Andriel_Isilien Posted May 14, 2023 Report Posted May 14, 2023 I have a spider plant from about 3 years ago that has exploded in size and several offshoots! These two mini ones have taken root very nicely and ready to be repotted and gifted to a couple of friends.
Andriel_Isilien Posted May 14, 2023 Author Report Posted May 14, 2023 More cuttings from my house plants. On the left is pothos (the easiest to propagate) and on the right is snake plant. I kept these in water for over a year with good sunlight. Time to put them in some dirt!
Andriel_Isilien Posted May 14, 2023 Author Report Posted May 14, 2023 Backtracked to how I multiplied my plants into several. The snake is an easy V-shaped cut. Then keep in water until it takes root again. The spider makes offshoots of its own. I can hardly keep up with all these baby spiders! Again after cutting, put it in water for roots to regrow. 1
beanbean Posted May 14, 2023 Report Posted May 14, 2023 Wow those really look nice I should probably do some inside plants mostly just an outside guy right now 1
gemmy Posted May 14, 2023 Report Posted May 14, 2023 Great post, thanks for sharing! Do you find that your propagated plants do as well as the parent plant? I ask because I have inch plant babies that root and do great in the water, but struggle once they hit the soil. 1
Andriel_Isilien Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 1:08 PM, gemmy said: Great post, thanks for sharing! Do you find that your propagated plants do as well as the parent plant? I ask because I have inch plant babies that root and do great in the water, but struggle once they hit the soil. Spider plants are a bit tricky for me to get growing as good as the parent plant. I can only get a small percentage to take root properly. But that one reproduces A LOT at once so it's OK. Snake and pothos plants have really taken off!
Ghost1031 Posted May 16, 2023 Report Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 3:08 PM, gemmy said: Great post, thanks for sharing! Do you find that your propagated plants do as well as the parent plant? I ask because I have inch plant babies that root and do great in the water, but struggle once they hit the soil. Hello! I had this same problem with some of my finickier houseplants. I found that they tend to do better if you slowly add soil to the water once the plants have some root growth. i think it has something to do about water propagated roots being weaker then soil grown (idk, dont quote me on that cuz i cant even remember where i read that info). the water does get gross after a while so i do recommend tossing it out and replacing it every so often. not sure how well it'll work with inch plants but it could be worth a shot?
gemmy Posted May 16, 2023 Report Posted May 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Ghost1031 said: Hello! I had this same problem with some of my finickier houseplants. I found that they tend to do better if you slowly add soil to the water once the plants have some root growth. i think it has something to do about water propagated roots being weaker then soil grown (idk, dont quote me on that cuz i cant even remember where i read that info). the water does get gross after a while so i do recommend tossing it out and replacing it every so often. not sure how well it'll work with inch plants but it could be worth a shot? It's definitely worth a shot, thank you! I have some that are ready for repotting, so I'll try it this week and see what happens.
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