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Hey folks, hope you don't mind me sharing this. We had some pretty good results from this and it felt like a good way to reuse some nursery pots that the supplier wouldn't take back. I'd recommend this to anyone who's looking to propagate their plants via stool layering.

For those who aren't familiar, stool layering is a method of plant propagation which uses a plant's own potential to form roots along buried portions of its stem. After a period spent forming the roots, the material used to bury the stems can be gently removed, revealing the sections which can now be transplanted as rooted cuttings. Not every plant appreciates this treatment, though, so it's worth checking for compatibility before attempting it.

Some of the families and individuals that have done well for us include Ribes (currant family), Sambucus (elderberry family), Lonicera ceruleae (haskap), and Lyceum barbarum (Goji).

syac: we cut the bottoms from nursery pots to hold the substrate in the stool mound. Splitting required less soil disturbance than the uncontained control group.