u/krazi_kitti

Been propping a couple of watermelon stems in testubes of water (seems like forever 😅) Last weekend I was topping props up and noticed some green, on closer inspection I noticed a teeny green leaf on stem and the start of another. There was almost no water in the tube, so I topped it to where I usually would. I did wonder at the time if I was doing the right thing and pondered the idea of asking reddit plant people, but life got busy … this morning I was checking props and I noticed the original leaf is still there and bigger. There is another stem with tiny bit black in the end and I noticed its tiny leaf is at bottom of tube. And there is a 3rd stem now and one coming out bottom of stem somewhere too.
So my question is What happens now? I feel me topping water was the cause of the teeny leaf to rot and fall off the stem, so is it time to plant it, and if so then how without smothering baby stems? Or do I keep topping up water but just leave the water below the leaf line?(that’s usually what I would do with other props I have?

I couldn’t find the orchid bar that I use to make my chunky mix so instead I’m using a special orchid bark mix indoor plant mix and perlite. The bag on the left has only in it the chunky orchid mix and perlite The bag on the right has chunky orchid mix premium indoor plant mix and perlite I’m not sure which looks better to use so I wanted everyone’s opinion first.

I’ve had this maybe 2 months? It was in a huge pot started struggling I pulled her out to check roots and could see the pot was way to huge , swapped pots and she started to settle. (I did buy her with a lot of the marks and some damage on her (last one and I was looking for a long time) anyway I recently went away for long weekend came home and she LOOKED TERRIBLE! 2 stems all the way down, all the leaves REALLY SIFT AND ALOT OF THEM CURLED… I had just watered her the day I left so my first thought I must of overwatered her…. I chopped the stems/leaves that wernt gonna bounce back I noticed it looked like the soil mix was like she had been knocked over or something so I fixed it back up and then watered her again and two days later she was sitting up really nice again now five days later I wake up this morning and she’s like this again. Does anyone know what is happening here first? I thought it was overwatering then when I thought she’d be knocked over and looked good again. I thought it must’ve been underwater Ing but now I don’t know what it is. I’m in Australia and it is getting cooler. And I’ve got a heater on very low heat for a couple oI was wondering, is it humidity?

Would these 2 babies be ready to water prop coz it’s my first curly and she’s had 2 babies. I’m in Au and winter starting I want to bring them in though I’m really worried about them carrying pests in and I’m not sure if I can treat them with anything first? Any advice on what to do would be

It actually got accidently snapped from mum plant almost 2months ago…. Mum told me to throw it but I couldn’t… I brang her home and put her in this test tube with water and waited a month for any sign of a root lol. Then it’s 3rd leave slowly appeared and the root system you see…. I got a feeling she’s a slow grower maybe coz she was so premmie? (Don’t even know if that’s a thing) anyway I’m sitting here last night wondering if she would do better in airy soil in a tiny nursery pot instead? Any suggestions? I’ve never owned one of these.

I don’t have much experience with this plant, but am thinking it’s not too different to a pothos? So it was in a wine bottle outside a shop. The cuttings they sell stay out over night so I’m not sure if that’s what’s happened to its leaves or if something else is happening but I took it out the bottle it has rooted at the bottom but it’s very leggy looking, so I’m wondering if it is easy enough to prop like pothos? If I cut it half way and put both back in water, the leave end should root like normal and I’m obviously not gonna submerge the whole rooted already stem , I’ll put it in jar with roots covered and put cling wrap over it.

I am very shocked that I only paid $11 for two orchids that look like they’re in pretty good condition. So I’ve brang them home and decided to give them a wash before I put them into new pots and medium…when I was finished washing them I noticed (well looked like) a new stem starting to emerge , so I leaned in for closer look and all of a sudden I seen something really tiny I think it was like a silvery or white colour but it was only like the tip of a pen tiny but it was running really fast. I didn’t see anything else. I looked couldn’t say anything else and I couldn’t find it again so I dumped everything that they were planted in and then realised that maybe I don’t have enough to replant them with just my stuff. I’ve got a little bit of orchid bark chips and a bit of moss. My other one is just in orchid chips and I soak it once a week, it’s not dead so I must be doing something ok? But would it be ok to mix what moss I have here with the small amount of orchid chip that I have here? They have already gone overnight in pots with nothing and I really don’t want them doing it again and dying…. Also does anyone have any suggestions about the tiny bug ? It was small enough to be a mite, and someone had said a wood mite (mites that feed/live in or bark) but apparently won’t hurts my plants?.🌱

I bought mum a epipremnum Pinattum same day I bought mine… they looked fairly similar I’m here now though mine is THRIVING and has reached the second part of the pole (30cm) and is deep green with chunks of white. Mum gets the best light in her place and I have the worst light. She has hers sitting with white wizard 4 different pothos , a pink princess and a smaller monstera plant (long name) but variegated. This plant is almost flat against the stick holding it up. Like dead straight almost… I thought it was something to do with the light a couple of weeks ago… so moved it same spot but different height of sun (thought sun would pull its leaves more foward) but I’m back today and now it’s a horrible green colour compared to what it was…. ROOTS are perfect… 🤷‍♀️her medium is REALLY REALLY DRY THOUGH AND IT was watered 2 days ago… so it’s very thirsty…!!! But I would assume leaves would be dying if it has been getting underwatered for weeks? It’s not heaps root bound or anything either there was still about1-2cm wiggle room when I impotted it. But I just want options on if I should try it in a bigger pot?