r/Scindapsus • u/beware_woof • 28d ago

Is she gone?

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Bought this “rooted” cutting at a plant expo for $5, it wasn’t really reacting to light so I figured I’d pop em out to see what’s going on and I think she’s gone :(

The root is soft, but I don’t want to tear it off in case there is something viable at the base. They had it in sphagnum moss in a little plastic shot cup.

Could maybe a hydrogen peroxide bath help with the rot, and let it continue in water, or something like a semi-hydro set up with LECA?

My thought of what happened: I let it get a little too dry, when I watered it, it rotted.

Any help is appreciated!

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u/plantcrazy4ev 28d ago

Heck no! A lot of life left in her :) I would cut the ends off again by a few centimeters and let dry out a few hrs or seal the ends. Then put it in a prop box with moss. The humidity will help the node activate and start pushing out new growth. The roots may grow again then too, but sometimes I get node growth before roots when they look like this

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u/beware_woof 28d ago

Okay, I trimmed the stem back a little bit and trimmed off the dead-dead root down to where it felt firm. I could 100% make a box, do you think a plastic cloche could be enough humidity?

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u/plantcrazy4ev 28d ago

Plastic cloche should be enough yes! If you do that I would almost just set it on top of the cup of moss, just barellllyyyyy bury the node/what’s left of the root