Propagation Homework
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1. A Plant to Propagate
Choose a plant in your landscape that you love and would be interested in propagating. Do some research regarding the best ways to propagate the plant, and answer the following questions:
  1. What time of the year would be best to propagate this plant?
  2. What methods could be used to propagate this plant? (Seeds, Cuttings, Grafting, Layering)
  3. What part(s) of the plant will can be used for propagation?
  4. How long after propagation will the new plant be able to grow on its own?
2. Propagation Concept Matching
​Match the term with the correct response.
a. bulbs
b. division
c. separation
​d. mound layering
e. air layering
f. plant crown
g. tuber
​h. corms
i. rhizome
​j. trench layering
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  1. Cutting a vegetative plant structure into new sections to produce new plants.
  2. Short underground stem covered with fleshy leaves.
  3. Removing a portion of the bark and inducing new roots to develop in order to propagate a new plant.
  4. An underground stem that grows horizontally and produces roots at nodes to form new plants.
  5. A globe-shaped, fleshy underground stem.
  6. An underground stem that produces shoots from nodes along the stem.
  7. Propagation of new plants by pruning the parent plant to a short stump that is then covered with soil.
  8. Placing a branch of the parent plant in a shallow trench dug near the plant.
  9. Propagation method in which natural structures are removed from the parent plant and planted to grow on their own.
  10. The part of the plant at the soil surface from which new shoots or leaves are produced.
3. True or False
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false by marking them T or F.
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  1. Sexual propagation is used to create clones of the parent plant.
  2. Zucchini plants have separate male and female flowers on the same plant.
  3. Most conifers are pollinated by insects and animals.
  4. Seeds are considered the final products of sexual reproduction in plants.
  5. Ferns propagate using spores.
  6. Auxin is a hormone mainly synthesized in the roots of plants.
  7. Rooting hormone is a chemical substance that initiates rooting in plants.
  8. When placing a cutting in rooting substrate, it does not matter which end is planted down into the soil.
  9. In the layering process, a new plant is created before it is severed from the parent plant.
  10. Crowded growth, bald spots, and sparse lower foliage are all indicators that a plant needs dividing.
  11. Offsets of bulbs are called cormels.
  12. Successful grafting requires that cambial layers of two different plants have prolonged contact.
  13. A rootstock consists of pieces of shoots with dormant buds that will one day produce stems and branches.
  14. Budding, also called blastogenesis, is a type of grafting.
  15. Graft unions must be kept dry as they heal.

Answer Key
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Propagation Concept Matching Activity​
  1. ​B
  2. A
  3. E
  4. I
  5. H
  6. G
  7. D
  8. J
  9. C
  10. F
True or False
     1. F
     2. T
     3. F
     4. T
     5. T
     6. F
     7. T
     8. F
     9. T
     10. T
     11. F
     12. T
     13. F
     14. T
​     15. F