Propagation techniques - Various

Seed germination and plant cultivation information - Actually a seed catalogue. Select the plant from the database, then click on the 'Detail and Pictures' link for a plethora of information about the plant, including botanical information, sowing and germinating seeds, growing the plants and ways to use the plants.

http://www.seedaholic.com

Hardy Seeds Germination Database

http://www.hardyplants.com/A.htm

List of Heirloom Seed Suppliers

http://www.off-grid.info/food-independence/heirloom-seed-suppliers.html

Garden Gnome's Adventures Seed Germination List

http://www.freewebs.com/garden-gnomes-adventures/sowinggerminationlist.htm

Vegetable Seed Saving Handbook

http://howtosaveseeds.com/seedsavingdetails.php

-How to Breed Your Own Varieties

http://howtosaveseeds.com/breeding.php

Seed Alliance Seed Saving Info for Vegie Crops

http://www.seedalliance.org/uploads/publications/Seed_Saving_Guide.pdf

Seed Savers exchange

-Seed Saving Resources

http://www.seedsavers.org/Education/Seed-Saving-Resources/

The Seed Site

A plethora of pages on the subject of seeds - collecting, storing, sowing, germinating, etc. Plus, at the bottom of some pages, there are links to other useful websites! The Database has photos of the seeds and seedlings.

http://theseedsite.co.uk/index.html

Seed Saving and Seed Savers' Resources

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~merlyn/seedsaving.html

Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds

(Tells how many seeds per gram/ounce,and how long the seeds can be stored)

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07221.html

Rob's plants - seed starting details by botanical name

http://www.robsplants.com/seed/germination.php

Tom Clothiers Garden walk & talk

- loads of advice on growing from seed - germination data, techniques and other useful info

http://tomclothier.hort.net/

Plants DB

Mostly herbaceous flowering plants and vines. Has photos of the seeds.

http://www.plantsdb.gr/en/propagation/seeds/328-seed-germination-database

RESOURCES FOR GENERAL PROPAGATION INFORMATION - WEBSITES

Links checked and updated 12/27/2017

GENERAL PROPAGATION REFERENCE RESOURCES

Greenhouse Product News, August 2005 'Rooting Hormones' by Christopher Cervenyand James Gibson

http://gpnmag.com/wp-content/uploads/GROWE.pdf

Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversitySchool of Horticulture Plant Database

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca

Grow'em Plant Propagation Database

http://www.grow.ars-informatica.ca/index.php

Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol Database

http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org/Network/

California Native Plant Society Santa Cruz County Chapter

'Propagation by Cuttings'

http://www.cruzcnps.org/PropagationHandbook-SantaCruzCountyCNPS.pdf

Master Gardener Plant Propagation Table

Common Garden Plants

http://www.mgofmc.org/docs/propperennials.pdf

Perry's Perennial Pages

Dr. Leonard Perry's Web pages for on-line perennial and related horticultural information

http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/proptabA.htm

PROPAGATION BY PLANT TYPE

SUCCULENTS

https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/chiwonlee/plsc368/student/papers01/pneisen/Propagationofcactiandsucculents/Main%20Page.htm

http://www.succulents.us/dormancy.html

CACTI

http://herbalistics.com.au/takeaway-tek-how-to-germinate-cacti-seeds/

ORCHIDS

-American Orchid Society Publication 'How Are Orchids Propagated?'

http://www.aos.org/orchids/additional-resources/how-are-orchids-propagated.aspx

BROMELIADS

-"Beginner’s Guide to Bromeliad Pups" Author: Melanie Dearringer

http://www.bromeliads.info/beginners-guide-bromeliad-pups/

-'POLLINATION AND HYBRIDIZATION' By: Mulford Foster

http://www.fcbs.org/articles/foster.htm

-Anwyl Bromeliad's 'Growing tillandsias from seed'

http://www.anwyl.com/articles/growing_from_seed.html

FERNS

-Fern Propagation by Spores

http://www.hardyferns.org/fern-info-propagation.php

-rabbit's foot ferns

http://www.ehow.com/how_7578099_propagate-rabbits-foot-ferns.html

PROPAGATION METHODS

ROOT CUTTINGS

http://www.finegardening.com/grow-more-plants-root-cuttings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gwCLs8LoTs

