The plants that have produced pups have done so without any interference from me. They’re meant to be the easiest! It makes me wonder if I’m accidentally mistreating them in some horrific way, but because they’re very forgiving they haven’t died yet. I’ve had plants produce pups, but not the ones I want: I’m waiting on my spider plants and aloe but neither seem to be interested in producing babies. Then it’s simply a case of gently removing the pup from its mother and putting it in water. Some plants are kind enough to produce babies without any interference from us at all. I didn’t learn my lesson though, and can’t remember how long this one’s been going. I wish I’d kept a record of how long it took the first one but alas, I didn’t. I currently have another on the go (I stole the leaf from work, oops). It took a couple of months BUT IT WORKED. I tried it and didn’t think it would work – it takes a while, so it’s a race between the roots forming and the leaf rotting. I read somewhere that if you cut the leaf of a snake plant, then cut a triangle out of the bottom of the leaf (so it has two little prongs) then they propagate faster. It was bigger than the peperomia but the slug clearly preferred it. It was growing really well until the slug ate it. (a sunflower from the birdseed fell onto the moss and germinated. That cutting is now living in moss in our terrarium – it’s basically a half-empty fish tank with mossy rocks – and it’s doing well EXCEPT there’s a slug in there (I assume a slug egg got in on another plant) that keeps munching on it.Ĭlearly it’s not tasty because the slug is eating it very slowly. It dropped a leaf whilst I was repotting it and I stuck it in water, never really thinking it would grow BUT IT DID. The first was a Watermelon Peperomia which I kind of did by accident. I’ve only tried to propagate from leaves thrice (and I currently have one on the go), but two out of three worked, which according to Meatloaf ain’t bad. Pilea Peperomiodes is pretty easy and satisfying to propagate too.Īerial roots aren’t the same as roots and are unlikely to root, but roots will grow from the same place as an aerial root, so they’re a great way to be sure you have a node. Great for beginners or a project for kids. It’s very quick too – I’m talking half a cm or more of root growth in a week. It takes a long time to settle in, but I’ve never lost one.Īs I mentioned before, String of Hearts are super easy to propagate from leaf nodes. I’ve personally always soil propagated Monstera, for no reason other than to make my plant look fuller. I’ve successfully propagated pothos in water, and if the picture at the top of this post can be believed you can do it with Monstera Deliciosa too. Most aroids can be propagated by taking a cutting that includes leaf stems. There are three main ways to take a cutting that can be grown in water: Nodes/stem If you put the cutting in upside down it will almost certainly never produce roots. You must make sure to stick the bottom in the water. I just removed a couple of the bottom-most leaves and stuck the stem in water. Some I stuck some back in the soil, some I put in water, and I also put some leaves in water too. I recently pruned my String of Hearts and decided to propagate the pruned bits. It’s easy and requires no research, though admittedly results are varying. Trial and error is my favourite way to propagate. You can always remove existing leaves – the leaf nodes will still produce roots. If the plant has visible leaf nodes (they’re bumpy…bump on the stem, and may have aerial roots protruding nearby) then make sure your cutting has at least one node and put it in water. If you have a plant in mind, and you’re not sure if you can propagate in by cuttings, take a look at my plant index – it’ll probably be there, I have a lot of plants – there’s details of the propagation methods there.īut if like me, you’re just overexcited about making new, free plants then just lop off a bit of plant, stick it in water, and hope for the best. If, for whatever, reason, you need to propagate a certain plant, then, by all means, do your research and learn how to best propagate it.Ĭertain plants can be only be propagated certain ways, and some can only be propagated by division, which is too dirty and unmagical for me to bother with. I mean, you could Google it, but where’s the fun in that?
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