Bamboo-stic: Start Garden Plants from Seed in Bamboo Propagator

Do you have thick bamboo canes? You can build a nice Bamboo Seed Propagator and grow your plants from seed in it.

Here is a quick guide to building one.

Start Garden Plants from Seed in Bamboo Propagator

Make seed propagator with lids

Seeds tend to germinate well in conditions where the soil is moist and nutrient-rich and the soil temperature is above 10 degrees Celcius.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has a detailed guide for sowing seeds here, RHS Germination Guide, PDF.

The lids act as a greenhouse to maintain the temperature and humidity in the bamboo seed pots and trays. This encourages the seed to germinate.

You can take the lids off when the germinating seeds reach a certain height and transplant them.

Always put the lid back so that any seeds that remain will have to chance to grow.

Wall planters are ideal for putting colours to a dull wall.

Many of the metal wall planters are great but are also expensive.

If you want to try a DIY wall hanging plant, making hanging wall planters an ideal option.

There are two types of hanging wall planters that you can make:

The video shows how we used bamboo sticks to make a mini raft - see how it goes down the river.

Each link takes you to the page with detailed intructions and pictures to help you build you own or give you an idea about how to make yours.