I finally found the clip I got this from, enjoy.

Here is a link that might be useful: propagation method

I went today and purchased some 2" and 2 1/2" pots. I am going to try this method. In theory, it should work and the person in the video was an Iowa State University extension person.

I haven't put it together yet or tried it yet. Do your small pots sit on the bottom of your plastic pot? I went and purchased two different types of clay pots. One type was a lot taller than the other.

summerperson

No my clay pot doesnt quite sit on the bottom of the plastic pot. Im guessing I wont have 100% success but I feel its worth a try. First time for me too. I started mine on the 26th of sept. Good luck with yours.

This is quite petty, but how can one mix a third of each component when there are four components? Like I've said, it's quite petty!!!

I still haven't gotten around to doing this yet, but I plan on using the same growing medium that the Iowa State University extension person did in the video. (For the video see the listing above by the person that started this thread.) The Iowa State University extension person used vermiculite, perlite, and peat moss.

Ok Ive been doing this for nearly two weeks so can you imagine my surprise at seeing this when I opened the curtain this morning.

For those of you who dont know the blooms are from salvia blue ensign.

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I love to use this method. I even use it outdoors under some dogwood trees. I have been able to root a much bigger variety of plants this way.

After two weeks I repotted these pots with straight vermiculite and an excuse to view what was happening below. And I had one big surprise . Some big time rooting going on with salvia oxyphora. And with a suggestion from a member Im adding it here. Also it has now been 4 weeks so in two weeks I will be doing an update to see what has rooted or not.

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A few years back, I remember a thread about a similar method used inside a plastic tub (with the lid used to retain moisture and holes drilled in the bottom for drainage). It was a very popular thread for a long time. Maybe someone has a link or knows what to search for to find it.

I found the thread and linked it below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Easy Propagation Chamber

Brandon

I had not seen this method thanks for posting. I think with any method there will cuttings that will root easily and some that take much longer. I know for a fact that some of my cuttings are rooted now but it will be two more weeks before I pull the cuttings out and some will remain as I know they will take longer.

I'm in my second year of using this method, and it works very well. The first year I rooted about 15 hydrangea bushes and had a 100% success rate. This year I moved on to roses and also had a 100% success rate.

I use a 50/50 mix of potting soil and builders sand as my rooting medium. My outside plastic pot is a bit larger than the ones you are using so I have a bit more room between the two pots for rooting medium.

I place my pots full of cuttings under a large bush outside so they are well shaded and just try to remember to keep the terracotta pot watered.

In the fall, I plant or give away the babies to friends.

billums ms 7b, for the roses did you just cut maybe 4 inch lengths at an angle, dip in rooting compound and then put in the rooting medium? Did you do anything special for the roses? Anthing specific to try this for roses? Thanks.

I just learned of the above method when hummersteve posted the first post above. I did two Forsythe pots of flowers and had 100% success.

On the roses and hydrangeas I take a cutting about the size of a pencil, strip the lower leaves, cut away the outer layer of "bark" in very thin strips (in three or four places depending on how thick the cutting is) running down the length of the bottom few inches of the cutting, dip it in rooting hormone and then stick it in the rooting medium.

This was the first time I've ever had good success with roses. I have managed to get it to work before in a regular pot, but my success rate was truly horrible.

I wanted to give this thread a bump and remind people that this is the time of year to take softwood cuttings.

This is still the easiest propagation method with softwood cuttings I've ever found. All you have to do is remember to refill the center pot with water every week or two.

Thank you guys, I'm going to try that method with my dwarf korean lilac, and maybe I will ask for a hydrangea cutting from my neighbour:) but how long do I wait before I check on them?! thx & happy gardening ;-) Hala, Toronto, Canada

In my zone, new babies get killed more often by the heat of summer than anything else, so for me there is no motivation to do anything but leave them in the rooting pot until fall when it gets safe to plant things out again.

I think that after two months a softwood cutting from a shrub should be either rooted or dead, but some things just develop roots slower than others. (One of the gardening magazines recommends six weeks for hydrangeas.)

Lilacs give me zone envy when I visit relatives in the Poconos. Good luck.

I have watched and read everything about this method. and it is great, thank you for posting and sharing but something I don't understand. If you are putting a c over on this, and you are using a moisture holding medium, I see no need for the little clay pot. the cover being on keeps the moisture and humidity high, does it not?