The invention relates to a method for raising plants (4) rooted in a ball of cultivating material. The plant is enclosed in an at least substantially shape-retaining tubular body (1), whose upper edge (6) is provided with a pattern of recessed portions (8). The tubular body is preferably placed around a pot (3) containing the ball of cultivating material, with branches (9) of the plant growing through the recessed portions in the upper edge, being supported on the upper edge.
