Nursery Propagation Project, 3.02
You will be working in your businesses to select, propagate, and market plant material in the school’s nursery for the annual spring plant sale in April. Research plants, methods of propagation, media, cultivation, and marketing as you will be paid based upon your crops and sales.
Sexual Propagation

Botanical Name	Cercis canadensis
Common Name
Soil Mix Used
Container Size	48’s
Directions	Sow ALL seeds from each seed pod per cell. Label each of the cells with the following: Team name, seed name, date, and treatment type. You will be given two seed pods that were stored in the classroom and two seed pods that have been in the refrigerator all fall. / Control: Place between 3-10 of the seeds from the pod that has sat in the classroom in this cell. / Scarification: Take one of the pods and take out the seeds. Use the same number of seeds that were sown in the control. Scarify these seeds in some manner and put them in this cell. / Stratification: Place your number of seeds from the pod that has been in the classroom in this cell. / Scarification and Stratification: Take the other pod that was in the refrigerator and scarify the same number of seeds by the same means. Sow these seeds in this cell. / Water the cells, make sure each cell is labeled. Place them in the grow cart or greenhouse with a humidity dome or plastic baggie. Record germination.
Date Sown
Number of seeds sown per cell
Date Germinated	Control: Germination Rate:
	Stratification: Germination Rate:
	Scarification: Germination Rate:
	Stratification and Scarification: Germination Rate:
Propagation Analysis	Which method of sexual propagation or seed treatment was the most successful? Which was the least successful? Why?

Asexual Propagation
Choose two plants from the greenhouse or gardens to propagate . For each of the plants, you must choose another unique method of propagation. Choose from cuttings (leaf, stem, or root), layering (air, mound, trench), grafting, budding, or division. For each of the plants you choose, you must propagate the plant 25 times each (meaning you could have up to 50 plants when finished). For each of the plants, record your information here. You must choose a plant that would traditionally be grown in a nursery!

Botanical Name #1
Common Name
Mature Size
Life Cycle and Leaf Retention
Method of Propagation
Rooting Environment
Date Stuck
Date Rooted
Number Rooted
Rooting Percentage
Analysis of this propagation method	What went right, what went wrong, why?

Botanical Name #2
Common Name
Mature Size
Life Cycle and Leaf Retention
Method of Propagation
Rooting Environment
Date Stuck
Date Rooted
Number Rooted
Rooting Percentage
Analysis of this propagation method	What went right, what went wrong, why?

Marketing Nursery Plants
For your business to sell these plants, you have to get the word out. The plant sale is Thursday, April 10th through Monday, April 14th from 10am to 6pm at the Wakefield High School Greenhouse. Each person in your team must successfully complete one of the following tasks: create a flyer for a customer and an advertisement for a newspaper/magazine, create plant signage for each of the plants you propagated asexually, create a pricing sheet and receipt for customers, and create a product price analysis for both of your plants at the time of sale.
Handout for Customer and Ad for Newspaper/Magazine
Plant Product Information for Two Plants Propagated
Pricing Sheet and Receipt for Customers

Marketing Plan	Possible Points	Points Earned
Information Presented	20
Professionalism	10
Creativity	10
Comparison to other teams	Best team gets 10, worst gets 4
Total Points
Comments

Marketing Plan	Possible Points	Points Earned
Information Presented	20
Professionalism	10
Creativity	10
Comparison to other teams	Best team gets 10, worst gets 4
Total Points
Comments

Marketing Plan	Possible Points	Points Earned
Information Presented	20
Professionalism	10
Creativity	10
Comparison to other teams	Best team gets 10, worst gets 4
Total Points
Comments

Marketing Nursery Plants
Product Price Analysis
Directions for Marketing Plan

Marketing Plan	Possible Points	Points Earned
Information Presented	20
Professionalism	10
Creativity	10
Comparison to other teams	Best team gets 10, worst gets 4
Total Points
Comments

Assignment	Objective
Handout and Newspaper Ad	Create an eye catching advertisement that could be distributed to individuals and one that will go to news medias. Make sure that you include all of the information about who, what, when, where, and why about the plant sale. Look at information on our website about this event. Use fonts, graphics, and colors that are distinct but not busy. The handout should be no bigger than 1/4 of a 8.5” X 11” sheet of paper. Put four to a page. The advertisement for the media should be printed or sent to jriedel@wcpss.net as a PDF.
Plant Product Information	Each of the plants that you propagated should be well understood from the signs that you create to accompany the plant at the sale. These signs will be outside and laminated and attached to at least one of the pots. On this informational banner/poster/page you should include vital information about the plants’ characteristics and how it is best cultivated. IN addition, people do not buy without clear and distinct images for the plant. Finally, make sure your fonts and graphics are easily read by those of all ages.
Pricing Sheet and Receipt for customers	Customers need to know how much everything is. We don’t have price tags. Come up with a pricing sheet that can be used for students (employees) and customers. Think of the best way for students to quickly tally up prices on a busy day at the plant sale with so much and so many different products to sell. Lastly, create a sales receipt that can be used by customers and sellers alike. The sky is the limit and you can even use a company like Staples or something online like Vista print to help you come up with a great receipt. Remember, on this: customers need to know where it came from and we need to know who we sold it to.
Product Price Analysis	The pricing analysis should break down the size of the plant, pot, and all materials that were used along with their individual prices. Be sure to include the price of pots, media, approximations for water, heating, and labor (hey it’s free: you all are my little minions). The final price per pot should be on the sheet. Consider using an Excel spreadsheet or a table. The receipt for customers should include all of the information from the customer and the institution.