**1. Mother Plant Management**

The small mother plant of single node cuttings can come from the cuttings of buds, plants from the vitro-plants, stem cuttings, micro-tubers or true seed tubers. When the plants have 56 leaves, the cuttings are taken, but 23 days before this, foliar

**Figure 9.** *Stapes of Single node cutting technique.*

fertilization must be applied. The stem is cut from the mother plant leaving a strong whole leaf. After each harvest of cuttings, the mother plant is fertilized with a liquid NPK fertilizer to stimulate the growth of new cuttings. An application of 5 g of a 12-14-12 fertilizer per litre of water is appropriate for each plant. A new stem is formed at the leaf node remaining at the base of the stem.

A temperature of 2326°C and a long photoperiod stimulate rapid growth. In addition, these conditions not only stimulate growth but also do not induce the formation of tubers. The new stem is ready for harvest in 1529 days. Each parent plant can be harvested 210 times and produce between 30 and 200 cuttings.