HERBACEOUS AND WOODY CUTTINGS RESOURCES

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Publication

Plant Propagation by Stem Cuttings: Instructions for the Home Gardener

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/catalog/series/202/instructions-for-the-home-gardener

PROPAGATING DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS, TREES, AND VINES WITH STEM CUTTINGS

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/PNW152/PNW152.pdf

Texas A & M Propagation Manual for Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/faculty/davies/pdf%20stuff/ph%20final%20galley/M20_DAVI4493_08_SE_C20.pdf

Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service Publication

'Propagation of Ornamental Plants for Oklahoma'

http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-9319/E-917.pdf

How to Make a Forsythe Pot

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/projects/forsythe-pot-propagation

RESOURCES - PROPAGATION BY SPECIES

Agave

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/how-to-plant-agave-pups/

http://www.succulentsandmore.com/2013/10/coring-agaves-for-propagation.html

http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1483.pdf

Aglaeonema (Chinese Evergreen)

http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/FoliageDigest/v4n8.html

Azalea - See Rhododendron

Buddleja/Buddleia

-cuttings

https://sites.psu.edu/plantpropagation/2014/02/25/butterfly-bush-cutting/

Calycanthus floridus

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/shrubs/hgic1087.html

Callistemon

-By seed

http://anpsa.org.au/callis2.html

Carica papaya

-from cuttings

http://rfcarchives.org.au/Next/Fruits/Papaya/PawpawCuttings7-82.htm

Colocasia

http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/page.php?id=51

Crocus

-By seed

http://www.timberpress.com/blog/2011/01/everythings-coming-up-crocuses/

'The American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation' published by Dorling Kindersley Books in 1999, with Editor-in-Chief Alan Toogood. In the UK, the same book is titled 'Royal Horticultural Society Propagating Plants'.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=675582972502738&set=p.675582972502738&type=3&theater?

Cycas

-Cycas revoluta (sago palm) pollination

http://www.rhapisgardens.com/sagos/sagoseed.htm

Cyperus sp.

http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/3-3/dave/page1.html

https://allthedirtongardening.blogspot.com/2011/12/propagate-umbrella-palm-cyperus.html

Dahlia

HomeGuides - How to Hand Pollinate Dahlias

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/hand-pollinate-dahlias-27898.html

Eryngium foetidum (culantro)

http://www.just4growers.com/stream/troubleshooting/culantro.aspx

Fragaria (Strawberries)

http://strawberryplants.org/2010/05/strawberry-plant-propagation/

Hamamaelis (witch hazel)

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/shrubs/hgic1091.html

Helleborus (Hellebore)

-From Seed

http://www.winterwoods.net/index_files/page0007.htm

Hemerocallis (Daylily) Propagation

-Beginner's Guide to Hybridizing Daylilies

http://www.ofts.com/bill/hybrdize.html

-American Hemerocallis Society Daylily Database

http://www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/search.php

Hibiscus

http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/cuttings.htm

Iris

-from seed

http://www.tucsoniris.org/articles/iris_from_seeds.php

Kalmia latifolia

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v33n1/v33n1-fordham.htm

Laurus nobilis

http://www.omcseeds.com/laurus-nobilis-bay-laurel-5.html

Lilium

-Illustration of different types of lily bulbs

http://www.the-genus-lilium.com/bulb.htm

-Propagation by leaf cuttings

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/667455/#b

-Information on Lilium species and cultivars

https://bdlilies.blogspot.com/p/lily-ratings.html

Lithodora

-L. diffusa root cuttings

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11355.0

Magnolia

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/propa/msg0618055616781.html?2

http://www.dendrology.org/site/images/web4events/pdf/Tree%20info%20IDS_08_GrowingMagnolias.pdf

Malus

'Propagation of Apple Trees' by Marnie Aasheim https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/chiwonlee/plsc368/student/papers02/maasheim/appleprop.htm

Musa

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2439422?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Nelumbo (Lotus)

https://www.victoria-adventure.org/lotus/lotus_letters1.html

Passiflora

- Rooting cuttings

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2079182/how-i-root-cuttings

Pelargonium (geranium)

-Martha Wahington geraniums

http://app-ropriate.blogspot.com/2014/09/propagation-of-martha-washington.html

-Taking leaf cuttings

http://www.gardenhousebrighton.co.uk/lost-the-plot/how-to-take-leaf-cuttings-from-pelargoniums

Petunia

-Starting from seed

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2010/3-3/petunias.html

Protea

-Propagation of protea: some seeds will only sprout after exposure to smoke. The article suggests smoke primer disks, but some conifer seeds will germinate when soaked in liquid smoke from the supermarket spice aisle.

