How does raising trees from seeds differ from vegetative propagation?
Both techniques have the same general aim: growing good trees for planting; but propagation by seeds uses the natural organs of dispersal (B 12), and produces planting stock that is generally quite variable; whereas vegetative propagation utilises the ability of parts of plants to regenerate missing organs, and can give young trees that are much more uniform (A 3, A 11 in Manual 1).
