COMPARISON OF ROSE YIELDS WITH UPWARD AND DOWNWARD CUT METHODS

ISHS Acta Horticulturae 424: II International Rose Symposium

Authors:	A. Champeroux, A. Jaffrin, M. Le Bris
Abstract: 64 adult rose plants (Rosa hybrida cv. Diplomate), were grown soilless, with 2 harvesting methods (Fig. la & lb): the traditional upward cut in which each flower stem is harvested by leaving on the mother-plant its first two 5-leaflet leaves; the downward cut, which consists in initiating shoot breaks on successive downward positions of a cane after suppression of its apex bud.
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