10 Pack Tree Root Growing Box, Rooting Ball Grafting Tools
10 Pack Tree Root Growing Box, Rooting Ball Grafting Tools, Reusable High Pressure Tree Rooter Air Layering Propagation Kit Propagator Pot Rooting Device for Plant Cutting Seedlings
| Weight: | 350 g |
| Dimensions: | 50 x 50 x 50 millimetres |
| Brand: | QHC sehen |
| Pack Quantity: | 10 |
| Assembly: | No |
| Dimensions: | 50 x 50 x 50 millimetres |
| Quantity: | 10 |
Good
+ Very good quality
+ Easy to use
+ Reasonably priced
+ Reusable
Not so good
– None
This simple, reusable growing box allows you to grow roots on live branches whilst they are still part of the tree. After 2-3 months, the branches have sprouted roots and you can cut the branch and plant it independently, giving the new grafting a better chance of transplanting success.
The devices are simple to use – shave down the bark, clamp the growing box with the attached zip-ties, fill with soil and water regularly. I found the growing box easy to attach. At time of writing the review, it hasn’t been long enough for the root ball to grow sufficiently. But the principle is sound and I look forward to updating this review in a few months when I have results to share.
There aren’t any instructions supplied with the growing box, so I took the direction from the Amazon page. It’s also not clear which time of year to take the cuttings (I’d advise Autumn to allow the roots to grow, ready for planting in spring).
Good luck, and I’ll post back results in spring.
What a great concept, I’ve got Rose cuttings and lavender cuttings in mine and they are doing great! They stand up by themselves. Really easy to use and use far less compost than pots. Space saving too, I love them!
What a great way to grow roots and not to damage them when repotting. The globe shape allows the cuttings develop stronger and reproduce faster. I watched some YouTube videos on how to use it properly. It uses the air layering technique and it does help my rose develop better roots. 12 for 10 , it is roughly 1 per one. They are reusable. Great professional root growing tool!
These are different.perfect if you haven’t much room for a load of seedlings.
So the idea is to put in potting compost..either your seed or seedling.and close the two half together.there is a hole top and bottom so you can still water..
When plant ready to go into ground just open up and take the whole thing out and plant as usual.
The closure clips on these will not last.but these do come with small cable ties.
Shame the closure clips won’t last..but these are a very good idea.
As described and advertised.
Simple idea but well implemented.
It’s not necessarily the right time of year to be doing this on the trees and plants we are interested in. But we have tried fitting and then removing these from a plant to test how easy they are to use. No issues to report — a little fiddly but when you get the hang of it it’s absolutely fine.
We like how we can secure the two sides together with batten popper style clips and then a push over buckle style clip. And just in case these don’t work you can use the supplied cable ties to even more family secure it in place.
Looks easy to water roots when they start to form and allows air flow and water drainage.
These are available in three different sizes allowing you to select the most appropriate size for the right plant/tree.
We can’t come in yet on longevity, but these do you feel about enough to last for at least two or three root growing propagation attempts.
Proof will be in the rooting! and we will report back on any issues!
Using these for escallionia cuttings. They’ve taken root and are growing well. Shells seem sturdy hoping I’ll be able to re use next year.
These are great for us young budding gardeners, and it makes taking cuttings very simple. At around 11.99 at the time of writing this makes them just over 1 per unit which I think is a great price. I am the most durable thing or the best looking but they do their job so they don’t need to be. It’s a bit of the wrong time of the year to get good use out of them but they are always good to have around.
Great item for any gardening lover – a great way of propagating plants from clippings and cuttings while ensuring the root system develops in a contained environment. Decent quality and very easy to use.
These plastic pots are ideal for starting off rooting of plants and seeds. The black plastic retains heat, helping the germination of the contents
I’ve been looking at these for a while, very simple to use though I haven’t had a chance to see the end results so will update then.
