I was looking through a pile of old Canoe and Kayaking magazines and came across an article about Kayak Propagation, which I had never heard of before. The thought of producing my own kayak was certainly interesting and Spring was the right season to give it a try.

So with a few other vegetable plantings I tried the kayak propagation method in our backyard garden bed. Water was said to be super important to the kayak so I made sure I gave it a good daily immersion.

I added shade cloth over the whole bed as we moved into hot Australian summer, which made for a cool microclimate which was great for the vegetable as well as the kayak.

It was planned to be ready early in Autumn, but we left it to the 1st day of April to see the final result. It was exciting to see when we removed it from the garden bed and placed it in the sun where it was hoped it would ripen to a nice bright red/orange colour.

Although we had a few imperfection around the bow that needed attention, the result was very impressive. Why not give it a try yourself; it is a great home garden/kayaking project.