It may not be possible to create matter from nothing, but it might seem that way if you learn how to grow dill by propagation ...

Learning how to propagate plants is an exciting way to share your plants with others. Plants can be propagated by sexual or ...

Question: What is it about plants that makes it possible for you to grow them from a cutting rather than having to always start them from seed? I’m planning to expand my garden this season and want to ...

Kathy Echols always issues a disclaimer when talking about her business (and favorite pastime) of growing and selling plants: Propagation is a disease, and once acquired, it’s not easy to get rid of.

Sex acts are taking place in your garden. The birds, bees and the flowers in the trees are all involved. Flowers are the sexual organs of plants. Their blooming periods, as well as their attractive ...

Seed structure with a large central cell in the center (cell nucleus in yellow) surrounded by the tissue of the mother plant (purple). The mature central cell (left) is in a quiescent state until ...

Widdringtonia nodiflora will root from cuttings. The use of IBA increases the rooting percentage. Cuttings from the lower third of the crown were more likely to root than those from the upper third.

EARLY in December 1949, we attempted the propagation by root cuttings of Lagerstrœmia indica, previously submitted for a fortnight to the action of low temperatures (0°–2° C.) or to a dry atmosphere ...

Gangolly and Pandalai 1, in their communication on vegetative propagation of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.), mention only one method, namely, the induction of suckers, but state that “there was ...

Grafting studies involving Williams 82 (normally nodulating) and NOD1-3 (hypernodulating) soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) lines and Lablab purpureus were used to evaluate the effect of shoot and root ...

When the female gametes in plants become fertilized, a signal from the sperm activates cell division, leading to the formation of new plant seeds. This activation can also be deliberately triggered ...