Paws,

There is a pretty good post named "Easy Propagation Chamber" that is about 17 posts below this one.

I don't know if this link will work, but here you go:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/propa/msg1020340019335.html?43

Janaet

I saw that Janaet and have used similar items but I am looking for a reference guide that tells me if I have AAA plant can be started from seed or it needs to be cold stratified or BBB plant just needs planting or CCC plant needs to be started from a cutting. Clear as mud right.
Paws

About the best reference for that info that I have found is the American Horticulture Society's A-Z Enclyclopedia of Garden Plants.

It gives info on culture and propagation of every plant listed.

You could check it out online.

Janie

Paws...i recommend you find a copy of The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation..From Seed to Tissue Culture by Michael A. Dirr and Charles W. Heuser, Jr....it has information on over 1100 species, varieties and cultivars...the AHS A-Z Encyclopedia as already mentioned is also a great source.

You might check with the Growing from Seed forum here.

Or the Winter Sowing forum is very active. They know a lot about what needs stratification and what doesn't whether it is winter sown or not.

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing from seed

I have Dr Dirr's Manual to Woody Landscape Plants, for class. Will look for the one you mentioned. Next Jan. our class is going to see Dr. Dirr in Kansas City. Can't wait.
Paws

You could try...WWW.gardenhelper.com .There is a list of plants you can propagate by cuttings,tells you when and how for best results.

I got the American Horticulture Society's A-Z Enclyclopedia of Garden Plants book from the library. Fantastic book. Will have to put it on my wish list ($80). Thanks for all the info.
Paws

Check out this site. They have that book for $59.900. AND they have LOTS of other books, too.

Also, I just happened to think that I sent a lot of info to someone via email this evening. These are some of my most favorite sites, to tide you over til you get your book.

This first one is a hoot! I have never had any problems from signing up to
get his free book, and the info there is amazing!

http://www.freeplants.com/frame%20set.htm

George Mander is great too. He actually has a lot of articles on Roses at
his Roses of Excellence site. This one is called 'Cuttings from cuttings,
from cuttings'

http://www3.telus.net/georgemander/articles/cut_from_cut.html

From U of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences,
Propagating Shrubs from cuttings

http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/b641-w.html

From TAMU, info on air layering. Sometimes that is the only way to
propagate something, vines in particular.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/ornamentals/airlayer/airlayer.html

U of Florida

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MG108

From NC State University
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/graphics/headers/nccesheader.gif

All of these sites have valuable information. I hope you can use some of
them.

For my own use, I printed lots of stuff out and I keep it in a 3" binder. I
have info on everything from Bulb propagation to cuttings to seeds, and I use it all.

Please let me know how you do with your cuttings.

Janie

Here is a link that might be useful: Bookseller

The best book I've seen for starting seed is "Seed Germination Theory and Practice" by Norman C. Deno, Prof. Emeritus of Chemistry at Penn State. It is self published and has to be ordered from him. The address is 139 Lenor Drive, State College PA 16801. I hope that it is still available. It is the first (and usually only) reference I check when sowing an unfamiliar species.
I have the Second Edition published in 1993 and if I remember correctly it was twenty dollars. There were also two supplements that I subsequently purchased. These books contain an amazing amount of information concerning the germination needs of individual plants and also general processes involved in germination. He also describes a method of starting seed that gives great results.

Great stuff! Thanks a bunch.
Paws