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/propagation-protea-24109.html

-Growing protea, which have unique requirements: low-nutrient soil that is acid and phosphorous-poor. http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/Plants_for_gardens/growing_proteas

-This article says that proteas need magnesium, and recommends Epsom salt:

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1976065.htm

-More specifics on propagating by cuttings.

http://www.elsenburg.com/info/els/032/032e.html

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/propagate-your-favorite-proteas#b

Quercus

https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/p2421_0.pdf

Rhododendron

http://www.donaldhyatt.com/garden.html

*Dormant Azalea cuttings

https://www.tjhsst.edu/~dhyatt/dormant.html

-The American Rhododendron Society - Propagation and Hybridizing

https://www.rhododendron.org/propagation.htm

Rubus

-Thornless blackberries:

*Thornless blackberries that are the result of chimerism will revert to their thorny form if propagated by root cuttings: "A classical example of an L.I periclinal chimera is the thornless blackberry. The epidermal layer of this type produces no "thorns" (the modified epidermal cells are correctly called "prickles"). The thornless epidermis covers a stem whose cells contain the information for the thorny genotype. This can be demonstrated by taking root cuttings. The adventitious shoots which differentiate on the root cuttings are not chimeral and therefore revert to the thorny genotype."

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/tisscult/Chimeras/chimeralec/chimeras.html

Thornless cultivars that are the result of a genetic mutation will retain the thornless characteristic even when propagated by root cuttings. "...genetically thornless blackberry cultivars will remain thornless whether propagated from stem cuttings, root cuttings, or suckers."

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs104

Blackberry Breeding and Genetics (Has a chart showing parentage of many blackberry cultivars and discusses breeding for certain characteristics, such as thornlessness)

http://barleyworld.org/sites/default/files/blackberry_breeding_and_genetics_plt._breed_rev_29_clark_et_al_2007.pdf

Saintpaulia (African violets)

-Chimeras

http://violetvoice.yuku.com/topic/1279#.UtNYRX-9KSM

http://www.violetbarn.com/lessons/blossom_stems.htm

http://www.violetbarn.com/lessons/chimera_violets.htm

Sanguinaria canadensis

http://www.nomadseed.com/2017/06/bloodroot-sanguinaria-canadensis/

Streptocarpus

http://www.streptocarpus-info.com/streppropagation.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4CfasShaQU&index=14

Stewartia

-pdf document: http://www.rngr.net/publications/fnn/2009-winter/literature/rooting-stewartia-and-native-azaleas-using-softwood-cuttings/at_download/file

Tulipa (tulip)

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2006-June/025352.html

Vitis

-Growing grapes from cuttings

http://www.bunchgrapes.com/cuttings.html

Yucca

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/yucca-seed-pods.htm

RESOURCES FOR VEGETABLE GARDENING - HINTS, TIPS AND ADVICE

SEED SAVING AND BREEDING

Vegetable Seed Saving Handbook

http://howtosaveseeds.com/index.php

Seed Savers Exchange Seed-Saving Guide

http://www.seedsavers.org/site/pdf/Seed%20Saving%20Guide_2017.pdf

GARDENING RESOURCES

Mother Earth News

-A Crop-by-Crop Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables and Fruits: Our Complete Crops at a Glance Guide

http://www.motherearthnews.com/crop-guide-growing-organic-vegetables-fruits-zl0z1211zsto.aspx#ixzz3EgajdkAa

CROP-SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

GARLIC

Stimulating seed production

http://garlicseed.blogspot.com/p/growing-garlic-from-true-seed.html

Growing garlic from bulbils

http://www.seeds.ca/d/?t=dc88a19500003095-a275348

ONIONS

Bulb Onion Growing: Day Length and Temperature

http://www.harvesttotable.com/2012/11/bulb-onion-growing-day-length-and-temperature/

University of Georgia cooperative extension

Onion Production Guide (B 1198-2)

http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1198-2

De-vernalizing onions to stop bolting and restore to bulbing stage

http://ipm.missouri.edu/MPG/2010/11/Why-Onions-Bolt-Failing-to-Bulb/

and

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/160153/devernalization

POTATOES

-Planting potatoes in Fall

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/williams48.html

RESOURCES FOR VEGETABLE SEED SAVERS

Info on how to collect and save seeds, storage and germination requirements, how to pollinate vegetables, how to create hybrids, and how to prevent cross-pollination.

