Tour of an Amazing Tissue Culture Plant Nursery

Tour of an Amazing Tissue Culture Plant Nursery

Tour of Amazing Tissue Culture Lab – In this video we tour Agri-Starts in Apopka, FL. They are a tissue culture nursery that produces starter plants for the nursery industry and fruit farms. It is a state-of-the-art facility.

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50 Comments

  1. @shanemaloy on February 9, 2024 at 5:12 am

    Agristarts is an industry leader for decades. can’t wait to see what ty does in the future



  2. @UrbanNaturalist on February 9, 2024 at 5:17 am

    What an amazing place! Thanks for the tour!



  3. @jenniferhooks2454 on February 9, 2024 at 5:18 am

    This video was totally fascinating! I have often wondered how sterile plants could be reproduced. It’s obvious that agristarts has invested a lot of time and money developing their processes and products. Developing consistent plant material is challenging. Thanks so much for sharing this information.



  4. @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 on February 9, 2024 at 5:18 am

    First time seeing this channel.
    At first glance I missed the first T in the name. So glad that first T is there… So glad 😅



  5. @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 on February 9, 2024 at 5:20 am

    True to type clones, right?
    There’d be zero genetic variation?



  6. @cow429 on February 9, 2024 at 5:21 am

    Could you lawfully clone propriety seed/plant?



  7. @ChristineCouncil on February 9, 2024 at 5:21 am

    I worked at a huge greenhouse in Apopka when I was at NCSU for a work study semester. We grew tissue cultured plants…probably theirs. How cool~!



  8. @weschester6246 on February 9, 2024 at 5:22 am

    Absolutely stunning, it would be a dream come true to work with a lab/facility of this magnitude specializing in hemp propagation and genetic sourcing. Thank you for sharing this!



  9. @nawatenson5777 on February 9, 2024 at 5:23 am

    I need two Thousand plants of bananas,



  10. @janicestandley909 on February 9, 2024 at 5:23 am

    if only i could work there. This is awesome, i would have never known something like this exists for plants starts. Thank you for the great content!



  11. @juliabinford6500 on February 9, 2024 at 5:23 am

    So interesting! I love learning about this! Thank you



  12. @will5286 on February 9, 2024 at 5:24 am

    GEEEZ-Get out of the way of the interviewee-STOP TALKING so much



  13. @bjsikorski3271 on February 9, 2024 at 5:26 am

    Now I feel worse about all the plants I’ve killed 😢😂



  14. @rbrown2746 on February 9, 2024 at 5:29 am

    Thanks for taking us behind the scenes of this aspect of plant raising, so cool



  15. @greenagrotechnology on February 9, 2024 at 5:30 am

    Can share it mail address



  16. @clarasclara6010 on February 9, 2024 at 5:30 am

    My garden is ready for working



  17. @FLlife on February 9, 2024 at 5:30 am

    Hey! You guys are headed south! I’m in Bradenton/Sarasota…I just had my garden open for two tours. I’ll do a 3rd if you’re headed this way!



  18. @LarsLarsen77 on February 9, 2024 at 5:32 am

    You can’t see drift from taking cuttings. That’s just from viruses and viroids and bacteria infecting the plant.



  19. @judymiddleswart9350 on February 9, 2024 at 5:33 am

    Such a nice guy wonder when royal Hawaiian Colacasia will be available available or is it now available for purchase???? Beautiful!! Thanks!!



  20. @7ceasers on February 9, 2024 at 5:35 am

    WOW! That is amazing!



  21. @ratiirikati8531 on February 9, 2024 at 5:35 am

    thanks for insights. Absolutely a good job



  22. @n0nitwitz on February 9, 2024 at 5:36 am

    I. Had. No. Idea.



  23. @luclachapelle3499 on February 9, 2024 at 5:40 am

    Cloning plants !



  24. @JimPutnam on February 9, 2024 at 5:41 am

    I made a typo in the beginning of the video. It is Apopka and not Opopka. I spelled it correctly in five other places the same day and missed where it counted 🤣. Thanks for watching!



