Propagating your own plants from seeds and cuttings is a cheap and cheerful way to get your garden going. The secret to success is not allowing the plants to dry out, or become waterlogged and rot prior to roots developing. This can be tricky, but Millie’s secret to success is simple – make a mini hothouse!
00:49 How to make a mini hothouse
Pot up your tip cuttings into an appropriate mix in a pot
Grab four old wooden chopsticks, small sticks or small bamboo plant stakes and place these at equal distances around the inner rim of the pot, so they are sitting at least 10cm higher than to pot
Using a recycled plastic bag, slip this over the top of the sticks and pull down as far as it will go without tearing
Using a rubber band, secure the plastic bag to the pot – Millie has found this is easiest to do from the bottom of the pot rather than over the top!
Once the bag is secured by the rubber band, pull the bag away just slightly, take a deep breath and blow, filling the bag with air.
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8 Comments
Very clever. Well done 👍🏼
Yes, my favourite way of rooting my plants. It's easy and cheap.
how long do you leave the bag on?
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I love the advice for cheap and easy hothouse build. Keep up the excellent DIY content!
Interesting idea … do you water the cuttings before you cover them?
I just subscribed to your channel my friend.
Это же очевидно, неужели кто-то не знал про такой способ.