Propagation

Selected Readings and Content

UMaine Extension Bulletins

• Plant Propagation in Maine, Bulletin #2410
• An Introduction to Seed Saving for the Home Gardener, Bulletin #2750
• Starting Seeds at Home, Bulletin #2751

UMaine Extension Videos

• Maine Vegetable Gardening: Keep Your Garden Growing — Plant from Spring to Fall
• Planting Chart for the Home Vegetable Garden — When to plant in Maine: earliest and latest safe dates.
• How to Build a Seedling Stand: video and plans for building a seed stand; includes diagram and materials list (PDF)
• MOFGA fact sheets — Look for
  • Soil-less Mixes for Vegetable Seedling Production

Additional Resources

• Huge Growth Potential, Pounds of Dividends: It’s Time to Order Seeds, MOFGA
• Dave’s Garden Frost Freeze Calculator by Zip Code
• Johnny’s Online Tools and Calculators

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Master Gardener Volunteer Training

Core Competencies

At the end of these sessions you will be able to articulate and explain:

• The basic techniques and reasons for vegetative (asexual) propagation of plants including division, layering, cuttings and grafting
• The basic techniques and reasons for seedage (sexual) propagation of plants
• The parts of a seed and the environmental factors necessary for germination and growing on
• Potential seedling diseases
• An understanding of the role that containers, growing medium and fertilization play in plant propagation
• The processes of hardening off and transplanting seedlings
• The basics of seed saving and storage

Practical Skills Gained and Strengthened

• How to successfully perform (and grow on) at least one vegetative propagation technique.
• How to successfully perform proper seeding technique
• How to harden off transplant seedlings