The purpose of this study is to establish the management method of wild flowering plants in order to create the beautiful floorscape in recreational forests. In this study,
Platycodon grandi florum was used as an experimental material, and the effects of light intensity and cutting on the growth and flowering were examined.
Platycodon were planted on the floors of
Quercus serrata forest which were prepared in light and dark conditions (Table 1). On the other hand, the similar sized
Platycodon were planted in the 1/2000 Wagner pots on the open field. These pot plants were cut off at ground level in May, June, July, August and September, respectively. Besides, another treatment of cutting at a height of 10cm was added only in June.
The results are as follows:
(1) The growth of the plants in the
Quercus stand was larger in the light condition, while some stems fell or died in the dark condition (Fig. 1). Moreover, the next year,
Piatycodon grew vigorously and many seedlings were observed in the light condition.
(2) The regrowth of June-cutting was the greatest among ground level cuttings. In every treatment except September-cutting, the number of new stems amounted to more than three times as many as the control (Fig. 2).
(3) The natural flowering term is from the middle of June to the middle of July. But the plants cut in June, July and August had the second flowering about two months later after cutting. Especially, the number of flower in July-cutting was approximately 1.4 times and the fl owering term was about 2.4 times compared with the control (Table 2).
(4)
Platycodon were hardly affected by any cutting time. Particularly, the root weight in May, June, July and August-cutting was almost equal to the control. But in the case of Junecutting at the height of 10cm, the root was about half in weight with the ground level cutting (Fig. 3). This suggests that the ground level cutting is more suitable for the reproduction.
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