Native Plant Propagation at Home
NATIVE PLANT PROPAGATION at HOME
We are encouraging people to grow local natives at their homes or in their community spaces. Our focus is on propagation by SEED because seeds preserve genetic diversity. Genetic diversity creates resilience from climate, pests, and disease stresses. You will acquire your own supplies and materials. Below there are resources to help you grow plants for your own landscape or to share with friends & neighbors, to start a native plant nursery business or donate to a non-profit!
We will offer meet-ups at the Nursery so that you can meet others in the native plant propagating community and discuss your experiences. You are a wealth of knowledge! If you want to participate in a Native Plant Propagation at Home meet-up, you will need to sign up with Patti at farris1234@comcast.net to receive meet-up dates and details. And because meeting space is small, attendance will be limited to the first 18 people sign-ups. Grow Native!
- BASIC REFERENCES
• Best Management Practices Basics Slideshow PDF; BMP Word PDF
• Raising Native Plants in Nurseries: Basic Concepts LINK
• State CNPS on Propagation California Native Plant Propagation – CNPS LINK
• Nursery Manual for Tribal Nurseries LINK
• Klamath-Siskiyou native plant propagation LINK
• CNPS Calscape – https://calscape.org/
• Book: Dara Emery’s Seed Propagation
• SacValley CNPS Most Important Plant List Sacramento Most Important Plants List basic
• Book: Propagation of California Native Plants by Marjorie Schmidt - Seed Collecting Protocols US Forest Service PDF
MEDIA
• SacValley CNPS Nursery ‘s regular potting mix (we have it mixed at Redi Gro)
ORGANIC POTTING MIX
30% MINI MULCH
30% 0-1/4″ Fir Bark Humus
20% Sand
20% Peat Moss
4#/CY Organic 9-3-7
2#/CY Gro Life Mycorrhizae
3#/CY Oyster Shell Lime
MIXES
• Seed sowing mix 1:1:1 perlite:peat:vermiculite
• Well-draining mix 1:1 commercial cactus:regular potting mix .
PROPAGATION RESOURCES
• Sacramento Valley CNPS Nursery propagation protocols
• Basic Concepts of Propagation by USDA and USFS
• Propagation protocol database by USDA and USFS
• CA Native Plant Propagation by CNPS Matt Teel
• Germination/stratification protocols by Klam/Siskiyou seeds
SEED COLLECTION INFORMATION
• California Botanic Garden native SEED ID IMAGES
• Jepson Eflora for seed and plant ID
• California Botanic Garden Video: Seed Saving: Collecting, Processing, Storing and Germinating YouTube
• CA Laws protecting native plants LINK
• Local seed sources: Hedgerow Farms, Larner seeds
CUTTINGS
• CNPS Santa Cruz County Chapter Propagation by Cuttings LINK
PLANTING
• Planting Guide – Tree of Life Nursery LINK
