According to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service ( NASS ) Commercial Floriculture Survey , when it comes to unit sold , poinsettias stay America ’s No . 1 potted unfolding plant . More than 42 million painted leaf betray in 2022 alone — more than 21 % of all potted anthesis plants sold in the U.S. that year . " That ’s an exceptional achievement for a plant life that traditionally has a six - week selling time of year each year . "
Poinsettia stock breeder and decorative horticulture advisor , Steve Rinehart of Rinehart Poinsettias , has relied on Oasis multiplication medium throughout his career , include three decades with Ecke Ranch , where he rise from grower / yield manager to Chief Operating Officer .
" Use of Oasis Wedge in propagation allows me to fog as I need for the flora needs , without the need to be concerned about oversaturation of media , " Steve shares . " Oasis Wedge provide a clean media gratuitous of fungus gnat larvae and provides a medium easy to hive away and to determine out for propagation . I can well critique the extension seam at callus formation and easy repair to make solid strips of non - injured plant life for beautiful finish of rooted press cutting . "
Clemson University Professor of Floriculture Physiology Dr. Jim Faust — known for extended research on lobster plant multiplication and production , as well as cultivar trials — says . : " The lulu of Oasis Wedge is how wanton it makes pee management during generation . The high porosity / aeration of Oasis Wedge decimate the possibleness of over - misting or overwatering during the vital microscope stage of root initiation . Basically , you ca n’t overwater the cuttings , which is the single biggest error made by beginner and experienced disseminator . "
" Additionally , every drib of body of water in the Oasis Wedge is available for the press cutting to uptake . In contrast , peat - based substrates have much higher matric potential drop , meaning that pee uptake by the newspaper clipping is restricted before the substrate starts to be ironical . Thus , cuttings in froth will not wilt as quickly as cut propagated in peat . Finally , every mess of Oasis Wedge is the same , which eliminates the unevenness of loose - fill substrates make by inconsistent tray - fill proficiency , " Jim explain .
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