If you have had a garden for more than 5 years, chances are your plants need thinning, dividing, or splitting. Propagation techniques will not only give you more plants to sell, plant or give away, these practices are great for rejuvenating your plants and your soil at the same time. Kirsten Conrad, the Agricultural Natural Resource Extension Agent for Arlington County and City of Alexandria, discusses some easy plant propagation techniques like division, layering, and cuttings for use with both houseplants and common outdoor garden plantings.
Speaker: Agriculture Natural Resource Extension Agent Kirsten Conrad, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Zoom session, recorded September 4, 2020
Video of Presentation
Chapter Breaks
- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:02:46 Seed Propagation
- 0:15:01 Questions
- 0:18:13 Asexual Propagation
- 0:19:50 Cuttings
- 0:32:19 Layering
- 0:36:57 Crown Division
- 0:42:04 Questions
- 0:53:17 More on Layering
- 0:56:07 Root Division
- 1:08:23 Questions
- 1:17:26 Rooting Process
- 1:20:24 Factors to Consider for Success 1:27:10 Questions
- 1:28:49 Woody Cuttings
- 1:32:52 Root Cuttings
- 1:33:40 Daffodil Chipping
- 1:35:31 Scooping & Notching
- 1:36:51 Scaling
- 1:37:36 Resources
- 1:41:14 Questions
Additional Resources
Maryland Grows. 2014. Make More Plants From Cuttings: 5 Plants That Root Easily in Water. University of Maryland Extension.
Sorenson, David, C. and Kate Garland. Plant Propagation. University of Maine Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard.
Trinklein, David. 2016. Plant Propagation: Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual. University of Missouri Cooperative Extension.