9-04-09.
Activities: We took semi hardwood cuttings off several different plants. The cuttings were then taken back into the prop room. They were placed in a bleached base solution to soke for about 30 seconds. This was basically to sanitize the cuttings. The next step was to make a final cut so we would end up with the final cuttings of around 8-12cm. The ends of the cuttings were then placed into purple hormone gel (purple was for semi hardwood cuttings). Prop mix (made up of 15L pasteurised sand, 15L coco peat, 15L perlite, 45G trichodry and 100G mini osmocote) was then placed into small rectangular shaped punnets. The cutting were then paced in the punnets (approx 9-12 per unit) and spaced evenly apart.
PPE: Long sleeves, hat, mask (for mixing propmix), disposable gloves for bleach solution.
Tools: Seceuteres, cement mixer, spade.
OH&S: Cement mixer.
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