This resource is a detailed restoration-nursery chapter on propagating native Hawaiian plants for conservation and outplanting projects. It explains how to source local plant material, collect seedlings, use contract growing, construct nurseries, manage shade houses and hardening areas, collect and clean seed, apply scarification and seed treatments, transplant seedlings, propagate from cuttings, and manage nursery sanitation and pests. It also includes appendices with production calendars, propagation/outplanting tables for common mesic native plants, and phytosanitation standards for restoration nurseries.
Native Plant Propagation and Restoration Nursery Planning
Learners use this chapter to study how native Hawaiian plants are propagated for restoration, then apply that knowledge to nursery design, seed collection, sowing, transplanting, hardening off, and pest prevention. The chapter can support restoration planning, propagation practice, or comparison of methods such as wild seedling salvage, seed propagation, cuttings, field nurseries, and contract growing.
