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Starting a Backyard Nursery in August

Updated : August 27, 2015

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If you are starting your backyard nursery in August, there are a number of things you should be concentrating on. In the next 8 to 12 weeks there will be some deals on rooted cuttings and liners on the Backyard Growers Business Center Buy/Sell board. If you buy them now and just plant them in… Click here to read more…

Plant Propagation Calendar – What You Should Be Doing Now

Updated : June 17, 2015

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Do yourself a huge favor and print this off and keep it near your potting bench.  Heck, print off a few copies and hang them where you can see them. January-Mid Winter You can do hardwood cuttings of deciduous plants. Just wait for a day when the ground is not frozen so you can either… Click here to read more…

Crazy, Curly, Corkscrew Willow

Published : May 12, 2015

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Golden Curls Willow, Salix matsudana tortuosa The Golden Curls Willow, also called Corkscrew Willow by some,  is a fun and interesting tree with an elegant and graceful appearance.   This Golden Curls Weeping Willow is in my front yard.  At the end of the growing season I always trim it up about as high as… Click here to read more…

How to Grow a Fruit Tree

Updated : April 21, 2015

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People ask me all the time if they can grow a fruit tree from a seed.  Yes the seed will produce a lovely tree, but chances are you are not going to get what you were expecting out of it. When you grow something by seed you are going to get the most generic version… Click here to read more…

How to Propagate Mums

Updated : September 18, 2018

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How to Propagate Mums Chrysanthemums refer to a genus of flowering plants with great genetic diversity. The Chrysanthemum was widely grown in China during the 15th century B.C as a flowering herb. Stories recount that the boiled roots were used as a headache remedy, the leaves were used as a drink in festivities, and the… 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…

Propagating Roses from Cuttings

Updated : December 31, 2014

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Propagating Roses from Cuttings www.freeplants.com Copyright © 2011 McGroarty Enterprises Inc. The propagation of Roses.  Boy this must be hard to do.  Roses are a mystery to many gardeners.   Something so beautiful must be really difficult to grow from cuttings, at least so think some gardeners.  This is not the case at all.  Roses… 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…

How to Make Homemade Plant Propagation Flats.

Updated : November 27, 2020

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Homemade Plant Propagation Flat.

This is a good winter project.  At least it was for me. These wooden plant propagation flats are really quite simple and easy to make.  I used pressure-treated wood so they would last and I’ve never had a problem with treated wood around my plants or rooting cuttings so don’t be concerned about that.  Everything… Click here to read more…

Plant Propagation via Tissue Culture

Updated : November 7, 2014

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Plant Propagation via Tissue Culture is the most modern and scientific method of propagating new plants. Plant propagation via tissue culture is a form of micro propagation where tiny pieces of plant tissue are used to produce exact clones of the plant from which the tissue originated.  In the nursery business many plants are not… Click here to read more…

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Complete Guides

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