Basic Propagation
Leaf cuttings produce new plants much the same way stem cuttings do, except a leaf stalk rather than the central stem is used. Depending on the plant, use either the whole leaf or parts of the leaf. Generally, for small-leaved plants, use the ... [... more]
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Smith & Hawken: Hands On Gardener: Seeds and Propagation ...
 In Seeds and Propagation, Susan McClure helps gardeners discover the thrill of nursing plants to life. Chapters include equipment to use; seeds, with information on seed structure, hand pollination, thinning, and transplanting; cuttings; division; and ... [... more]
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Starting Seeds Indoors
Bright light is the key to growing sturdy, healthy seedlings indoors. If you live where late winter days are often cloudy, even a south window may not provide enough light for your seedlings. Consider supplementing natural light with a ... [... more]
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Starting Flowers From Cutting
1. Take cuttings from the plant's thickest green nonflowering stems. The stem area near the nodes (spot where a leaf attaches to the stem) is best for cutting. This is where a plant's growth hormones are concentrated. Make a cut just below a node ... [... more]
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Starting Seeds Outdoors
Tips for success. For seed-starting success, choose plants that will benefit from a longer growing season. Top vegetable and herb candidates are basil, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, eggplant, parsley, pepper, and tomato. Foolproof flower picks ... [... more]
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Perennials From Seed
1. Beginners should start with those perennials that are easiest to grow from seed. Try black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), catmint (Nepetea), cransbill or hardy geranium (Geranium), Juniper's beard (Centranthus ruber), Michaelmas daisy (Aster), purple ... [... more]
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Start Seeds Indoors
To get a jump on the growing season, you can start many annual seeds indoors. Look through seed catalogues and make your selections early in the new year. Ordering early is important, because companies often run out of desirable varieties of ... [... more]
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Seed-Starting Essentials
As seedlings develop their first set of true leaves (after the initial seed leaves), the containers will become crowded, and you'll need to thin them. It's hard to get rid of healthy plants, but if you let the crowding continue, all the plants ... [... more]
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Gardening Articles: Care :: Seeds & Propagation
To hand pollinate, first identify male and female buds that will open the following day. They often have a yellowish color lacking in younger buds, and gap at the tip. Mark these buds with tape so you can find them ... [... more]
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Water: How to Use and Conserve our most Precious ...
In The Hands-On Gardener: Water, Susan McClure, author of Smith & Hawken Seeds and Propagation, clears up one of the most common yet mystifying problems gardeners face--the right way to deliver the right amount of water to the right plant at the ... [... more]
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McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container ...
With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of ... [... more]
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Seeds and Propagation
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