”The Palisades Garden Club will hold its first meeting of the club’s new year with a lecture/demonstration on plant propagation methods by horticulturalist Stephen Williams on Monday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. ”Williams, who worked as plant propagator at the Huntington Gardens, is currently an instructor in horticulture at Mt. San Antonio College. ”He will present a PowerPoint demonstration on the finer points of plant propagation by making cuttings, growing from seeds and air-layering, which is a method of producing roots on the stem of indoor landscape plants that have become “leggy” through the loss of their lower foliage. ”Air-layering has been used successfully as a mean of propagating some of the more difficult-to-root plants. In this procedure, believed to have been developed centuries ago by the Chinese, the gardener winds the stem or branch of a plant and encloses the wounded stem with moist sphagnum moss or similar rooting medium until roots develop from the wounded area. Success depends on keeping the rooting medium moist until the roots are formed and large enough to support the new plant. Since the development of polyethylene film, air-layering has become a practical method of propagation for the home gardener and amateur horticulturist. ”Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.
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