Propagation Techniques
Growing your own plants from cuttings, seed, division, or grafting is one of the most rewarding skills in gardening — and one that saves a considerable amount of money. This collection of 30 in-depth guides covers every propagation method from the simplest hardwood cutting to air layering and budding, along with troubleshooting guides for the problems that trip up most gardeners.
Cuttings Methods
- How to take softwood cuttings successfully
- Taking hardwood cuttings: when and how
- Semi-ripe cuttings: the mid-summer propagation method
- How to propagate plants from leaf cuttings
- How to propagate plants using root cuttings
- When to take cuttings: a seasonal guide
Other Vegetative Methods
- How and when to divide garden perennials
- Simple layering: root a stem before you sever it
- Air layering: how to root a branch in mid-air
- How to propagate plants using runners and stolons
- How to propagate offsets from succulents and other plants
- Bulb scaling: how to multiply lilies from scales
Grafting & Budding
From Seed & Setup
- Growing plants from seed: getting germination right
- How to choose and use a plant propagator
- Bottom heat in propagation: why it works and how to set it up
- Mist propagation: how it works and home alternatives
- What is the best rooting compost for cuttings?
- Does rooting hormone work, and how should you use it?
- Rooting cuttings in water: what works and what doesn't
Common Problems
- Why are my cuttings not rooting? How to diagnose and fix it
- Why are my cuttings wilting and how can I stop it?
- Damping off seedlings: how to prevent and manage it
Aftercare & Specific Plants
- Propagation aftercare: turning a rooted cutting into a strong plant
- When and how to pot on rooted cuttings
- How to propagate garden shrubs successfully
- How to propagate garden perennials: the main methods
- How to propagate houseplants at home
- Plant patents and propagation: what are the legal rules?
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