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.
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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
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
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