Root, Nurture, Grow

The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants

Caro Langton, Rose Ray

• Publisher: Quadrille
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781787133051
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

Life with a potted plant is undeniably better. And better yet is the ability to grow and replicate new, healthy houseplants without ever having to visit a garden centre again. Learn to share, swap and celebrate the miraculous methods of multiplying all of your favourites at almost no cost at all.

And here's the secret: it's really, really easy.

Plants are designed to multiply. They spread their roots, send off inquisitive shoots, and regenerate themselves in all sorts of exciting and unexpected ways without any help. Even for the beginner indoor gardener, a single leaf can hold enough life to be successfully grown into a brand new plant.

With Root, Nurture, Grow, you'll quickly discover how to propagate any houseplant, take cuttings, cultivate runners and offsets, divide plants at the roots and even grow brand new root systems in the air. You'll learn pruning methods that produce no waste, organic rooting medium recipes, and eventually enjoy gifting and swapping newly grown greenery with friends, family and other houseplant hoarders you'll meet along the way.

As well as myriad propagation methods, the book includes practical DIY projects to better nurture and display your plant family, including a homemade propagation chamber and simple self-watering planters.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Beginning: A prelude to propagation
• Rooting: Nurturing shoots
• Cuttings: Creating new plants from old
• Plant Propagation Table
• Division & Grafting: Multiplying and fusing greenery
• Runners, Offsets & Suckers: Nature’s natural offshoots
• Layering: Rambling branches
• Tropical Seedlings: Sprouting fruits
• Cultivating: Caring for the family
• Index
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright Page