Propagation Management¶

Kamerplanter helps you keep a traceable record of every propagation action — from a single cutting to grafting — and shows which plant descended from which mother plant. It also automatically checks whether two plants are taxonomically suited for grafting.

Prerequisites¶

• At least one plant instance is created
• The plant species is captured in the master data
• The "Grower" role or higher to create propagation events — the "Viewer" role is enough to view them

What Is Propagation?¶

Propagation covers all the methods you can use to grow new plants from an existing one — from cuttings to sowing to grafting. Kamerplanter distinguishes eight methods:

Automatic Pup Continuation for Monocarpic Plants¶

For monocarpic plant species — they flower exactly once in their lifetime and then die, e.g. many agaves, bromeliads, and guzmanias — propagation works differently from the self-documented methods described below: as soon as such a mother plant automatically transitions into its final flowering phase, Kamerplanter automatically creates a new plant instance — the pup (the clonal offset) — and links it to the mother plant via a descended_from ancestry record, in addition to a recorded propagation event of type "clone".

The pup inherits the tenant, plant species, cultivar, and location of the mother plant, but no fixed slot — the mother plant keeps occupying its slot while it senesces. For this reason, the pup's detail view shows an ancestry link "Descended from …" to the mother plant.

Full description: Growth Phases — Monocarpic Plants.

Recording a Propagation Event¶

Step 1: Navigate to the Propagation Page¶

Click Propagation & Lineage in the Plants section of the navigation.

Step 2: Create a New Event¶

Click Record Propagation. A dialog opens.

Step 3: What Was Propagated?¶

Step 4: Plants Involved (Optional)¶

Pick the plants involved via the name search — you can select several. Type the plant name or ID to filter the list; the species is shown for context. For the Graft method, the fields are relabeled accordingly:

Step 5: Add Notes and Save¶

Optionally enter notes (e.g. substrate, rooting hormone, cutting technique) and click Save. The event then appears on the Events tab with the status "In progress".

The Event List — Status & Success Rate¶

The Events tab lists all propagation events documented for your tenant:

Exploring Lineage (Tab "Lineage & Grafting")¶

On the Lineage & Grafting tab you can look up the ancestors and descendants of any plant:

1. Pick the plant you're interested in via the name search.
2. Click Show Lineage.
3. Kamerplanter shows you two lists: Ancestors (which mother plant — and its mother plant, and so on — the plant descended from) and Descendants (which plants in turn descended from it).

flowchart TB
    M["Mother plant<br/>(origin)"]
    K1["Pup F1-1"]
    K2["Pup F1-2"]
    K3["Pup F1-3"]
    K2_1["Pup F2-1<br/>(from F1-2)"]
    M -->|descended_from| K1
    M -->|descended_from| K2
    M -->|descended_from| K3
    K2 -->|descended_from| K2_1

Checking Graft Compatibility¶

The Graft Compatibility card on the same tab checks whether two plants are taxonomically suited for grafting:

1. Pick the scion (the variety you want to propagate) via the name search.
2. Pick the rootstock (the root base) via the name search.
3. Click Check Compatibility.

Kamerplanter compares the genus and family of the two plants' species:

flowchart TD
    A[Check graft] --> B{Same genus?}
    B -->|Yes| OK[Compatible]
    B -->|No| C{Same family?}
    C -->|Yes| W[Possibly compatible — elevated rejection risk]
    C -->|No| E[Incompatible]

Batches, Rooting Protocols & Mother Plants (API Only for Now)¶

Frequently Asked Questions¶

See Also¶

• Growth Phases
• Plant Master Data
• Planting Runs