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Zone +255 | Anonymous added on July 25, 2019 | Answered

get rooting hormone because i wish to deal with mangoes. Thank you I have the idea of starting mango farm in Tanzania so i think the easy way to get many seedlings is by the use of cutting so i must have rooting hormone and in our country not available more than reading in books. If you are accessible to it please tell me.
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Living Kilawe

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Downtoearthdigs
Answered on July 25, 2019

I'm not sure that rooting from cuttings are the best way to go. You may be better off in buying young grafted mango trees with a known root stock that is resistant to soil borne pathogens in your area, and a desirable top stock with the fruit variety that you want to grow. If you take scions to root from a desirable fruiting tree, they may succumb to soil borne pathogens before they get started.

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