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Tissue culturing demands a series of meticulously adjusted experiments to perfect the production process. In this image, Mason is conducting a trial run with Hesperaloe, a Yucca plant belonging to the Agave family.

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Rancho Tissue Technologies, a leader in the innovation and cultivation of tissue culture and custom propagation, is proud to announce its new membership with the California Agave Council. This strategic move signifies a deepened commitment to agave research and cultivation, underscoring Rancho Tissue’s dedication to sustainable and innovative horticultural practices.

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With the headlines and images of this recent winter’s record-breaking and mind-boggling amounts of snowfall in many of the West’s ski towns fresh in our minds, coupled with reports of devastating floods and overflowing rivers, it could be tempting to divert our focus from the importance of water-wise gardening.

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Agave celsii albicans x attenuata is a  medium sized agave with rosettes up to 2 feet tall and 6 to 8 inch wide and fleshy 2 foot long, glaucous-gray leaves that curve gracefully upwards. The leaves have a soft terminal spine and minute, backward curving, brown spines on the edge of the leaves. Plant in [...]
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Agave potatorum 'Spawn' is a beautiful selection we made of Agave potatorum. It has a symmetrical rosette to 2 to 3 feet tall by as wide with heavy broad gray upright and slightly recurved leaves that have closely spaced small margins bearing red teeth with a reddish brown terminal spine. Plant in full sun with [...]
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We’re America’s largest succulent tissue culture producer, and we can’t wait to meet you at Cultivate’20 Virtual – the industry’s largest 100% online trade show! For 33 years, we’ve produced the finest tissue-cultured and custom-propagated plants, especially hard-to-find varieties. That includes Agaves and Aloes, but also flowering plants, stage III, stage IV and more. Check […]

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Mason Montoya has joined Rancho Tissue as lead researcher. Mason comes to us with an incredibly broad background in tissue culture. While in college Mason worked toward development of a protocol on the ever popular but difficult to tissue culture ornamental plant Strelitzia nicolai. After receiving his BS degree in biology from UC Irvine he […]

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Welcome to the new Rancho Tissue Technologies website. We’ve refreshed our design for a new and improved responsive design. There are several great features to note, improved availability lists as well as ongoing site improvements.

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