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How Much is One Rooted Cutting Worth?

Updated : May 29, 2020

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Is it really possible that one lonely rooted cutting could change your life forever? I suppose it could. I decided to write this because this morning I was giving some advice to one of our Canadian members about getting started selling small plants. I felt that he was thinking way too small and taking way… Click here to read more…

Easy Summertime Plant Propagation Techniques that You Can Do at Home.

Updated : June 1, 2021

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Blushing Bride Rose of Sharon.

Free Flowering Shrubs and Evergreens! It’s true, you can grow all of the flowering shrubs you want, absolutely free, once you learn how to root them yourself at home, in your backyard.  I’m fixin’ to show you how to do that right now.  Be prepared to be intrigued! I want to make this as simple… Click here to read more…

Easy Winter Time Plant Propagation that You Can Do at Home.

Updated : August 18, 2015

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Hardwood cuttings, rooted and ready to be potted up.

I am going to show you how to grow all the flowering shrubs you want, absolutely free of charge.  This really does work, in the dead of winter, outside in the cold, snow and freezing weather.  I’ll prove it to you. I know, I know, I know!  The plants in the picture look like dead… Click here to read more…

Get Free Access to The Backyard Grower’s Business Center

Updated : August 29, 2014

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We’re giving away two full memberships to the Backyard Grower’s Business Center, a $610 value! To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment below. We will choose two numbers at random and match those numbers with the comment number below. (NOTE: only we can see the comment numbers, they’re not… Click here to read more…

How To Prune Shrubs and Other Landscape Plants

Updated : September 3, 2019

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When is the best time to prune shrubs in your landscape? The answer is:  When it needs it. Some experts might tell you that you need to wait until winter or early spring to cut back your shrubs or trees.  Here at Mike’s Plant Farm, we ignore the calendar and prune as needed. We prune… Click here to read more…

Backyard Growers Enjoying a Visit to Mike’s Plant Farm in Perry, Ohio

Updated : December 1, 2014

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Backyard Growers discussing plant propagation with Mike McGroarty.

Once or twice a year we invite our Backyard Growers to my place, Mike’s Plant Farm, here in Perry, Ohio.  Each year we have a group of wonderful people.  We enjoy the day talking plants, plant propagation, growing and selling plants and we eat.  And of course the donkeys love the company. We also do … Click here to read more…

How to Grow & Train Flowering Hydrangea Shrubs into Tree Hydrangeas.

Updated : May 28, 2021

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Training Flowering Shrubs into Tree Form.

There are a number of different varieties of Hydrangea shrubs that are often grown into tree form.  Many people don’t realize that a Tree Hydrangea is actually a Hydrangea shrub that was simply trained to grow as a flowering tree.  This is also done with Rose of Sharon, I’ve seen it done with Red Twig… Click here to read more…

Mike’s Plant Propagation Kit

Updated : August 7, 2020

How to Root Hundreds,if not Thousands, of Cuttingsat One Time What I am about to share with you is a bit of an industry secret.  But what I want you to really grasp is that this system will work for just a few cuttings, or in our case, we do tens of thousands of cuttings… Click here to read more…

Winter Time Plant Propagation Techniques.

Updated : February 8, 2019

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February in Ohio

I took most of these snow covered tree photos early in the morning. Winter Time Plant Propagation Believe it or not, the dead of winter is the ideal time to make hardwood cuttings of many deciduous plants.  Sounds crazy doesn’t it?  However, with many plants it really is the ideal time.  We do most of… Click here to read more…

Winter Tree and Shrub Transplanting Tips and Why Now is the Ideal Time .

Updated : May 20, 2015

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Recently dug Japanese maples.

I am going to talk to you about Winter Tree and Shrub Transplanting Tips and Why Now is the Ideal Time. Sounds crazy right?  This isn’t gardening season, it’s winter.  Spring is gardening season! Well . . . that’s sorta true. People really get confused about when to transplant what and how to go about… Click here to read more…

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Complete Guides

Growing, Rooting and Propagating Dappled Willow in Tree Form from Cuttings.

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The Correct Way to Pot Rooted Cuttings, Nursery Stock Liners and other Plants.

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Big Daddy Hosta.

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'Big Daddy' hosta is one of my favorite big hostas, mostly because it's big, it's blue and it has very interested leaves that are a bit dimpled. Big Daddy hosta gets about 24" tall and 36" wide. It's hardy in zones 3 through 9, the flowers are blends of … Read Full Article

'Humpback Whale' hosta.

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