Hi, I saw people using these on tik tok to make cuttings from plants they love, so I’ve got some to try, they look the same and they make them work so hopefully I can too, will take a while to do a good review but hopefully time will tell
I will add to this review later in the season.
These root balls are great for taking rose cuttings and then leaving them to do their thing in a compact space. You get cable ties but I didn’t seem to need to use them as the design fits together securely anyway. Hopefully will get some lovely cheap roses as a result. Very happy with them
These are a great idea, and certainly make air layering easy. Simply pack the two halves of the sphere with compost, and then clamp it around the prepared stem of the plant to be propagated.
While these work well, and a lot better than other methods I’ve used in the past, they are not without niggles. Under perfect conditions, say in the potting bench, there are unlikely to be problems, but by its nature, air layering is inevitably carried out where the plant is growing, and often in awkward to get out locations. Problems occur such as keeping the compost in place while working, and feeding the plastic ties through the holes in the sphere. The latter made particularly difficult as all parts are black, it being difficult to see what you’re doing.
However, I have no doubts they will work, air laying is a virtually foolproof method of propagation, and these certainly make the task easier.
High quality plastic growing boxes. Well formed and work perfect.
They clasp at the side folds over to hold the two sides together solidly. There’s a hole at the bottom for drainage as well as one at the top for putting a cutting in. Currently I am using a few to germinate some tree seeds and things look promising.
The plastic they’re made from is solid quality. They bent okay without fracturing the hinged parts. The pack also comes with a few cable ties for supporting growing saplings. I’ve yet to use these, but it’s nice to have them to hand when they are needed.
The pack, at the time of writing, costs 12 for ten boxes plus cable ties. It’s a fairly good deal for the amount and quality of the product.
Does the job as described.
These are a neater, more efficient way to do the old rooting branch trick.
They are strong, reusable and neat.
They work in the same way that my old uncle used to propagate his trees and bushes, it’s an effective and cheap way to fill your garden.
They are simple to use, a million on line videos show you how to use them and propagate in their manner and they look neat when in place while you wait for the roots to form.
Like the idea to help root up and grafting for the trees. Simple design and easy to construct together.
Like many of us, I love my houseplants and I also really enjoy propagating from them – although it can, sometimes, be a bit laborious and time consuming if you’re using more commonly used methods that involve taking a node cuttings from the plant directly and then transferring them into a media such as moss or perlite, with the addition of humidity and heat to bring the new plants on
I, personally, much prefer air layering as you’re allowing the cutting (as it will become much later on in the process than the more widely used home propagation methods) to get all of the hard work of growing its own independent root system while it’s still part of the mother plant
These balls are the perfect way to facilitate air layering without having to mess around with less reliable materials such as cling film! and they’re infinitely reusable. I ordered them in a size Medium which allows stems between 7-12mm to be used but with some careful packing, smaller stems can also be accommodated.
To use these balls, you can use a few different media inside them including potting compost, perlite or moss – I tend to use the latter as it doesn’t condense too tightly in the ball and by extension reducing air and moisture flow and it will stay in place more easily than compost or perlite if you pop the clips open to check on progress. I loosely pack one half of the ball with sphagnum moss before resting the part of the stem I wish to propagate from (either at a node junction or for woodier stemmed plants, where I’ve made fresh notches to encourage new growth) and after making sure it sits in nicely – without putting too much pressure on the stem – I place a little more moss directly on the stem before packing the other half of the ball with the remainder of the moss before sealing it with the clips and cable tying it, if required. The moss should be lightly damp but not drenched
then, dependant on your conditions (temperature, light and feeding of the plant etc), every week I will have a quick look to see how the roots are progressing and may lightly mist the moss again if it’s started to dry and once I have roots of at least 2.5/3″, I will consider cutting the stem below the air layered site and then the new cutting can be potted on straight away into a nursery pot for further growing :).
I’m really pleased with these balls – the quality of the plastic is good and the addition of the cable ties allows a more thorough and secure job.
They’re good sized rooting balls. Not sure what else to say, really.