“Picked up baby plants to pot up for next year, from long time friend, Heather. She and her staff have done the micropropagation work on Begonias and Carnivorous Plants for us for decades. We have watched our children grow up, and the entire industry transform in San Diego County."
Agave Spirits
Agaves
Aloes
Rancho Tissue
Technologies
Rancho Tissue Technologies is known worldwide for our vigorous, disease-free crops. At Rancho Tissue Technologies we expertly blend technology and true innovation to produce the finest tissue-cultured, custom-propagated plants, food crops, and medicinal plants in the world.
As one of the largest producers of tissue culture in the world and the largest succulent tissue culture producer in the U.S.A., we grow up to 4 million plants per year in our state-of-the-art, environmentally controlled laboratory and greenhouses. Led by Heather Hunter May, our team of expert international researchers and scientists has been producing an exceptional range of plants for over 32 years.
Agave & Aloes
Flowering
Plants
Agricultural
Stage III
Stage IV
Fruits & Nuts
The Rancho Tissue Timeline
1987
Rancho Tissue Founded
Heather Hunter May founded Rancho Tissue Technologies with a goal of supplying the industry exceptional quality plant tissue of hard-to-find varieties.
1992
State of the Art Lab
State of the art, environmentally controlled lab.
2015
Retro Plants
Rancho Tissue becomes a primary succulent cultivar for EuroAmerican Propagators.
2017
4 Million Plants
RTT Celebrates it's 30th anniversary and produces over 4 million plants.
2020
RITA BioReactors Investment
RITA help speed up some of the stages of tissue culture, cut down in labor costs and allow us to produce more plants.
2021
Agave celsii alb x att
A medium sized agave with rosettes up to 2 feet tall with glaucous-gray leaves that curve gracefully upwards.
2022
Agave potatorum 'Spawn'
Grows 2 to 3 feet tall with broad gray upright and slightly recurved leaves with closely spaced small margins bearing red teeth and terminal spine.
2023
Agave Spirits
Our state-of-the-art Agave tissue culture process ensures that the mezcal and tequila industry continues to flourish without compromising quality or the environment.
Contact Us
At Rancho Tissue Technologies, we’re dedicated to providing you with top-quality tissue culture liners and microcuttings, and we welcome your questions and comments.
18539 Aliso Canyon Road Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
+1 (858) 756-6785, +1 (858) 756-0894
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