Disguise Your Propagations With A Nifty Hack For Full Looking Plants

Propagating plants is a fun and rewarding hobby, as you can watch what was once part of a different plant's stem grow roots and become its own plant when submerged in water, seemingly by magic. As magical as propagation is, though, multiple jars of water with cuttings poking out of them aren't always the best look. Luckily, you don't have to settle for your propagations looking a bit odd– just put several jars of cuttings together in an opaque container tall enough to conceal the jars but low enough to show your cuttings' foliage, and now your little propagations look like a thick and lush plant.

There is a wide variety of plants you can propagate in water, including classic houseplants like monsteras, philodendrons, and zebra plants, but water propagation isn't just for indoor plants. Propagating tomatoes in water is also a breeze and can quickly multiply your harvest. Just be sure your cutting has multiple nodes or bumps where new stems and roots can grow, and submerge the bottom few inches of the cutting in water, making sure the water covers at least one node. Cuttings from some plants develop roots faster than others, but as long as you are patient with your propagations and keep their water clean, you should start seeing growth in no time.

Propagating plants from cuttings can take time, and if you're getting tired of explaining why your house is covered in jars of water full of twigs, you can easily disguise them as full-looking and lush plants. Find a planter or other opaque container that's wide enough to put several of your propagation jars in and tall enough to conceal the jars without hiding the little plants. This hack also works if you're propagating your plants in sand instead of water. Once you've set up your jars inside your planter, just place some coco fiber or sphagnum moss around the top of the container to hide the jars even better and provide some support for the cuttings that are peaking out.

This hack is a brilliant way to turn your cuttings into a gorgeous creation. Just don't forget to check on them and remove the jars from the container from time to time so you can see if there is any root growth, and add water if necessary. Once your cuttings have roots, they're ready to be planted into pots. Of course, if you choose, you can also conceal several of those pots inside a wide container just as you did with the water jars, making your baby plants look far fuller while you wait for them to grow.