Plant propagation is one of the most enjoyable-and certainly one of the most exciting-parts of gardening.
An edition of The plant propagator's bible
(2007)
The plant propagator's bible
a step-by-step guide to propagating every plant in your garden
by Miranda Smith
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The plant propagator's bible: a step-by-step guide to propagating every plant in your garden
2007, Rodale
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Table of Contents
Tools and techniques
The propagator's tool kit
Hand tools
Equipment and supplies
Soil mixes
Propagation equipment
Starting from seed
Seed characteristics
Flowers and seeds
Starting seeds
Leaching
Soaking
Scarification
Stratification
Light
Dark
Relative humidity
Temperatures
Carbon dioxide (co2) levels
Life cycles and growth characteristics
Saving seeds
Pollination
Harvesting and cleaning
Storing saved seeds
Treating seeds to prevent disease
Working with hybrids
Dividing established plants
Good digging
Dividing plants with fibrous root systems
Dividing plants with fleshy or woody crowns
Dividing suckers
Dividing plants with rhizomes
Dividing plants with tubers
Dividing plants with offsets
Dividing plants with bulbs and corms
Scoring, scooping, coring, and sectioning bulbs
Scaling lily bulbs
Cuttings
Types of cuttings
Greenwood cuttings
Softwood cuttings
Semi-ripe cuttings
Hardwood cuttings
Conifer cuttings
Cane cuttings
Leaf petiole cuttings
Leaf vein cuttings
Upright leaf cuttings
Monocot leaf cuttings
Root cuttings
Layering
Tip layering
Simple and serpentine layering
Air layering
Stooling or mound layering
French layering
Dropping
Grafting
Grafting with rootstocks
Whip-and-tongue grafting
Apical-wedge grafting and saddle grafting
Side-wedge grafting
Approach grafting
Four-flap graft
Side-veneer grafting
T-budding
Chip budding
Grafting a cactus
Plant directory
Resources
Zone map
Plant list.
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"A Quarto book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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