SEED SAVING

Seed Saver's Exchange

http://www.seedsavers.org/Education/Seed-Saving-Resources/

Tomatillo Cross-pollination

http://blog.seedsavers.org/blog/tomatillopollination

Tomato Flower Types and Cross-pollination

https://papasgardens.com/2015/09/28/seed-saving-garden-basics-for-the-beginner-part-5

RESOURCES - ALL THE DIRT ABOUT SOIL AND SOILLESS MIXES

MYCORRIZAL FUNGI

http://www.gardenmyths.com/mycorrhizae-fungi-inoculant-products/

https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/mycorrhizae.pdf

EPSOM SALT

https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/epsom-salts.pdf

RESOURCES FOR GRAFTING

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

Pacific Northwest Extension (WSU, OSU and UI)

Publication PNW496

'Propagation of Plants by Grafting and Budding'

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9fI1Pajtl8bQTRvZE9aTEEwNHc/edit

University of Minnesota

Grafting and Budding Fruit Trees

http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/fruit/grafting-and-budding-fruit-trees/

Grafting and Budding Nursery Crop Plants

NC State University and A&T University Cooperative Extension

http://content.ces.ncsu.edu/grafting-and-budding-nursery-crop-plants/

Grafting Techniques

NDSU

https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/hort/info/fruit/graft/graft.htm

How to grow Your Own Root Stocks

The Walden Effect

http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/How_to_grow_your_own_rootstocks/

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Information Bulletin 75

'Top-working and Bridge-grafting Fruit Trees'

by G. H. Overly

https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/3074/Top%20Working%20and%20Bridge%20Grafting%20Fruit%20Trees.pdf;jsessionid=21A5B90E640DAFCF578EDCD06323FC80?sequence=2

'Successful Apple Grafting Techniques for New York'

by Stephen A. Hoying, Alison M. DeMarree and Mario Miranda Sazo

as presented in the New York Horticultural Society's Publication 'New York Fruit Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2012'

http://blogs.cornell.edu/plantpathhvl/files/2015/02/12-3-Hoying-NYFQ-grafting-28tz2tf.pdf

WEBSITES, BLOGS, FACEBOOK GROUPS, ETC.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scionexchange/

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS

Tree peony onto herbaceous peony rootstock

https://www.treepeony.com/pages/grafting-tree-peonies

RESOURCES FOR HOME TISSUE CULTURE

WEBSITES, BLOGS, GROUPS ETC.

FACEBOOK GROUP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PlantTCHobbyists/

Home Tissue Culture

http://www.propagatingplants.org/Home_Tissue_Culture.html

SUPPLIES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

CAISSON LABS

http://www.caissonlabs.com/index.php

DIY INSTRUCTIONS

TISSUE CULTURE KIT

http://www.bghydro.com/plant-tissue-culture-kit-complete.html

DIY PLANT TISSUE CULTURE MEDIA

http://www.gardenisto.com/lab/tissue-culture/diy-plant-tissue-culture-media/

EDUCATION

LESSON PLAN ACTIVITY 5

Recipes and Methods

http://www.apsnet.org/EDCENTER/K-12/TEACHERSGUIDE/PLANTBIOTECHNOLOGY/Pages/Activity5.aspx

YOU TUBE VIDEOS

Playlist by Wynonah Bates

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf2NfsNg_L9npBqIqeIPihOjItCpj5PpW

RESOURCES - LOW COST GREENHOUSES

MANUALS

-Hobby Greenhouses

http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B910#Plans

-Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners

http://host31.spidergraphics.com/nra/doc/Fair%20Use%20Web%20PDFs/NRAES-137_Web.pdf

