Growing Ferns - Better Homes And Gardens
Spores are found on the undersides of mature fronds but raising ferns from spores is time consuming and difficult. Try placing a seedling tray of moist seed-raising mix under the leaves of the fern you want to propagate. Spores that do fall, may ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Kirsten Larsen
Lily has a talent for making things grow. So when she finds a mysterious seed in the middle of the woods, she plants it. But the seedling that comes up is not anything Lily expected. It stinks and it oozes sap. Will ... [... more]
Random House |
Gazania
Propagate from seed or seedlings in spring and summer in normal potting mix. Gazanias grow in clumps thus established plants can be divided after flowering. Feed with liquid fertiliser as soon as the spring flower ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
C. Australis
This striking New Zealand native is moderately frost hardy, occurring in some of that country’s southernmost areas. The seedlings, with very narrow, arching leaves, are sold as indoor plants and last for years in ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Horehound
Do not over-graze, and control rabbits. Seedlings are not very competitive, and need bare ground to establish. Chip plants out. Burning can be used to stimulate seed germination, followed by summer cultivation, for ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Ochna
Ochna is very resistant to herbicides, and re-sprouts vigorously if it is damaged. Seedlings may be dug out. Hand-pulling is likely to leave the taproot behind to re-grow, though small plants in moist soil can be ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Celosia
There are numerous low growing perennial lilac-blue campanulas, but it is the taller growing biennial known as Canterbury Bells which is most commonly sold in seedling punnets. These hardy frost tolerant plants with ... [... more]
Bedding Plants Australia |
Australia Readies For Plunge Into Ge Canola Crop
The researchers looked at more than 700,000 seedlings from neighbouring fields that had not been planted with the new canola, which had been conventionally bred to resist the effects of a weedkiller. The cultivar spread to 63 percent of the ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Outstanding New Apricot Cultivars
The HortResearch apricot cultivar breeding programme began in Central Otago in the late 1960s. Today, HortResearch's apricot breeding programme, led by Dominique Noiton, includes over 3,000 seedlings at 3 sites: Central Otago, Marlborough and ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Avocados: Food For Thought
HortResearch (formerly DSIR) began an avocado cultivar evaluation programme in the early 1970s under the guidance of Stuart Dawes. Over the last 20 years, more than 80 overseas cultivars and 20 local chance seedlings ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Nursery Stock, Bedding Plants And Pot Plants In Peat And ...
For bark based compost, half the P value given in Table 1 may be adequate. For seedlings, the desirable range is half the values for all elements. A pH of 5.3-6.5 measured in the unfiltered extract is considered ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
What Is Involved In Plant Breeding? (Part Iii)
In most breeding programmes there are successive stages of testing: seedlings are initially screened for basic agronomic characteristics, and only the most promising lines go on to further testing. Evaluation of ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
