Support rings for cuttings propagation and floral arrangements

I ve been always struggling with cuttings falling inside the containers and rotting and when I was trying to get one out and all the others were all over the place.

I ve tried some different solutions but I got them stuck or difficult to remove once rooted.  So I came with this idea to be able to hold them in place but also remove them as easier as possible. I can even take all of them out of the water to inspect the roots without needing to carefully place them back again.

These rings are super easy to use! just push the loops to open and insert your cuttings one by one, then let go. Place the ring on top of the container or inside... 

Use them to create beautiful flower arrangements in a vase 

I hope you find them as useful as I do

Included versions

• A basic closed ring for small to medium width stems like common epipremnums & scindapsus, philodendron micans, brasil, monstera monkey leaf etc up to a mini monstera and cane begonias.

• A basic open ring same use as described above for thin or thicker roots. Easier to remove after rooting.

• A ring with only one row of loops in the middle for bigger stems like thick cane begonias, anthuriums, philodendrons etc. (closed ring)

Printing Instructions

• Only a small part has infill. 20-30% is enough and I recommend gyroid.

• I set 3 perimeters for larger rings 100% and above, to avoid infill in the larger loops.

• 0,2mm layer 0,4 nozzle.

• Printing time ca 30m up to ca 2 hours for the larger models.

• they can be scaled to fit your needs. (safe scaling down to 70%). Measure the width of the stem and scale as needed by measuring one loop.  Scaled to 90-85-80-75-70%,  fits most containers like jars, vases, drinking glass etc.  

• If you need better grip, scale down only on XY and leave height Z as it is

I used PETG to print mine because of better elasticity, more difficult to break and most important I sometimes use them under water. Especially for smaller cuttings.

Happy propagating!