Teak (Tectona grandis) is a valuable as timber with an import value of over $400 million/year between 2005-2014. Teak can be very hard to germinate; some provenances have less than 1% germination rate. I wanted to find a better way to germinate and grow teak in a lab setting for further research. So I designed a seed irrigator and compared several methods of vegetative propagation, including caning, cuttings, and air layering.