The plant propagator's bible
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide to propagating every plant in your garden
By: Miranda Smith.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Emmaus, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594864483
Subjects: Plant propagation
Notes: "A Quarto book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tools and techniques; title: The propagator's tool kit; title: Hand tools; title: Equipment and supplies; title: Soil mixes; title: Propagation equipment; title: Starting from seed; title: Seed characteristics; title: Flowers and seeds; title: Starting seeds; title: Leaching; title: Soaking; title: Scarification; title: Stratification; title: Light; title: Dark; title: Relative humidity; title: Temperatures; title: Carbon dioxide (co2) levels; title: Life cycles and growth characteristics; title: Saving seeds; title: Pollination; title: Harvesting and cleaning; title: Storing saved seeds; title: Treating seeds to prevent disease; title: Working with hybrids; title: Dividing established plants; title: Good digging; title: Dividing plants with fibrous root systems; title: Dividing plants with fleshy or woody crowns; title: Dividing suckers; title: Dividing plants with rhizomes; title: Dividing plants with tubers; title: Dividing plants with offsets; title: Dividing plants with bulbs and corms; title: Scoring, scooping, coring, and sectioning bulbs; title: Scaling lily bulbs; title: Cuttings; title: Types of cuttings; title: Greenwood cuttings; title: Softwood cuttings; title: Semi-ripe cuttings; title: Hardwood cuttings; title: Conifer cuttings; title: Cane cuttings; title: Leaf petiole cuttings; title: Leaf vein cuttings; title: Upright leaf cuttings; title: Monocot leaf cuttings; title: Root cuttings; title: Layering; title: Tip layering; title: Simple and serpentine layering; title: Air layering; title: Stooling or mound layering; title: French layering; title: Dropping; title: Grafting; title: Grafting with rootstocks; title: Whip-and-tongue grafting; title: Apical-wedge grafting and saddle grafting; title: Side-wedge grafting; title: Approach grafting; title: Four-flap graft; title: Side-veneer grafting; title: T-budding; title: Chip budding; title: Grafting a cactus; title: Plant directory; title: Resources; title: Zone map; title: Plant list.