What we do for growers, collectors, and breeders.
From single-plant collector orders to commercial batches of rooted plantlets, every project follows the same protocol discipline. Here's the work, broken out.
Mass propagation
Take a single mother plant. Multiply it to commercial volume on a timeline that beats rooted cuttings — and ship plants that are uniform, disease-free, and ready to perform.
What you get
- Stage III rooted plantlets, packed for transport
- Batch numbers and protocol notes per consignment
- Phytosanitary documentation on request (subject to species)
- Optional hardening guidance for your acclimatisation tunnel
Typical timelines
Most species require 8 to 16 weeks from initiation of a new mother line to first delivery, with bulk batches following at 4 to 6 week intervals thereafter. Established species in our active rotation ship faster.
Mass propagation · in production
Clean, disease-free stock
A pathogen carried in field stock can quietly cost a grower a season. Tissue culture breaks that cycle by producing plants that have never seen soil, never been near a sick neighbour, and never carried what they didn't catch.
Surface sterilisation, sterile media, and laminar-flow handling mean the plant you receive carries no surface or systemic infection at the point of dispatch. For growers fighting recurrent viral or fungal problems in the field, switching to TC starter stock is often the single highest-leverage change available.
For commercial planting, we recommend pairing clean-stock orders with an acclimatisation period in a controlled environment to harden the plants before they enter the open field.
Sterile · no field exposure
Genetic preservation
If you have spent years selecting or breeding a plant, you should not have only one copy. We hold mother stock as a living backup in the lab — under reduced-temperature, slow-growth conditions.
Living backup · slow growth
Stored cultures need refreshing every few months, but they survive years if you let them. For breeders, rare cultivar holders, and conservation programs, this means your single best plant cannot be wiped out by one bad event.
We handle preservation work confidentially. We do not propagate or sell from stored mother stock without your written instruction.
Contract & custom culture
Bring us your plant. We'll work out the protocol.
For species that aren't yet in our rotation — or for proprietary cultivars you'd rather not see in anyone else's catalogue — we run custom protocol development. This means starting from your mother plant, testing media and hormone combinations until we have a stable, reproducible culture, and then scaling to the volume you need.
Protocol development takes longer than producing from an established line. A typical custom species needs 3 to 6 months of preliminary work before commercial batches can begin shipping. The result is a documented, dedicated production line for your variety.
Protocol development · custom species
A note on plant breeders' rights.
Many commercial cultivars — particularly in blueberries, strawberries, proteas, and ornamentals — are protected under Plant Breeders' Rights. We propagate only open varieties or material for which the customer holds a valid licence or written authorisation from the breeder. If you are unsure of the status of your variety, ask us; we'll help you check before any work begins.