what are the advantage of propagating plants without using seeds
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One advantage of propagating plants is the expenditure for landscape plants and shrubs is reduced. Flowering annuals produce seeds for the next growing season. While not all seeds grow true, the flowers do closely resemble the parents. A few spent blooms collected from the plant produce more than enough seeds to generate an entire flat of annual flowers. The key to successful seed collection is waiting until the seeds are mature, drying the seeds properly and storing the seeds in a dry place free from sunlight.
Perennial plants also produce seeds but growing the plant from seed to maturity may not be cost-effective. Other propagation methods, such as root division, rooting cuttings and layering produce healthy plants that are identical to the parent plant in a short amount of time. With the ever-increasing price of landscape plants, it pays to propagate your own perennials.
Timing
Certain plants take years to grow to maturity and even longer to produce seeds. For instance, the Hinahina plant of Hawaii blooms once every 40 years and then dies. Forty years is a long time for a plant to go undisturbed by man or beast. This plant is listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species list because many of the plants died before they could reproduce. Through propagation efforts made by educational facilities and private individuals, the Hinahina plant is making a comeback. Other plants, such as certain clematis varieties, produce seeds that may take three years to germinate, mature and bloom. A few rooted cuttings, taken at the beginning of the growing season, produce a blooming vine the following year.
One advantage of propagating plants is the expenditure for landscape plants and shrubs is reduced. Flowering annuals produce seeds for the next growing season. While not all seeds grow true, the flowers do closely resemble the parents. A few spent blooms collected from the plant produce more than enough seeds to generate an entire flat of annual flowers. The key to successful seed collection is waiting until the seeds are mature, drying the seeds properly and storing the seeds in a dry place free from sunlight.
Perennial plants also produce seeds but growing the plant from seed to maturity may not be cost-effective. Other propagation methods, such as root division, rooting cuttings and layering produce healthy plants that are identical to the parent plant in a short amount of time. With the ever-increasing price of landscape plants, it pays to propagate your own perennials.
Timing
Certain plants take years to grow to maturity and even longer to produce seeds. For instance, the Hinahina plant of Hawaii blooms once every 40 years and then dies. Forty years is a long time for a plant to go undisturbed by man or beast. This plant is listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species list because many of the plants died before they could reproduce. Through propagation efforts made by educational facilities and private individuals, the Hinahina plant is making a comeback. Other plants, such as certain clematis varieties, produce seeds that may take three years to germinate, mature and bloom. A few rooted cuttings, taken at the beginning of the growing season, produce a blooming vine the following year.
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By using this method we can produce many plant more fast and disinfectant good and healthy . And also by this we can grow many plants like apple which do not grow properly with seeds. This method is asexual mode of reproduction , vegetative reproduction.
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