Home Propagation

Course CodeAHT106
Fee CodeS2
Duration (approx)100 hours
QualificationTo obtain formal documentation the optional exam(s) must be completed which will incur an additional fee of $36. Alternatively, a letter of completion may be requested.

LEARN PROPAGATION

  • Start as a hobby and see where it leads
  • Save the cost of buying plants -grow your own
  • who knows - some people end up with a profitable backyard nursery that grows and grows!

Growing your own healthy plants from next to nothing can be a fascinating and rewarding hobby.

If you love plant collecting it can help save on the cost of buying plants. It can also provide presents you can give to friends and relatives; or donate to community projects.

"Thanks for the videos, they are great! I got a lot of information from them. The Turf Management video is practical and easy to understand. Plant Propagation is a video every student should watch because out here in the real world no-one would give out such information. The Rose Growing Tape was very beneficial to me as I have about 60 odd roses. I thought I knew a little about them but this tape is a real eye-opener."

- Kelvin


 

Lesson Structure

There are 10 lessons in this course:

  1. Methods of propagation - overview
  2. Propagating Structures & Equipment
  3. Propagating Materials
  4. Seed Propagation
  5. Propagation by Cuttings
  6. Miscellaneous Propagating Techniques - Division, layering, tissue culture.
  7. Budding & Grafting
  8. Propagation of Specific Plants
  9. Nursery Management: Types of plant production (container, bare-rooted, etc.), nursery hygiene
  10. Propagating Area: Layout & Organization

Propagation can be an Exciting Hobby

There are hundreds of different ways to propagate plant.

Every plant genus has it's own challenges and opportunities for the propagator. You may sometimes become disillusioned by failure, but achieving success with a difficult to propagate species can be a significant reward after previously failing.

This course will enlighten you and give you the fundamental understanding you need to attempt, and ultimately succeed at propagating most of the plants you might grow in your home garden.

 

Who Would Benefit from this Course?

  • Anyone with a passion for plant propagation
  • Amateur gardeners
  • Property owners seeking to save the expense of buying in plants
  • Garden owners wishing to reproduce prized cultivars from their garden
  • Plant Collectors wishing to multiply their collections




Check out our eBooks

Farm Management

This ebook covers tips to manage your own farm, or work for someone else. It also covers the farm site, production systems, managing livestock, pasture, crops, water, equipment, farm structures, finance, marketing, staff management, farm planning and more. 15 chapters, 129 pages

Growing Conifers

Conifers have elegant foliage that comes in an array of colours from blues to yellows, dark to acid greens and variegations. They look great all year round and provide a garden with structure, foundation, formality and elegance, especially in winter when other plants are leafless. This is a comprehensive text covering: growing, propagation, container growing, hedges, topiary, landscaping, uses for food, timber and oils plus a directory that explores 32 conifer genera and hundreds of species. 88 colour photos 80 pages

Starting a Nursery or Herb Farm

This is both a guide to “how to propagate plants” as well as an exploration of the possibility of starting a small nursery or herb business that could eventually grow into a blossoming business! It's often amazing how much can be produced, and the profit that can be made from a few hundred square meters of land. Since it was first published by “Grass Roots” in 1981, we have lost count of the hundreds of people who have told us how this book kicked off a successful business or career for them. 63 pages

Tropical Plants

A comprehensive ebook that covers hundreds of plant genera, species and cultivars suited to the tropics and subtropics such as indoor plants and those grown in protected areas in milder climates. Chapters include: How to Grow Tropicals, Bulbs and Perennials, Low Growing Plants, Climbers, Trees and Shrubs, Creepers, Conifers, Bamboos and Grasses, and Palms. Previously published in print form by Kangaroo Press (Simon and Schuster). 120 pages, 137 photos

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