The invention discloses a method for culturing teak seedlings by spike culture and rapid propagation in containers. High-quality single teak seeds are used as the parent plants; when growing to 4 to 5 centimeters high, the seedlings sown on a sand bed are transplanted into a parent plant containing cup filled with nutrient substrate, and placed on a lifting seedling culturing bed to be cultured; when the diameter of each parent plant is larger than 0.3 centimeter, the parent plant is cut off from the part 10 to 15 centimeters far from the basic part to promote side branches to germinate; when the seedlings are semi-lignified, side branches are cut off, used as cuttings, inserted into a cutting containing cup filled with substrate and placed on the lifting seedling culturing bed to be cultured; therefore, a large amount of high-quality teak seedlings maintaining the excellent hereditary characters of the parent plants can be propagated rapidly in a short time, and the success rate of cottage reaches 85.1 to 96.6 percent. The method for culturing teak seedlings by spike culture and rapid propagation in the containers is not limited by season or region, and can be used for obtaining excellent propagants in a poor land condition; the moisture and nutrition of the parent plants are easier to control; the method is beneficial to culture of desired cutting spikes; the coefficient of propagation is high; the method is simple; the operation is easy; the production cost is low; and the method for culturing teak seedlings can meet the needs in modern forestry development of China.