Vegetative propagation is a form of nonsexual reproduction
in plants. Unlike sexual reproduction, the new plant is the result of one single parent
plant. Also, both plants (parent and child) are genetically identicial. Through
vegative propagation, a person can raise a plant much faster than growing one from a
seed.
There are two types of vegetative propagation:
natural and artificial. In natural vegetative propagation, the new plant grows from
part of the parent plant. This includes runners from the stem, tubers from the roots,
plantlets from the leaves, and from a parent bulb. Artifical vegetative propagation is
done by farmers and gardeners by artifical (not natural) means. This can include
cuttings from a parent plant, grafting two plants together, or layering (which involves
burying a stem to create a new plant).
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