To obtain numerous plants which will not have the exact appearance of the parent or its siblings, sexual propagation is the easiest and least expensive method. For seedling generation, the following steps can be followed: Seed ProvenanceProvenance refers to the geographic location from which seed is collected. Provenance may influence traits such as hardiness, growth […]
Category: Cloning, Seedling and breeding
How to use a Cloning Machine to Clone Plants?
Cloning machines seem to be the most efficient and quickest way to propagate plants. It is effective for some reasons. First, your cutting is not immersed in water but is constantly misted with low-pressure water, which avoids diseases for the fragile roots. Second, there’s plenty of oxygen for the roots. Third, you can do multiple […]
Best 5 Substrates for Plant Cloning
Plant cloning supports versatile substrates from rockwool to coir ingredients suitable for variety of cultivation. Before placing the sample cut pieces into any substrate medium, dip the re-generating part into root hormone solution for 15-30 seconds. If the hormone is in the powder form, make sure the cutting’s end gets a little wet before applying. […]
Complete Step By Step Guide to Plant Cloning
A clone, also known as a clipping or baby, is simply a branch cut from a plant. These branches are cut, dipped in a rooting solution and placed into a simple growing medium. The following steps by step process should guide you from requirement to transplantation in plant cloning. 1. Requirements for plant cloning A […]
What is Plant Cloning?
Cloning are genetically identical individuals. The cloning of plants has many important commercial implications. It allows a variety of a plant with desirable characteristics to be produced cheaply, quickly and on a large scale. There are several reasons why as a gardener you should propagate plants. Cloning is a quick easy and cost-saving method of […]