Some Ideas On Various Propagating Units

Propagating Units

Propagating units like those shown here, which you improvise yourself or purchase ready-made, go a long way in helping you successfully start new plants from seeds and cuttings.  Their major

How To Make Summer Cuttings Propagation

Summer Cuttings

Many woody plants can be rooted easily. Although this is usually left to professionals, almost any home gardener can do it successfully.  If you have any woody plants in your

Propagating with Plastic

Plastic Propagating

Our choicest, most magnificent shrubs and trees, formerly had to be propagated in the greenhouse and pampered there for months or even years (making them very costly), can now be

Air-Layering Made Easy

air layering made easy

Anybody can do it! All it takes is a little bit of special plastic film called Polyethylene, a sharp knife, some moist sphagnum moss, and a little rooting powder.  With

How to Grow Camellias from Cuttings

grow camellias from cuttings

If you grow camellias now in your greenhouse and you’d like more of them, here are some pointers to keep in mind about propagating them.  I have been growing camellias

Perennials From Stem Cuttings

Perennials from Stem Cuttings

You will discover many advantages in knowing how to increase perennials in this way. I do it mostly for fun, as a hobby.  I like to discover how many of

Modern Science Helps Plant Propagation

Plant Propagation

Regarding labor-saving devices, the amateur gardener has not been forgotten.  Hoping for a break from the elements is as passe as the recipe that calls for a dash of this