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.
- Starting Seeds at Home: You can get a big jump on Maine’s short gardening season when you grow your own seedlings. Instead of waiting for the ground to warm up enough to sow seeds outside, start enjoying flowers and harvesting vegetables four to six weeks earlier by starting seeds at home.
- How to Build a Seedling Light 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
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