Backyard Nursery

What’s inside

From the book’s table of contents.

1. 03Why grow your own trees
2. 04Your propagation kit and rooting mix
3. 05Six ways to make new plants
4. 06Stem cuttings: the easy staples
5. 07How air layering works
6. 08Air layering step by step
7. 09Which trees to air-layer, and when
8. 10Rootstocks: the roots under a grafted tree
9. 11Cleft grafting step by step
10. 12Top-working an older tree
11. 13Dividing bananas, taro, ginger and pineapple
12. 14Saving seed in a humid climate
13. 15A simple shade house and nursery bench
14. 16Plant by plant: staples and fruit
15. 17Plant by plant: greens and support plants
16. 18Hardening off and planting out
17. 19Keeping pests out of your nursery
18. 20Sharing plants safely
19. 21Propagation log
20. 22When cuttings, seeds and air layers don’t take
21. 23Seven propagation mistakes
22. 24Where to get help, scions and books
23. 25About Regenesis Kauaʻi