  25. @waynem.7226 on February 9, 2024 at 5:44 am

    This lab looks much more comfortable than trudging through the snow in the north to take hardwood cuttings. Great tour and interview.



  26. @chrisshepherd8708 on February 9, 2024 at 5:44 am

    Jim Putnam, do you still have the corn Stephen Shepherd sent you? Gros Michel



  27. @quetzaltorres6387 on February 9, 2024 at 5:49 am

    This was very interesting! Plant tissue culture was a part of my responsibilities 15 years ago in a university genetics lab and then later while working in ag discovery lab. It is great to see how far it has come since then.



  28. @420......... on February 9, 2024 at 5:49 am

    Agristart has good prices, I’m normally against shilling trash but these guys got me a very nice fig collection for cheap asf.



  29. @upnorth21 on February 9, 2024 at 5:49 am

    Great video! You just never know what goes on to bring us these beautiful plants! So interesting to know where Mojito came and that he was able to name it. It is a wonderful plant!



  30. @glendapeters8899 on February 9, 2024 at 5:49 am

    This totally amazes me. I’ve wondered how tissue culture was done! I’m wondering if many hosta are done this way. Thanks, Jim, for doing this video!



  31. @4ll4ll on February 9, 2024 at 5:53 am

    use 2 colors



  32. @MelissaR784 on February 9, 2024 at 5:55 am

    Never knew plants had viruses.



  33. @user-qt4qx1mn2s on February 9, 2024 at 5:56 am

    This stutter is killing me. Amazing facility though



  34. @authorannie1211 on February 9, 2024 at 5:56 am

    I’ve never seen anything like this before. Thanks so much for this information.



  35. @JM-lo8xu on February 9, 2024 at 6:01 am

    Thanks!



  36. @terrivance8750 on February 9, 2024 at 6:01 am

    Very cool–thank you, Jim! 😊



  37. @LittleKi1 on February 9, 2024 at 6:02 am

    I just shared this with my Plant Propagation classmates at Oregon State. Really cool!



  38. @Suburbanoasis on February 9, 2024 at 6:03 am

    So nice to see the environmental engineering for sustainability. 🤩🏵🌿🪻



  39. @marambula on February 9, 2024 at 6:03 am

    Epic tour! The foundation of the plant industry and the protector of genes!



  40. @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb on February 9, 2024 at 6:03 am

    Very interesting. I’d like to have learned more details in simplified language for non-professionals – needed some inside knowlege to understand what was being discussed. You had a camera on the lady at the workstation taking out plants from a jar – what was she doing? How do they produce so many plants? How is it physically done, step-by-step?



  41. @annwoleben5439 on February 9, 2024 at 6:04 am

    Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for this incredible video.



  42. @markjordan320 on February 9, 2024 at 6:06 am

    Fascinating!



  43. @canadiangemstones7636 on February 9, 2024 at 6:07 am

    Fascinating operation, thanks for this!



  44. @timgarner1957 on February 9, 2024 at 6:08 am

    It’s very interesting and fascinating at the same time.. so much science.. I love it..
    Thanks for inviting us along. This channel keeps getting better better



  45. @cer516 on February 9, 2024 at 6:08 am

    Jim, Pssst. Agri-Starts is in APOPKA (not Opapka, as the title caption 0:19) Great video. Thank you. I always wondered how this company produced its plants.



  46. @saksijaproduction_live on February 9, 2024 at 6:09 am

    so much plastic lol



  47. @jenniferpetritz5901 on February 9, 2024 at 6:10 am

    Fascinating! Thanks for showing this side of plant production!



  48. @irQski on February 9, 2024 at 6:10 am

    They for sure mixed up a few thousand Namwah and Blue java bananas in the past, woops



  49. @tarawatterson4188 on February 9, 2024 at 6:11 am

    Fascinating, as expected! Thanks for sharing Jim.



  50. @onething247 on February 9, 2024 at 6:11 am

    Okay, this is one of your most fascinating posts yet! Thanks Jim