To study the effects of different time on Ficus pandurata cutting, the strong shoots of 3-year-old F. pandurata were selected to do cutting experiments in the sand substrate in the greenhouse of Zhejiang Forestry Academy in 7th March , 25th May, and 3rd August, 2014. Furthermore, To study the effects of substrate on F. Pandurata cuttings, two kinds of substrate, i.e., sand and the mixture of peat, perlite, and fertilizer, were chosen to do cutting experiments in the end of March, 2014. Besides, we set 9 kinds of different formulations as substrate to analyze the best proportion of peat, perlite, and fertilizer. The results showed that the situation of shoots growth was best in the end of March among the 3 cutting experiments. The survival?rate?of F. pandurata amounted up to 95.2%, the root length grew up to 5.3 ± 2.1cm, and the root number reached from 40 to 70. Moreover, the survival rates of F. pandurata in the sand substrate (71.4~95.2%) were significantly higher than those in the mixture of peat, perlite, and fertilizer substrate (18.4~59.8%). In addtion, the survival rates of the seedlings of F. pandurata cultivated by the formulation 3 (peat: perlite=6:4, fertilizer=2.5 kg/m3) and the formulation 8 (peat: perlite=8:2, fertilizer=2.0 kg/m3) are 59.8% and 18.4%, respectively, which was the highest and the lowest survival rate among the 9 kinds of formulations. The probable reason was that the proportion of perlite in the formulation 3 was relative high, which made oxygen and water available to the roots in the non-woven cloth bags. Furthermore, the shoots of Ficus pandurata were cultivated by sand substrate and the formulation 3 (peat: perlite=6:4, fertilizer=2.5 kg/m3), respectively. After 2 months, Ficus pandurata in sand substrate had a longer new roots and a shorter new shoots compared with those in the the mixture of peat, perlite, and fertilizer.
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