Aydin Uzun, Hasan Talha Ünsal, Hasan Pinar
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grape, dimrit, cutting, rooting media, perlite.
Vegetative propagation is one of the most common method used in plant species. Although there are different methods, the most commonly used tool for some fruit species is propagation with cuttings. This method is a practical and low-cost method, but plant species have different performances in this regard. In addition to the species used in propagation by cuttings, the rooting medium used also affects success. Grapevine is known to be species that is easy to propagate by cuttings. In this study, the effects of different rooting media on rooting performances (rooting rate, number of roots, root length) were examined in ‘Dimrit’ grapevine cultivars. Perlite, pumice, river sand and peat were used as media. One-year-old hardwood cuttings were used as plant material. The experiment was designed with 3 replications and 15 cuttings in each replication. The working environment was a greenhouse, and materials watered from above in the form of misting daily. The cuttings were taken from the environment 90 days after being placed in the environment and the relevant parameters were measured. Significant effects of media on rooting parameters were found. Accordingly, the rooting rate was 100% in perlite, pumice and river sand environment, while it was 9.5% in peat environment. Root length was found to be highest in perlite medium (12.05 cm) and lowest in peat medium (7.26 cm). While the pumice environment provided the highest number of roots (50.2), peat gave the lowest number of roots (12.0). The study reveals that rooting media have different effects on measured parameters in grapevine. While perlite, pumice and river sand were found to be successful media for the propagation of grapevines by cuttings, peat was not found to be effective.
Cite this paper: Uzun, A., Unsal, H.T., Pinar, H. (2025). PROPAGATION PERFORMANCES OF GRAPEVINE WITH CUTTINGS IN DIFFERENT ROOTING MEDIA. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 14(27), 161-167. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2025.v14i27.018
