Introduction to Plant Propagation - The Essential Guide to Plant Propagation Methods and Techniques

Dueep Jyot Singh · John Davidson

may 2015 · Mendon Cottage Books

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 Table of Contents 
Introduction to Plant Propagation 
The Essential Guide to Plant Propagation 
Methods and Techniques 
Introduction 
Layering 
Marcottee 
Cuttings 
“Striking” Cuttings Successfully 
Using Sand 
Traditional Cutting Growing Technique 
Benefits of Shallow Pan Technique 
Triple Pot Method 
Propagation through Buds 
Grafting 
Benefits 
Wedge Grafting 
Grafting Wax Solutions 
Grafting Wax 
Conclusion 
Growing Cuttings in Water 
Points for Water Cuttings 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

It is always been the nature of human beings to try to improve on nature. That is why, you can be certain that millenniums ago when some enterprising soul learned how to domesticate wild plants and grow them in his own little yard for food, shelter and wood, one fine day he decided – what is going to happen if I can grow the branch of such and such tree on such and such other tree? That means I am going to have oranges and apples in one parent tree. 

The start of such creative ideas must have given rise to many bizarre experimentations, most of which would fail monumentally. However, as time went by, and more and more people started to experiment, they gained more knowledge and gardening experience related to plant propagation. 

In the natural state, you are going to see different vegetative propagation methods through which a plant can grow. That means the plant is going to grow its own seeds, and use natural methods like air, wind and water to spread the seeds far and wide. 

In a strawberry, you are going to have the plant sending out long branches trailing on the soil. Stimulus of moisture causes the production of roots below a bud on a long branch. The bud is then going to send out shoots. Soon the connection between the new plant and the old plant is severed by a withering up of the intervening branch.

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John Davidson

Born and raised in Wyoming and Canada on Ranches. Studied at Utah State University and taught drafting at Bridgerland Applied Technology College for 20 years. Own and run several businesses, an architectural design business, a web design business and a Sawmill business. Married to Karla for over 30 years and have 4 great kids, living in Mendon, Utah.