Urban Homestead Easy Cutting Propagator

Step 5 Just Add Water.

Fill a bucket, tray or some sort of container big enough to hold the "boats" with water deep enough to cover the bottom stems. We float ours in our rain catching containers. Keep them in the shade, new cuttings are fragile. "Boats" can be cut in half to fit the container if you need. Change the water every day or so to prevent root rot (and mosquito larva). Drain the boats if they start to collect water.

Comments

[pat_tuxent]

You could even throw a goldfish or two in there to munch on the mosquito larvae.

[marmaduke]

great cheap idea. I do this too, but i have found it worth the minimum investment to use an airstone at the bottom and keep it in a windowsill facing north. I wanted to keep it cheap, just didnt want to have to change the water every day.

[Ezara]

Great idea!

[shellberry]

Thanks!