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INTRODUCTIONABOUT THIS BOOK 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, sectioning, scooping, and coring bulbs
Scaling lily bulbs
CUTTINGS Types of cuttings
Greenwood cuttings
Softwood cuttings
Semiripe 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 grafting
Side-veneer grafting
T-budding
Chip budding
Grafting a cactus
PLANT DIRECTORY GLOSSARY HARDINESS ZONES PLANT LIST INDEX CREDITS
About the author
Miranda Smith is a longtime teacher of organic and sustainable methods of growing herbs, vegetables, and fruits. She’s had the luxury of gardening in most climatic zones in North America, allowing her to convey principles that work for each region. Smith is author or co-author of many books about horticulture, including
Your Backyard Herb Garden and
Rodale’s Pest and Disease Problem Solver.
