Propagating Plants in Mini Greenhouses

What is PROPAGATION?
Propagation is simply the multiplication of a given plant species. Two types: Sexual
Propagation, which is growing plants from seed, and Asexual propagation: Multiplying or "cloning" plants by taking a portion or "cutting" of a larger plant (parent plant) and placing it in a favorable environment in which this portion / cutting can generate missing parts, i.e. the roots in order to form a whole new plant (daughter plant). It sounds somewhat scientific but it is actually quite easy and requires little technical skill, which is part of the reason that 80% of nursery grown plants are grown by propagation through cuttings rather than by seed growing. Another very significant reason we propagate by cuttings is to consistently produce a plant with the same favorable qualities or characteristics of a parent plant! Seed growing can be unpredictable, producing plants with undesirable results. Step One:

Prepare a soil mix for our cuttings to take root.
In most cases, and for today's plants, we will use a mixture of soil that is 80% perlite, which is this very porous volcanic material used to increase drainage in soil mixes. The other 20% of our cutting mix is a very organic nutrient providing material called peat. Mix together. Thoroughly wet down.

Step Two:

Create or determine where you will grow your cuttings.
In larger nursery production this would be done in the warm moist environment of a greenhouse. We are going to use a recycled plastic bottle.

Step Three: