? Could any plant be self-pollinated? I'm not sure how you would self-pollinate. I cause take the pollen and place it in the female part of the flower. The seeds produced from this would be a clone of the parent plant (I think). Planting these seeds should give you a clone. Without fancy machines, this is the best you could hope for.
Hope this helps.
2006-12-27 21:50:48 · answer #3 · answered by vidigod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. What sort of plant?
2. Are you doing cellular (tap root) cloning in a perti dish, or simply rooting of slips or grafting?
Without knowing which plant and what methods you have tried, your question is *wide* open.
2006-12-27 22:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