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VOLUME 21 – NUMBER 4
April/May 2019
Featured Contributors
GC Grubbycup has been an avid
indoor gardener for more than
20 years. His articles were first
published in the UK, and since
then his gardening advice has
been published in French,
Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech and
German. He is also considered one
of the world’s leading authorities
on crochet hydroponics.
KG Kent Gruetzmacher , MFA, is a
Colorado-based freelance writer and
the director of business development
at Mac & Fulton Talent Partners, an
employment recruiting firm dedicated
to the indoor gardening and
hydroponic industry. He is interested
in utilizing his MA in Humanities to
critically explore the many cultural
and business facets of this youthful,
emergent industry by way of his
entrepreneurial projects.
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PROPAGATION
Propagation in the plant world is a beautiful thing. Both a science and an
art, propagation is the delicate and, quite arguably, magical process of plant
reproduction. The primary methods are sexual propagation and asexual propagation.
Sexual propagation is nature’s way of reproducing a plant. It occurs when the
pollen of a male plant lands on the flower of a female plant, fertilizing its ovaries
and producing seeds. The seed contains the genetic characteristics of both parent
plants. When the seed is planted, or sown, it develops into a new plant, or strain, that
displays traits from both plants from which it was produced.
Asexual propagation techniques include but are not limited to: cloning, grafting,
layering, and tissue culture. Taking clones (or cuttings) from a mother plant has
established itself as the most reputable form of asexual propagation amongst
growers in the hydroponics industry.
Check out Grubbycup’s article on page 30 for more information.
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