THEN: HUGE QUANTITIES OF SOIL ARE STERILIZED 
At Wayside Gardens, we carefully sterilize all sand, bench soil and potting 
soil with steam to free it of all impurities. This is to protect the delicate 
cuttings and tender root growth from eggs or spores which may breed dis- 
ease or insect pests before the plants develop their own resistance to in- 
fection. 
PREPARED PERENNIAL CUTTINGS 
BEING INSERTED IN FERTILE SAND 
These cuttings, having already been made 
ready, are being inserted into fertilized 
sand to develop roots. This process of pro- 
pagating from stem cuttings is also em- 
“) ployed in shrubs, vines and trees. Raising 
plants from cuttings is the preferred 
method at Wayside because every variety 
must be true to type. There is the possi- 
bility of great variance (particularly in 
hybrids) if plants are started from seed. 
ROOTED CUTTINGS ARE 
TRANSPLANTED INTO POTS 
Transplanting rooted cuttings into pots usual- 
ly occurs from 4 to 6 weeks after cuttings have 
been started. While some cuttings are made in 
early spring, others are not prepared until late 
summer and fall. Our potting operation actual- 
ly carries through most of the year because 
cuttings are first transplanted into very small 
pots, then, as they grow larger and larger, they 
are moved into bigger and bigger pots. This is 
done to insure and control proper root growth. 
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