An Air-pruning Propagation Bed

I made an air-pruning bed to start up some tree seedlings and cuttings. 

An air-pruning bed is an elevated, mesh-bottom propagation frame which naturally prunes roots and stops the creation of tap root due to air exposure at the bottom.

The whole things was made from scrap stuff I had in the shed. I used two layers of mesh — half inch welded backed by heavier rabbit wire. This propagation frame will be set on four log rounds to keep it 10-12 inches in the air, and the bottom covered with a thin layer of Fall leaves, topped by good soil. 

I’ve got several small Redbuds started (pulled up from the yard), and will collect a passel of hardwood cuttings from dogwoods in the next few weeks — Korean Dogwoods, if I can find them, and Red Twig Dogwood