Practicum – Week 5

Lessons:

• Comparison of MGP Soil Mixes
• Propagation from Cuttings

Objectives:

• Students will learn to make the soil mixes regularly used in the MGP.
• Students will learn to utilize cuttings to start new plants.

Homework assignment to be read/viewed before coming to Practicum:

• Read this Document – Soil Mixes/Common Ingredients for Soil Mixes
• Read this Document – Master Gardener Soil Mix Recipes
• Read this Document – 3 Easy Hardwood Cutting Methods
• Read this Document – Save Money and Grow More Plants with Tip Cuttings
• Read this Document – Common Plants Grown from Cuttings

Extended reading/viewing (optional):

• Read this Document – Questioning Peat Moss
• Read this Document – Other Cutting Types
• Read this Document – Cuttings (excerpt from The Plant Propagator’s Bible by Miranda-Smith)