Propagating Plants: How to Create New Plants for Free by Alan Toogood

Are you interested in growing your own plants from scratch? This reference book will teach you how to propagate virtually every type of plant. If you're a thrifty gardener who wants more plants for free, then this book is perfect for you! From fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents, get all the info you'll need to propagate plants at your fingertips. Discover the experts' secrets to perfecting plant propagation with this easy-to-follow gardening manual. A horticulturist's delight, this new edition features more than 1,800 detailed illustrations and photos that show both practical step-by-step gardening techniques and the plants themselves. How long do your seedlings need to germinate? What makes a healthy stem cutting? How do you know what type of rootstock to use when grafting plants? Find out the answer to these questions and more in the most comprehensive guide to propagating plants ever published. From palms and roses to culinary herbs and conifers, each chapter contains popular and botanically interesting plant groups. Explore the modes of propagation that are unique to the featured plants. Learn about their characteristic ways of reproduction and how these are exploited in various techniques. The techniques are fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs and explanatory artworks. The plants' special needs are discussed, with expert tips on how to achieve success. This gardening book is crammed with hundreds of step-by-step tutorials and clear advice, ranging from straightforward and simple to more in-depth. The rating system in the plant-by-plant A-Z dictionaries provides you with a quick reference to the relative ease or difficulty of each method of propagation. Read more

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From the Publisher Propagating Plants How Not To Kill Your Houseplant The Cook's Herb Garden Buying Options Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 1,452 7,513 1,418 Price — no data $9 57 $11 17 What's it about? Learn how to propagate virtually every type of plant, from fruit trees to exotic orchids. This new edition of Propagating Plants contains hundreds of step-by-step tutorials, making it your go-to guide for clear and instructive propagation advice. Struggling to keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try? This is the book for you. Help your plants live with the survival tips outlined in this book and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants. This book shows you how to grow your own supply of herbs. Discover a catalog of 150 different culinary herbs and their varieties, more than 30 recipes and step-by-step photographs on how to plant, nurture, harvest and store your herbs, and more! Perfect for Beginner, intermediate and advanced Beginner Beginner, intermediate and advanced Pages 320 144 192