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Seeds or cuttings for propagation?
Interesting question aym. Hmm...a cutting would be a clone, a copy of the parent, complete with all the flaws as well as the perfections
I would have to say I'd prefer the seed method. Unexpected surprises are much more exciting
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I agree with Kitty. It also means you may[1] get to have 'relations' with another of your species in order to produce offspring!
[1] some plants are self-fertile of course.
However....... if you are perfect, you would not want the risk of inferior offspring, so surely it would have to be division?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Ha,ha
Punkdoc, I'm far from perfect so forgive me when I reject your idea that division is better. Bob's method of cross pollination experiments are much more fun
Definitely seeds for me. Division has the potential for trouble similar to the clones. A disease could wipe out all those plants but pollination leads to hybrid vigour and interesting new strains.