Frequently asked questions

Tissue culture (also called micropropagation or in vitro propagation) grows new plants from a tiny piece of a mother plant inside a sterile lab vessel on a nutrient medium. Because it starts clean and copies the mother plant's genetics exactly, you get large numbers of healthy, identical young plants.

A wide range — blueberries, seed potatoes, bananas, strawberries, sugarcane, proteas, carnivorous plants, ornamentals, rootstocks and indigenous species are among the most common. Some species are harder than others. See our plant guide for detail, or ask us about your specific mother plant.

Yes. Tissue culture produces true-to-type clones that share the mother plant's genetics. Somaclonal variation (random mutation) is a known risk in some protocols, which is why protocol selection and good laboratory practice matter.

No. We work with backyard specialists and hobby growers as well as large commercial operations. The same clean process scales up or down.

From small specialist batches to large commercial volumes. Timeline depends on the species, the establishment phase, and the number of multiplication cycles required. We give you a realistic estimate at the consultation stage.

Yes. We can maintain elite or hard-to-replace mother stock in the lab as a living backup. Contact us to discuss long-term storage options.

Conventional cuttings carry whatever the mother plant carries — including latent viruses and bacteria that may not show symptoms until after planting. TC starts sterile, removes systemic pathogens, and produces uniform stock at a rate cuttings cannot match.

We are based in Centurion, Gauteng. Contact us to arrange collection or delivery of your plants.

Send us a WhatsApp or fill in the contact form. Tell us what you grow, what you want to achieve, and roughly the volumes you need. We respond to all enquiries.