My mom had her in a planter without holes and was drowning her. A lot of her leaves were dead and the rest was struggling, so I wanted to move it to a smaller pot with holes, but when I took it out, there were basically no roots. There was some sort of fabric around the roots? Can someone tell me why it was put there? I put it in water and it’s doing much better now. Can I put it back in soil?
Hello, All! I am desperately seeking advice on several philodendron stalks that I am attempting to propagate. My ultimate goal is to replant them with the main plant to make it fuller.
First and foremost, the mother plant from which these trimmings came is the love of my freaking life. Such an easygoing, lovely plant. It routinely grows to the ceiling, and I trimmed it once before and placed the cuttings in dirt, as I read that the roots grow stronger in dirt than they do in water. Well, the trimmings held on for about two months, and then the leaves completely died. When I pulled the stalk out of the dirt, I found that it hadn’t grown a single root.
Six months later, I’m back to the drawing board, as the plant was once again about to touch the ceiling. So, I cut off three large stems and placed them in water. I’ve been switching it out every 7 to 10 days or so, and I’m noticing today that I have one little root that has finally emerged, but the other stalks don’t look that great. I am very worried about them dying. What would you recommend that I do to salvage them?
I come from a software/data background and I've worked in telecoms and fintech before moving into environmental restoration work thanks to a family friend.
What started as just building systems for a conservation operation unexpectedly pulled me deep into the ecology side of things.
I spend a lot of time around:
Originally I was there to solve operational/data problems: tracking stock, plant movement, survival rates, project allocations, reporting, quoting systems etc.
But over time I became genuinely fascinated by the actual work itself.
One thing that challenged me is ecology work has some of the messiest but most valuable data I’ve ever seen.
Field notebooks.
Spreadsheets.
Plant tags.
GPS points.
Species naming inconsistencies (but thanks to iNaturalist. love that app)
Years of observations trapped in disconnected systems.
At the same time, the people doing this work are trying to solve incredibly important problems: ecosystem recovery, biodiversity conservation, river restoration, indigenous propagation and long-term environmental resilience.
As a developer, it completely changed how I think about software. Honestly I’m still learning a lot, but I’m really enjoying being around this space.
I even want to start a small backyard greenhouse/nursery setup myself just to learn more hands-on. Are my kind accepted in this space? 😄
Each leaf prop gave me 4-6 babies. This is just one of the prop pots.
Good morning/afternoon/evening yall. I have been mostly successful with propagating my echeveria plant but these two leaves that i removed from the plant have been growing what appear to be tubers where there would normally be roots/pups. The “tubers” were growing out even before the two leaves started yellowing and drying up. This was the first time i’ve seen propagations do this and was wondering what exactly was happening to the props to make them turn out like this
I need some beginner friendly ideas, as I am not the best with plants. 😅 My ZZ is thriving, so is my bamboo! 😆
I've accidentally 💀 a money plant, I repotted my aloe & it isn't doing well. I have a leafy anthyirum or mo something that's doing okay but was better before I repotted.
I am wondering if I might be a better propagation plant mom, so I wanted to give it a try. I know ZZs are slow, but I'm okay with that. Any other ideas for a beginner propagater? If you have suggestions for plants that are hard to kill like ZZs, please let me know. I am trying. I currently have an orchid my son gave me. Wish me luck. 😅
First time spider plant owner here!
One variety is doing exceptionally well.
These are two (largest) of its ~10 established babies. The first two photos are of the very largest, including it’s entirely and one closer up of the root section. The third photo is another slightly smaller baby. I would like to attempt to propagate at least the largest one for now.
My questions are these:
- First, where do I cut off from the vine? As close to the root ball as possible?
-Second, once I do, root in water or soil? What’s everybody’s favorite preference?
I’ve been propagating this monstera for about 1.5 months now. I think I could realistically pot it anytime now but I guess I’m curious about letting it propagate for a while yet to see how long I can get the roots. Open to suggestions and opinions :)
Im a first time plant owner just trying to get some growth in here there all pothos exept the yellow bowl thats just a weed a picked up and ive also got some garden petunias any idea would be super appreciated thank you
I am planning to spruce up my mother's garden with the following plants: Marvel-of-peru, Oleander, and Plumeria.
But the problem is, we only have one of each plant and I want to have more of them growing. I have looked up the internet and found a curious technique called "Stem cutting propagation." And I find it is way faster than growing plants from seeds. Now the questions I have are:
Will this technique work on the aforementioned plants?
Can I grow them without using root hormone?
Do I place them in water or do I plant them directly in a pot?
I have bought this prop two weeks ago and have since tried to propagate it in water.
The Photos that I put into the same glass for company are thriving.
There hasn’t been any new growth on the Syngonium though. Is it gonna rot?
Hi ! I found a pilea peperomioides' leaf and I put it in water "just to see". I saw it was pretty easy to propagate but I was surprised to see roots to appear ! Have you ever try this ? Do you think a plant could grow now ?
And other question, I have a Philodendron plowmanii and thinking he was dying I try to make cuttings from its long stem, but from almost 3 months, nothing happens 🤔 How long do you wait to know if it's a success or a fail ? By the way, the mother plant is fine 👌
Hello! I’ve had a Black Velvet Alocasia for a couple of years, and I recently made the mistake of moving it outside too quickly. I’ve successfully restarted it from corms before, but that time it seems like it kind of went through the process on its own, and now I’m left with three corms.
After doing some research, I read that removing the dark outer layer of the corm can help it sprout faster, but now I’m worried they may be rotted, as peeling the outer layer has revealed hollow and spongy areas.
At this point, I’m not sure what the best move is. Would you try dividing the larger corm into smaller pieces, or is there another option you’d recommend for saving them?
Pretty new to plants so excuse me if this is a dumb question. Does this pothos cutting have a node? if you notice there is a new leaf on it. will it root? If so, what’s the best way to get it to root?
I was fortunate to get some cuttings.
I’ve read that rooting can work well in water or soil, I’m planning to try water just so I can see progress (or lack of). Then once a decent amount of roots, transfer to soil.
Is it best to have the end in water cut (like flowers), or dried up (like succulents, where my main plant experience comes from)?
I did try a cursory search here and elsewhere online…both techniques are mentioned as viable, but no clarity on which might have best chance for success.
TIA, first time post on this sub, and first time propping Purple Heart (though years of succulent/cactus propagation).
Hi everyone!
Could you please help me figure out what is wrong with my Calathea and how to cure it?
I'm propagating some rose of Sharon. I read someone here had success with rooting hormone then putting it in water, which I did. They have developed new legs but the bottom of the stems look like this. Are these roots or mold?
I did water props on my SOH which was slow going and I read about this Butterfly method last night. Anyone have experience with this? Any tips? How did it work out? I cut all my long strands, I hope this works.
I have two Tupperware full, I can’t decide where to place them where the light is bright enough without any direct sun. I basically have a choice of southern or western facing windows, wondering if an hour of late afternoon western light would be okay. Of the ones that rooted how many did you plant in each pot?