DIY plant cabinet success and toddler's bloom 😍
My DIY plant cabinet has become a propagation station and rescue rehab center. I’m also experimenting with several different prop methods and am looking forward to seeing how things turn out (water, soil, sphagnum). So far just about everything I put in this cabinet has taken off 😍 A few days ago my toddler pulled that bulb up roots and all, so I planted it for him and it’s blooming! #StartThemYoung #PropagationStation #GrowLights #PlantCabinets #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #PlantShelfie #PlantCorner #NewGrowth #PropBox #MommaNature #GrowYourOwnWay #PlantCabinet
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@Sassylimey thank you! We actually didn’t plant the grape hyacinth so my husband has always just called them weeds and mowed over them, the horror 😫 my almost 2 year old brought it to me and said “oops” as if he didn’t intentionally pull it up. I’m considering pulling up the rest and planting them in my flower bed where they’ll be safe from at least the mower 🙈
@PlantMompy I got the cabinet for super cheap from an estate sale and installed the lights myself! My toddler can see the plants but can’t reach them. If you have room check FB marketplace for china cabinets or curio cabinets. It was a fairly easy project!
@GraceC I got an old cheap China cabinet from an estate sale and installed grow lights from Amazon. There are holes drilled in several places that you can’t see without looking for them to run the cords through to the back. On one side the back panel was loose so I just fed the cords through 😂 The switch for the lights is just out of sight on the back so I can get to it easily. It was not very hard if you know how to use a drill! Between the cabinet and the lights, it was only about $100. The inside of my cabinet was about 47 inches and the lights are 24 inches each, so they couldn’t go directly in line with each other. It took maybe an hour start to finish. I’m really happy with how it turned out.
@MommaNature our house has some really neat upper cabinets in the dining room, with outlets on the bottom and I've actually been toying with the idea of converting them 🤔
@PlantMompy DO IT!!! It has been amazing for my plants and my mental health having them in plain sight 🙌