HORT 213 Plant Propagation
(Contact Hours: 4) Students will gain hands-on experience with multiple plant propagation methods including stem and bud grafting and planting seeds, bulbs, divisions, layers, and cuttings for multiple plant types including vegetables, trees, shrubs, and herbaceous and woody annuals and perennials. They will learn how seasonality, provenance, plant age, environmental factors (e.g., temperature, light, etc.) and propagation techniques affect propagation success and ease. Students will learn how to schedule production based on propagation requirements, use of propagation tools and compounds (e.g., rooting hormone), and harvest, receive, store, and treat plant materials for propagation. Minimum benchmarks will be enforced.