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Water Propagator

Grow cuttings easily

Material

1 black plastic tub (to stop algae growing)
1 swimming pool noodle without hole in the middle cut into 6 discs
1 aquarium air pump and air stone

Method

cut holes into lid of tub, this is easier with a hole saw.
drill smaller hole in lid for air hose
cut swimming pool noodle into 6 discs at around 1 1/2 inches, cut slit into disc to place cutting.
fill tub with water and place air stone in the middle of the tub.
only fill with enough water to just touch the bottoms of the cuttings
place cuttings into discs and leave with air pump turned on, check from time to time to see if roots have grown.
once a few roots have grown you can transplant into pots

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This project was posted by:

- coppin85
- 06 Apr 2014
  2:06 pm

89 Comments
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- - mom81879 said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    6:37 pm
A bit of mucking around to set this up, but well worth the outcome I think

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- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    11:22 am
SMart idea I like it

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- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    12:01 pm
Pool noodles are quite easy and cheap to buy
- kjgarner replied
  
  30 Jun 2018 , 8:27 pm
  A really good idea to get the roots growing
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- - mom111059 said
  - 03 Jul 2017
    9:42 pm
Great way to recycle old pool noodles. Thank you for sharing.

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- - mom81879 said
  - 24 Apr 2017
    8:36 am
How easy is this?! Well it looks easy to make, here’s hoping I find that is when I try and make it

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- - mom111059 said
  - 24 Aug 2016
    8:10 am
Wow! You are so clever. Pool noodles look just perfect for this purpose. Thanks for sharing.

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- - dannsbuild said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    7:32 pm
Great idea! I like it a lot! Thank you

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- - jaymarie12 said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    10:44 pm
This is a fabulous idea!

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- - mom109229 said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    1:58 pm
Wow! This is so amazing! Thanks for sharing!

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- - dannsbuild said
  - 10 Sep 2015
    4:33 pm
Yes! Thanks for sharing this clever idea!

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- - Mum of 5 darlings :) said
  - 03 Jul 2015
    7:11 pm
A great idea for the kiddies

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- - Kell said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    8:07 pm
I really want to try this …Thanks for sharing

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- - memo said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    7:37 pm
glad there are people smarter than me out there, great

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- - Cynthea Jenke said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    11:02 pm
Always looking for ideas like this

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- - mom62624 said
  - 14 Feb 2015
    8:08 am
This article was very interesting to read; such an ingenious idea so thanks for sharing!.

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- - mom93821 said
  - 16 Jan 2015
    5:43 am
Thanks again for sharing; going to share this idea with a ‘green thumb’ friend.

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- - mom93821 said
  - 15 Jan 2015
    8:04 pm
Thanks for sharing this clever idea.

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- - Karan said
  - 08 Jan 2015
    1:23 pm
such a simple yet brilliant idea!

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- - tam_watters said
  - 05 Jan 2015
    2:35 pm
I wonder if you didn’t seal the lid but just laid it on top, could you do without the aerator?
- mom57522 replied
  
  13 Jan 2015 , 7:57 pm
  Good question. You could only try and see.
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- - crystalangela said
  - 04 Jan 2015
    8:00 pm
That’s pretty clever.

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