Propagation environments [Chapter 4]

Abstract

An understanding of all factors influencing plant growth in a nursery environment is needed for the successful growth and production of high-quality container plants. Propagation structures modify the atmospheric conditions of temperature, light, and relative humidity. Native plant nurseries are different from typical horticultural nurseries because plants must be conditioned for outplanting on stressful sites where little or no aftercare is provided. This set of circumstances makes conditioning and hardening (see Chapter 12, Hardening) especially important, and these horticultural treatments require changing or modifying propagation structures.

Parent Publication

• Nursery manual for native plants: A guide for tribal nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management

Citation

Jacobs, Douglass F.; Landis, Thomas D.; Luna, Tara. 2009. Propagation environments [Chapter 4]. In: Dumroese, R. Kasten; Luna, Tara; Landis, Thomas D., editors. Nursery manual for native plants: A guide for tribal nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management. Agriculture Handbook 730. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 55-75.