{"id":1272,"date":"2014-12-13T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ongardening.com\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2014-12-13T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T20:30:10","slug":"propagating-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ongardening.com\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"Propagating Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plant and cutting exchanges, which are popular in the Monterey Bay area, invite gardeners to bring plants or cuttings from their garden to swap for plants or cuttings offered by another gardener. These exchanges work because plants propagate naturally on their own: the gardener does not incur a significant cost, and still reaps the satisfaction of giving something of value to another gardener.<\/p>\n

Cheap thrills!<\/p>\n

Propagating plants for sharing require a significant investment of time: growing plants from seeds or cuttings and then giving them away could amount to a generous gift of the gardener\u2019s time. However, opportunities exist for sharing plants with little effort.<\/p>\n

For example, if your daffodils or irises need dividing, you could very well end up with a surplus of bulbs or rhizomes that you could share.<\/p>\n

Another example: plants might self-propagate in your garden to the point that you have more than you want, and would prefer to reclaim the space for other plants.<\/p>\n

Plants have many ways to reproduce, and gardeners can support those natural processes successfully, and with both botanical creativity and economic efficiency in developing the garden and sharing with friends.<\/p>\n

For an introduction to this topic, visit Wikipedia website <en.wikipedia.org\/wiki> and search for\u201cPlant propagation.\u201d This site provides very brief descriptions of sexual propagation, which involves growing plants from seeds, and asexual propagation, which encompasses several methods:<\/p>\n