Save Money by Splitting and Propagating Plants

[@Stella21937]

*Your videos are always the best to receive a notification each time you post a new video.. We'll have regrets for things we did not participate in...Investment should always be on any creative man's heart for success in life.*

[@waynelouis7153]

This must be an investment with Mr Richard Davis

As always good practical advice and an inspiring video Stuart ! I was in the same position when we moved here 24 years ago, it's a great way to fill the garden without spending a fortune and all it requires is a little effort and some patience ! Beware though, once you start it's hard not to keep going, I have so many plants now I give most away or to a charity sale. If you're ever back down in Essex pop by and I'll load you up with freebies ! Cheers, AndyC.

[@yuriilukkumbure7416]

Clonex rooting gel, Fleximix root riot, Superthrive, Biobiz root juice & Palm Focus are the absolute best products on the market for accelerating this process. Additional lighting and an indoor reflective tent help too👍🏽🙏🏽

[@AndyD89]

Watching this has inspired me to try doing the same as you. Thanks!

[@Jamie_Smith_Photo]

Is there a video anywhere (or one coming soon) about how to build that potting table? Love the videos Stuart - thank you! A lot of the diy I’ve done over the last year or so is down to you and just giving things a go!

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Lovely work. Nothing as satisfying as growing your own.

[@aimogagga1465]

Thank you for doing all of these great videos; they have been an enormous help on DYI jobs for me. One video I would like to see is making an epoxy resin garage floor (preps + floor). I’ve made one myself using Watco products, and it came out great. Would love to see your version and get some tips for my next garage. There are many DIY videos on the topic, but most are not necessarily proper ones.

[@deanperry3276]

Hi Stuart another great video from the garden series. Just wondering if you have a video of your potting table ?

[@Mike_5]

Really good idea this growing your own as the cost per plant from a typical Garden Centre can bankrupt you but also used Pot Noodle pots make a very good start for deep rooted plants and veg as the tapered sides make it easy to pull out and plant

[@SpartanMJO12]

And as a bonus, for the price of your potting plant you get a free Pot Noodle! Mmm, chicken and mushroom...

[@ProperDIY]

Great tip!

[@valborchardt3596]

Thanks Stuart, your garden is coming along nicely….

[@ProperDIY]

Thank you kindly

[@bidders77]

i love a free plant, speaking of which....you've got a free stinging nettle in with your ivy there @1.00

[@steves3576]

You need to get yourself a Hori Hori. Brilliant bit of kit for round the garden/allotment.

[@garulusglandarius6126]

Love bamboo but it should always be grown in a pot/container to prevent it spreading ( as is it’s nature , most species send out runners under ground and rapidly pops up everywhere ) . Your living wall is looking beautiful. Another great video Stuart 👍

[@imtinyem]

I have a peace lily indoors that I try to divide every few years because it gets too big! I never used a knife though, but it looks like a much easier method. I'll give that a go next time.

[@BigTubz]

Brilliantly informative video Stuart. I always wondered when the clip of you splitting the bamboo in your opening would make an appearance

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks - well spotted!

[@FrankWoodPhotography]

Loving the garden series! 👍

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks

[@Norfolkonsea]

Another money saver is looking at the reduced/clearance in the garden centre/supermarket/B&M/Home Bargains type places. All they usually need is re-potting. watering and feeding. Got loads of perennials this year for 40 or 50p each.

[@ProperDIY]

Good tip and very correct!

[@SpartanMJO12]

My dad bought some hanging baskets from B&M on sale a few weeks ago for £9 each. They're the longest living hanging baskets we've had, with loads more flowers too. I'm never paying £20 for one from Tesco/Sainsbury's again!

[@dianahenderson]

I am very impressed that you can grow banana and other tropical plants in the UK...Not so easy to do here in New England. You will soon be giving Monty Don a run for his money!

[@rogerbeeson4697]

Most banana plants aren’t hardy in the U.K. If they’re in a pot, they have to be taken inside if there’s any risk of frost. If planted in the ground, they need to be wrapped up for frost protection, unless it’s a very protected situation.. Even then, they may still get frosted in a hard winter, and turn to mush. But they will grow back from underground.

[@somewhereelse3813]

Hmm bamboo, there's a good screen for a project next year 👍👍👍

[@ProperDIY]

Exactly - especially if you divide rather than buy 10 plants @ £50 each!

[@davyarthurs]

At 6:21 I’d end up with 3 dead plants rather than one decent one 🤣

[@purplebass5275]

Great gardening video. I’m no gardener but looking to grow new leylandii hedging from my existing plants. Any ideas on how and when to do it please?

[@peterpowell6440]

Put that last cutting into water, over time you will see roots will shoot. then replant it.

