I’m SO excited to finally be sharing my propagation wall DIY tips! Plant-mothering is such a fun hobby (especially when you choose plants that are very hard to kill!).
I did a lot of research before I started this project, and I was very discouraged at first. It seemed like the only options to create a propagation wall required spending a lot of money or having experience with fancy tools (or both). I wouldn’t say my version is cheap, but it’s definitely the easiest and most budget-friendly method I found. If you have a way to make it even easier or more budget-friendly, let me know!
At first, I wanted to try these test tubes, but I couldn’t find an easy method to attach them to the wall in a way that would allow me to also easily take them off the wall to replace the water and change out the stems. I found a couple of tutorials for this, but I got a headache reading the blog posts. Let’s just say that Aaron and I are by no means the next Chip and Joanna.
My biggest problem with the test tube method is that there are no holes in the test tubes. I felt like finding test tubes with a hole so I could just hang them up and take them down would be BY FAR the best way to do this.
After HOURS of searching, I finally found them!!! These are the ones I went with:
The vases have a hole at the top, and they come with these small little (ugly) plastic hooks that we just hammered into the wall. But, if you want to spend a little extra to avoid all of the holes, you could probably use strong command strip hooks instead! I’ll probably do that in our next place.
Figuring out the spacing for these took a LOT of trial and error. At first I wanted them to be more of a grid (4×4) instead of mismatched, but it just kind of happened that way. We measured where we wanted the highest and lowest ones to hang and then spaced the others out evenly.
I probably would have spaced them out more if I wasn’t planning on using this as a photo backdrop, and I’m also considering adding more on both sides… TBD!
It’s really up to you depending on how many you’re planning to hang. I purchased four packs of four, which ended up being about $90. But I have two extra vases. With a different design, I could have spent only $65 and just used two less than I did.
Once I hung the vases, I added filtered water and cut stems from all of the plants I have around my house. I have a ton of Pothos plants, but I included clippings from other plants for some variety too. One thing that’s important to remember is to cut your stems properly.
For example, with Pothos plants, you need to include a node. There are about 10,000 videos on this. Just search the name of the plant you are trimming and “propagation.” Easy as that!
I used this liquid rooting concentration. I struggled to find many options, so if there’s a better one out there, please let me know!
And… that’s about it so far! I will let you know if there’s anything to add, but if you can’t already tell, I am NO expert! So, this is maybe not the “best” way to do this, but it’s certainly the easiest! 🙂
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