This seems to be another common question folks have… “What Should I Be Doing Now? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! I put together a month-by-month guide so you know what type of propagation is best for each month of the year. January-Mid Winter You can do hardwood cuttings of deciduous plants. Just wait for… Click here to read more…

I used to work with a guy that used to say, “I’ve only got one other speed and thatun’s slower than thisun.” And that’s how I often feel at the nursery. Never enough time to get it all done exactly when I’d like to get it done. And Many of Our Members struggle with this… Click here to read more…

In early June of this year we stuck thousands of cuttings in our propagation bed. Today is September 18th, 2020 and I am pulling some of the cuttings from the propagation bed to get potted up. Most of the cuttings that I stick in June are fully rooted in about 6 weeks so we have… Click here to read more…

This is one hot item that I never see available in Our Members Area, and usually just about every plant imaginable is available in our members are at deep wholesale prices. This is an item that would sell like crazy! I picked up a Weeping Pussy Willow from a local wholesale growers a couple of… Click here to read more…

Our members often refer to this as “Stick Farming” because that’s pretty much what it is. We turn what appear to be worthless sticks in to beautiful, viable plants. Follow along. Basically what we are talking about are hardwood cuttings. We do hardwood cuttings during the winter. Never earlier than Thanksgiving and as late as… Click here to read more…

Human beings love to take simple things and make them as complicated as possible! My job as your gardening/growing mentor is to get you back to the basics so you can focus on what works and get more done. There are a lot of different ideas about how to go about any given task, but… Click here to read more…

Recently Duston and I took a trip to western Pennsylvania to visit One of Our Members, Roger Higgins in Cranesville, Pa.  Roger has an amazing backyard nursery in a really small area and it is packed full of plants that he is growing. It was pouring rain that day and cold, 37 degrees!  So we… Click here to read more…

Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a hot seller! Doesn’t look like much sitting on that tree stump does it?  Believe it or not, small Dwarf Alberta Spruce that size are in high demand on the wholesale market!  Growers all over are constantly looking for them from 2″ to 4′. One of the first plants that I… Click here to read more…

It’s really cold and snowy here in northern Ohio in December so that means no gardening right? Wrong!  Here’s at Mike’s Plant Farm we have been crazy busy making and sticking cuttings. Indoors right?  Nope!  Outside. The bed on left are cuttings Hardwood Cuttings that we’ve stuck between November 15th and December 10th. These are… Click here to read more…

I am writing this article on election day, November 8th, 2016. Don’t forget to vote for the Donkeys, they are Running for President! The plants right in front of Cathy are Annabelle Hydrangea.  We stuck those cuttings last November, potted them up in late June and I took this photo in October.  They bloomed like… Click here to read more…

Basically there are two ways, two different times of the year to grow roses from cuttings.  Softwood Cutting Season begins in June and continues through the summer.  By fall the wood hardens off and you have to do things a bit differently, You have to Apply Hardwood Cutting Strategies. Let’s keep things simple and put… Click here to read more…

Hardwood cuttings are cuttings that are done during the winter months when the wood that you use to make the cuttings is hard and not pliable.  See this for a Detailed Explanation of How to Do Hardwood Cuttings. Couple of days ago I was looking at this post about Proper Nursery Plant Tagging and on… Click here to read more…

Dwarf Alberta Spruce is an awesome little evergreen that stays small and only grows a few inches per year.  Yes, they can get five or six feet tall, but it takes a long time and with one annual pruning you can keep them to the size you want. This is plant that I have been… Click here to read more…

“Normal” rooted cutting harvesting. Normally you stick Softwood Cuttings in June and they are rooted in four to eight weeks.  If you remove them from the bed right away you can do so without doing any root damage, so it’s okay to remove them during the growing season.   You can simply dip your hand in… Click here to read more…

Crazy right?  Gardening in the dead of winter, even if you live in a cold, northern state?  It’s not crazy and there are actually things work better now than they do during the growing season. What if I told you that you could make hundreds of “Free Plants”, right now, in January? Trust me, if… Click here to read more…

  Looking for a plant to grow and sell that is crazy popular, super easy to grow and sells like hotcakes?  Annabelle Hydrangea is that plant.  People love Annabelle Hydrangea because of the great big snowball type blooms. The Hydrangea that never fails to bloom. Annabelle never fails to bloom because unlike many other hydrangeas,… Click here to read more…

This question comes up at least once a week in Our Private Members Area.  The subject of what sand to use for rooting cuttings is confusing, so lets see if we can make it easier. In just about everything that I write or videos that we shoot I talk about the coarse sand that I… Click here to read more…

Building a Bed for Rooting Cuttings is really easy and it’s something that you shouldn’t over think.  Many people ask about putting things like hardware cloth (screen) or Weed Barrier Fabric in the bottom of the bed to keep critters out  and I always tell them not to. The roots of the cuttings will get… Click here to read more…