Propagation House

This facility contains floor level heated beds for propagation of cuttings. Either mist propagation and warm bench and polythene can be employed depending on the plant species and cutting type.

The house is heated by oil-fired boiler and ambient temperature is regulated by an aspirated screen.

There are also unheated beds available for weaning or cold bench propagation.

Plant material for the NSPU can also be propagated in Compartment 1 of the Protected Crops Unit.

Propagation material for the shrub species propagated at the N.S.U. is sourced from the college grounds or from managed stock plants held in containers in the stock plant tunnel.