-Greenhouse Engineering

http://www.hotwiredgardens.com/pdf/NRAES-033_Greenhouse_Engineering.pdf

BUILDING

-Earth Powered Greenhouses

http://www.perpetualgreengardens.com/earth-powered-greenhouses.html

-Greenhouses made from water/pop bottles

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/build-plastic-bottle-greenhouse/

-How to Build a $50 Greenhouse

http://doorgarden.com/10/50-dollar-hoop-house-green-house

-How to Build a Greenhouse with 2x4s and Cattle Panels

http://www.ericsprojects.com/?page_id=228

-How to build a $300 underground greenhouse

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/build-underground-greenhouse-garden-year-round.html

-How to Build a Year-Round Solar Greenhouse

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/how-to-design-a-year-round-solar-greenhouse-zbcz1502.aspx

-Geothermal Greenhouses

http://citrusinthesnow.com

-Greenhouse in the Snow

http://www.greenhouseinthesnow.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8Ic2m7voI

Cheap Homemade Greenhouses Hoop Bender

http://lostcreek.net

HEATING

-Temperature-controlled switches for heaters and fans

http://www.hotwiredgardens.com/pdf/Low-Cost_Control_of_heaters_and_fans_in_a_Greenhouse.pdf

Plug-in Thermostat for Heaters and Fans

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_612108_612108

-Build a Solar Heater out of Soda Cans

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/diy-solar-panel-out-of-pop-cans/

-Using compost systems to heat water hoses for radiant heat

http://compostpower.org/node/24

RESOURCES FOR ORCHID PROPAGATION

COMPANIES SELLING PROPAGATION SUPPLIES, FLASKING SERVICES, PLANTS AND MORE

(S = Supplies, E= Equipment, F = Flasking Services, T = Educational and Instructional Materials,

P = Plants for Sale)

In Vitro Plant Service (F)

Quedlinbur , Germany

http://www.in-vitro-quedlinburg.de

Meyers Conservatory (F, P, T)

Poulsbo, Washington State, USA

http://troymeyers.com

Orchid Origins (F)

St. Johns, Michigan, USA

http://www.orchidorigins.com

The Orchid Seedbank Project (S, P, T)

Chandler, Arizona, USA

http://www.orchidseed.com

Orchids for the People (F, P)

McKinleyville, CA

https://www.orchidpeople.com/seed-propagation

OrchidSource Laboratory and Nursery (S, F, P)

Vista, California, USA

http://www.orchidsource.com

Phytotechnology Laboratories (S, E)

Shawnee Mission, KS

https://phytotechlab.com/kits.html

Western Orchids (S, P)

Coromandel East, Australia

https://westernorchids.com.au

WEBSITES WITH PROPAGATION INSTRUCTIONS

-BY SEED, IN SITU

Growing native terrestrial orchids from seed - Dactylorhiza purpurella

http://www.leavesnbloom.com/2012/07/northern-marsh-orchid-dactylorhiza.html

-BY SEED, IN VITRO

‘Propagation Methods’ by Bill Steele of Spangle Creek Labs, a Cypripedium Nursery

http://www.spanglecreeklabs.com/lab.html

‘Home Orchid Flasking’ by Sam Fifer of Lincoln Orchid Society http://lincolnorchidsociety.org/flasking/index.html

‘Sowing Orchid Seed’ by Fred Bergman of the American Orchid Society

http://www.aos.org/AOS/media/Content-Images/PDFs/SowingOrchidSeed.pdf

-VEGETATIVE/ASEXUAL PROPAGATION

‘Propagating Orchids Vegetatively’ by Sue Bottom of the St. Augustine Orchid Society

http://staugorchidsociety.org/PDF/VegetativeReproductionofOrchidbySueBottom.pdf

-ORCHID PROPAGATION BY SPECIES

Maxillaria tenuifolia (coconut orchid)

http://www.orchidsamore.com/tutorials/Maxillaria%20tenuifloria.htm

RESOURCES - POLLEN BANKS AND EXCHANGES

Fruit and Nut Trees for Commercial Growers

http://thepollenbank.com

American Rhododendron Society

https://www.arsoffice.org/history/pollen.htm

(This amazing list originally compiled by Tammy Romero - giving credit where credit is due!)

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