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Three 50-foot long furrows in fine sandy soil amended over the years with organic matter (leaves, straw, hay, wood chips, sawdust).
This patch was fallowed last year as part of a rotation system I am setting up for the main potato garden. My goal is to plant potatoes on one part every four years with cover crops of peas, oats, buckwheat and mustard and non-Solanaceae species during the other years such as cabbage. The total size of the potato garden is 100 feet by 40 feet.
Gary Walton May 27, 2013
The first stage of the air-layering process, (after wounding and wrapping in moist sphagnum, plastic-wrap in order to retain surface moisture).
Cleft graft of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) onto Solanum tuberosum (potato).
The two stems in back are grafted, the stem in foreground is a regular potato stem. This was grafted about 3 weeks ago and the perifilm is ready to be removed.
These osage-orange saplings will grow on in pots until they are a better size to move into the nursery.
We were growing these cabbage to have seeds to plant in the rainy season. An insect covers them and is eating them. Since we don't use chemicals we have to hope some other insect comes to eat these incests. Perhaps we should try some other method for a bit to protect the seeds.
We distributed over 700 houseplants to freshen dorms across the University of Maryland campus. The plants were grown by IAA Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Management lecturer/advisor Ken Ingram, and his INAG 114: Plant Propagation students.
This afternoon in the CSU greenhouse I began a few air-layering tests upon this Ficus elastica.
-> For more information on this method of plant propogation, please visit such sites as aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/ornamentals/airlaye...
On April 28, 2016, IAA Sustainable Agriculture student Michael Perise led a workshop which demonstrated propagation media and seedling production at the University of Maryland's Terp Farm in Upper Marlboro, MD.
After a successful summer internship under farm manager Guy Kilpatric, Michael is completing his IAA certificate through an apprenticeship on the farm. After graduation, he will be employed part time by Terp Farm's host facility, the Upper Marlboro Research and Education Center, while also starting his own vegetable operation in Southern Maryland.
The event was sponsored by Terp Farm and UMD Dining Services.
A potato cutting in the furrow. Pieces with eyes (sprouts) that are slightly enlarged are the best to plant. Small eyes may take longer to sprout especially in cool weather. Ideal eye length is about 1 inch. Longer eyes become brittle.
Gary Walton May 27, 2013
As the Arboretum continues to add to our collection by propagating new material by seeds and cuttings we will need a better potting bench.
We were growing these cabbage to have seeds to plant in the rainy season. An insect covers them and is eating them. Since we don't use chemicals we have to hope some other insect comes to eat these incests. Perhaps we should try some other method for a bit to protect the seeds.
Sustainable Agriculture major Rebecca B. has been applying skills learned in INAG224 Greenhouse Management and Plant Production at her internship with Heyser Farms this summer. She propagated all these perennials for sale!
The work of the Yamhill County Master Gardener propagation committee resulted in many high quality plant starts. Photo submitted as part of the Yamhill County Master Gardener Association Search for Excellence application, 2012. Alan Wenner, Photographer.
It is worth noting that lobellia bought in bedding trays in plugs are very often easily divide-able.
I'm not sure whether they put multiple seeds into each plug or whether multiple stems are just the natural habit of lobellia but they are very easily pulled apart. I divided the plugs in two but could have got 4 smaller plants from each plug
The photo above shows how the divisions look after two weeks (the plants in black pots are the divisions and are already bigger than one of the root bound plugs I didn't divide because they're less cramped )
At the same tme I bought some nice cosmos in flower in 1 litre pots. Each pot had two cosmos stems so I pulled those apart and got double the plants for my money. After two weeks they're almost indistinguishable from the not divided plants.
It is worthwhile looking carefully at all plants you buy. Many nurseries now put two or three plants in a pot rather than one as they look bigger and more saleable earlier so they're on the nursery a shorter time and save them work.
The best deal I ever had was when I bought 100 pieris "forest flame" in one litre pots from the local plant auctions. They were only 6 inches tall and I intended to pot them on,grow them on for a year and then resell them.
When I came to pot them on I found there was 3 plants in each pot so I had 300 not 100 to sell on.