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An Easy Space-Saving Way To Propagate Plant Cuttings

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I love to propagate plants. It’s fun and it saves money because then I don’t have to buy them at the store. I also sell plant cuttings on eBay, Mercari and Etsy. If you’d like to see what I sell, here is a link to my Etsy store. I don’t have many rooted cuttings yet since I just started this method, but I do have unrooted cuttings available.

I don’t have a lot of space so I dreamed up this idea for starting cuttings. I bought a few clear plastic shoe boxes from Dollar Tree and a bag of Spaghnum moss from the hardware store. I used a Phillips screwdriver to add 4 holes along the side of each one (so the cuttings will have oxygen) then put about a 2-inch layer of the moss in each shoe box and added enough water to make the moss moist. Then I added the cuttings and put the lid on and placed it in front of a window. Within a few days, the Wandering Jew cuttings had roots! I am still waiting on the others but they all look like they are enjoying the environment and healthy. There are houseplant cuttings and outdoor cuttings in this box: blueberry, English lavender, golden Pothos, lemon thyme, rosemary and apple mint. The drops of water you see are from the humidity created inside the box (not from me watering).

The great thing about this is that the boxes can be stacked so it takes up very little space.

So far, I am only working with softwood cuttings from houseplants, herbs and a blueberry bush and have not experimented with other cuttings like from fruit trees or shrubs but I think the method might have good results due to the environment being humid, warm and with other cuttings.

Please share your propagation tips in the comments. Would love to hear from you!

Warmly,

Monica

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The pandemic brought a lot of awareness to me about climate change, food shortages, how quickly our hospitals could colapse and more. This has sent me on a mission of becoming self-sustainable, empowered and working to help heal the earth. That is what the focus of this blog has become. The main way I'm working at this is through building a food forest and documenting as much as possible in hopes to inspire others. The more of us that do this, the more it will help heal the earth. When we buy produce from the grocery store, it was grown through monoculture, and that leads to use of chemicals that goes onto our food and into our planet, destroying soil. If we grow our own through permaculture (a food forest), we give the soil health. We also give ourselves health by growing organic foods and herbs that contribute to our health. There's a lot more to this, but this touches the surface. I'm only one year into this but my food forest is growing. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

2 thoughts on “An Easy Space-Saving Way To Propagate Plant Cuttings”

  1. I love this idea. I live in a condo and am thinking about getting a hydro tower. This would be a great way to start my plants. Thanks for liking The Papa’s Kitchen Melting Potato recipe on my blog and for subscribing to Embracing Life’s Seasons!

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