Beth, Noelia and Kristen helped prepare 5 cutting flats: BRI CAL, RHU LAU, MIM LON, ERI FAS and ENC CAL. That’s a total of 320 more cuttings, bringing our total to 1,204… we’ll see what that turns into actual plants. As important, most of the Nursery volunteers have gotten 1-3 training sessions with vegetative propagation, and this last group showed they are getting the knack. The day was warm, and rain is expected next week for 2 days. The water to the Nursery had been turned off, and Ranger Steve made sure it was working again.(Click any pic to enlarge)
These are the steps we've used for vegetative plant propagation. Most of these were adapted from trainging at Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery. (Click any pic to enlarge)
John, David, Nanci, Beth, Noelia came out one more time to work on vegetative propagation: buckwheat, toyon, sagebrush. The group is getting the routine down: cutting, prep and seating, which will help much as we include this technique more and more. Beth brought her flat from TPN training, which has been a big help in show-and-tell. We’re working making things go smoothly with setup: using wraps, not rubber bands and switching to spray bottle for rooting hormone (we can re-use it then).
We bumped up much of existing plants: elderberry to 5 gallon, rose, juncus, monkey flower. Also the usual mundane of a Nursery: weeding, cleaning, caring for potted plants. (Click any pic to enlarge)
Sarah, John, Beth, Drew came out for more at vegetative propagation: buckwheat, monkey flower, brickle brush, and black sage.
The usual mundane of a Nursery: weeding, cleaning, caring for potted plants. (Click any pic to enlarge)
Beth, Noelia and Kristen helped prepare 5 cutting flats: BRI CAL, RHU LAU, MIM LON, ERI FAS and ENC CAL. That’s a total of 320 more cuttings, bringing our total to 1,204… we’ll see what that turns into actual plants. As important, most of the Nursery volunteers have gotten 1-3 training sessions with vegetative propagation, and this last group showed they are getting the knack. 
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