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How to propagate : techniques and tips for over 1000 plants

Offers guidance on plant hygiene, temperature and humidity, timing and how to look after your newborn plants until they are ready to fend for themselves.
Print Book, English, 2009
Kyle Cathie, London, 2009
256 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
9781856268882, 1856268888
390854399
Materials and equipment
Propagation techniques
Sowing seed
Sowing outdoors in the open ground
Sowing under cover
Spores
Cuttings
Softwood cuttings
Semiripe cuttings
Hardwood cuttings
Leaf cuttings
Leaf bud cuttings
Root cuttings
Runners, suckers, and stolons
Irishman's cuttings
Division
Simple layering
Serpentine layering
Mound or stool layering
Drop layering
Air layering
Grafting
Whip and tongue grafting
Bud grafting
Saddle grafting
Bulbs, corms, and tubers
Aftercare
Pests and diseases
Troubleshooting
Directory of plants
Originally published: 2006
Includes index