[@genestassov3845]

Hi there, The knife you use for "surgery" is very similar to a quality Sabatier forged knife. A great tool, but not for such tasks (imho). I want to suggest you to try a sharpened stainless steel construction spatula to cut the soil and roots. Cheers!

[@ProperDIY]

It is a Sabatier - old kitchen knives

[@genestassov3845]

@@ProperDIY ) Old Sabatier knives are of a very good quality. Some series are even collectible.

[@jimlepeu577]

Bamboo is one helluva weed, once it takes hold it’s very difficult to stop. I moved to a new house that had bamboo which I eventually managed to dig out. Unbeknown to me it had spread under the fence into our neighbors garden. Now it keeps sending runners back in to ours. Grrr

[@GiggleBytes2011]

This depends on the bamboo. Most garden centres tend to sell the non-invasive variety Fargesia Rufa.

[@ProperDIY]

Yes it can be if it's not a clumping variety. Keep in pots like I do or use thick plastic sheet 500mm deep to stop it spreading

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

@@ProperDIY I wish our garden centre told us that when we bought ours some years ago. Planted the small clump (about half the size of the one in the video) in the ground and now it's taken over half the lawn and is as tall as the guttering on the house - going to need a JCB to dig that out !!

[@rogerbeeson4697]

Absolutely agree. It’s best to assume that all bamboos are invasive, and keep them in pots. Garden centres can’t always be trusted to know what is and isn’t spreading. Once in the ground, spreading bamboo is a beast!

[@keithbricknell9738]

Where do you sell your merchandise?

[@tayred81]

Nice video with quality content as always. I'm curious, do you keep the banana plants outside all through the year or taking it indoors? What part of England do you live in? / Fredrik 🇸🇪

[@ProperDIY]

I'm in the east. We can protect them in the ground if they are big - this one I will bring indoors.

[@cybercdh]

Another cracking vid. Nice work.

[@ProperDIY]

Thank you

[@sylviayue4072]

Did you build this potting table?

[@od3447]

Hi Stuart, what would your suggestion be for getting your hands on plenty of pots and planters? Saving money on buying the plants is a fantastic idea but the spend on additional pots can soon add up to a staggering amount. Cheers!

[@happygardener3990]

Try Gumtree

[@ProperDIY]

A lot of mine come from B&M so very cheap

[@C4sp3r123]

Often see people giving them away on Facebook local groups as well or market places for a few quid, or even in skips when out walking.

[@GiggleBytes2011]

Or ask a Garden Centre if they have any? We give them away to anyone who asks, we always have loads lying around after making up potted plants for customers. We know some people can't afford to be buying new ones all the time, so we provide old pots and crocks (broken pots) to anyone who asks free of charge.

[@grahambleach]

People find they have too many and give them away or sell them on Facebook marketplace, nextdoor, gumtree, freecycle etc. or just put them outside with a note.

[@robertwillis9988]

You could have cut the bamboo into 4👍

[@ProperDIY]

Could of

[@pedromimoso8804]

Nice!

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks!

[@adeh503]

Pity you can't do this with timber the bloody price of it at the moment

[@GiggleBytes2011]

Great video as usual Stuart, but please remember that certain plants are protected by the growers and are patented, so any splitting and propagating might be illegal for that variety. Check the original label before splitting them. Roses are a classic example of this, especially David Austin or Philip Harkness ones.

[@billybulmer7386]

How will the growers ever know?

[@GiggleBytes2011]

@@billybulmer7386 This is the problem with the world today, people don't care about other people's property. They won't know, but you shouldn't do it because you are not legally entitled to do it on certain plants.

[@SirBenJamin_]

Does this work with power tools?

[@ProperDIY]

You can try

[@home-space]

Ivy and bamboo can easily overrun a garden I have found

[@retiree1033]

I second that. It took us best part of three months to dig out a bamboo that we planted some years ago. It went under two flower beds and one deck which we had to remove to get at it all. Bloody nightmare. Never again.

[@ProperDIY]

Hence why they are in pots

[@musheopeaus4125]

Ive hd a bamboo in my garden 16 yrs and its still in one clump . Height 14-16ft foot

[@4u2nvme4ever]

@@musheopeaus4125 good old Fargesia variety that clumps

[@garvielloken3929]

nooice

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks

[@IRAKLICHIKHLADZE]

Why vandalize pots?

[@ProperDIY]

Because the rhizomes grow so much they deform the pot so you cannot get the plant out.

[@IRAKLICHIKHLADZE]

@@ProperDIY that makes sense

[@colingoode3702]

Watch out Monty Don, Stuart is coming up on the rails 🪴

[@ProperDIY]

Exactly - I just need a couple of dogs...