Propagators

Our Vitopod heated electric propagators and Hydropod electric misting propagators have been designed to provide the best start for your seeds, cuttings and young plants. Expertly designed and extensively tested by our horticulturalists and made in England to last.

There is nothing more satisfying or rewarding than propagating plants from seeds or cuttings.

It’s easy to turn seeds into attractive plants or a tasty harvest of tomatoes, chillies and vegetables.

Seeds are all different sizes so the vessel into which you sow the seeds needs to vary. Small seeds such as tomatoes, salad, chillies and peppers are best sown into seed trays and larger seeds such as beans or peas are often better sown into small pots or seed trays. Once planted, place the seed trays and pots in a heated electric Vitopod propagator.

The Vitopod heated Propagator gives seeds the best start. This award winning electric propagator with adjustable height offers more control than other heated electric propagator and delivers even heat throughout the base. The even heat encourages seeds to develop heathily, and evenly.

If you are propagating cuttings, they can they can be propagated in pots of gritty compost. To really improve your cuttings success rate you might chose to try our electric Hydropod Propagator. This misting soil-less cuttings propagator is used by professionals to go from cutting to transplanting in just 10-14 days.

Sowing seeds

Sow thin rows of seeds in the seed tray without seeds touching each other, just put some in your hand and sprinkle in the seed tray in your propagator. Sow large seeds individually. Put a few at a time in your hand and place the seeds at intervals along the row.

Don’t sow seeds too close together but you will need to sow more seeds than you need in your propagator because some seeds may not germinate.

After sowing the seeds, cover with finely sieved compost to the same depth as the length of your seeds e.g. if your seeds are 1cm diameter, cover with 1 – 1.5cm of sieved compost. Level the compost out so that the seed is in contact with the compost a tamper is handy for this.

Place seed trays or pots in a Vitopod heated electric Propagator and set the temperature indicated on your seed packet. Depending on how warm your propagator is, you may need to water the compost before seeds emerge, take care not to over-heat.

You can also propagate seeds is in Rockwool cubes. Pre-soak the cubes and sow the seeds by pushing into the cube. They can be placed into a Vitopod electric heated propagator or Hydropod and then simply placed into a larger cube when roots are forming.

Caring For seeds

Two weeks or so after the seeds emerge remove the weakest looking plants to provide so that space between the seedlings for them to grow.