How to propagate : techniques and tips for over 1,000 plants

Cushnie, John (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9781883052577 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1883052572 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
256 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Batavia, Ill. : Ball Pub., 2007.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.