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Propagation

Grow healthy flowers, fruits, and vegetables at home with these simple tips and tricks. Learn how to start them from seed, cuttings, or other plant parts.

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Propagating EDIBLE Bananas

There are three types of banana plants you can grow, or buy. They aren’t all edible. Bananas come in fruit, …

Propagating Pomatoes

I am amazed at just how evident the loss of common sense grows while people evolve too far away from …

Good Food & Genetic Diversity

If you think there are plenty of choices and variety in the seed catalogs you shop from for growing your …

Start Your Own Fruit Trees & Bushes

Did you know that you can grow your own trees and bushes by propagating them from cuttings? Sure, you can …

Growing Food from Store Produce

For a lot of newcomers to growing it’s pretty exciting to discover that plants will grow from the seeds inside a grocery …

Sometimes Obsession Is A Good Thing

There is a fine line between a consuming passion and obsession. If someone thinks your passion is weird or it …

Natural, Organic Rooting of Cuttings

In most places you can buy rooting hormones, but they aren’t available the world over.  There is nothing wrong with …

What Is Propagation?

The proper definition of propagation is ‘to spread or multiply’. To anyone who grows plants, indeed to the plants themselves, …

Are You Starting Seeds That Are Really Heirloom Varieties?

A lot of organic gardening tips tell you that the path to eating GMO free fruits and vegetables is to …

Is Seed Better Than Cuttings?

There isn’t really a straight yes or no answer here. It all depends on a number of things. You must …

Preserving Seed Long Term

If you’re at all familiar with vegetables outdoors, you might have noticed that the packets of seed you purchase every …

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