Part 1: Propagation by seed

10. Commercial seed growing

Seed can be propagated commercially for many different reasons, for example:

  • to propagate plants for selling to the public such as annuals, bedding plants, herbs, vegetable seedlings etc
  • for scientific research and experimental development of new plant varieties
  • to reproduce plants for specific purposes such as habitat restoration
  • to propagate plants for food production that are grown inside, such as tomatoes, melons, peppers, cucumbers etc.
Trays of brightly coloured bedding plants laid out for sale in a garden nursery.

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