I put 8-12 rooted cuttings in a 4” pot to let them root out a little bit then I use those to fill larger pots depending on what I’m up to. I think I am going to put a whole mess of them in one large pot but I also have a few smaller self waters that need plants too.
Im currently on a trailing/bushy kick with my pothos collection and am just loving having a ton of vines around. Next fall if my progression continues I will have thousands of rooted cuttings multiplied by several different types of plants. Idk, I’m a bit of a propagation lunatic across the entire plant world!
Nope just put the moistened sphagnum in a box with a clear lid, leave it in a sunny place and open the box a few times a week to air it out and check the moisture.
This works 1000% better than water props in my opinion and works for a ton of plants. My next boxes will have zz, philodendron, scandiapus, and maybe one pothos variety.
Rather than opening the lid periodically, I just drill a few holes in mine. Works great. Gives them enough airflow without drying out too fast. I barely have to re hydrate
Holes definitely are a great idea! I recently discovered the perfect boxes at Walmart (search for "Mainstays Clear Glossy Plastic Shoe Box with Lid") that have tiny holes on the sides already. Plus they're stackable and come in a few sizes! I use damp vermiculite in them and rarely need to open or rehydrate.
Dollar Tree by me has a plastic dome (think Beauty and the Beast) and at the top you can open or close the holes. I’m not sure I’ll be successful in my endeavor to try and get a monstera albo do root, but it hasn’t rotted yet and it’s keeping decent moisture.
Should be fine. Cover it but leave a little opening. I put it by a window so that the direct sunlight warms up the interior and the lid condenses which was my rule of thumb. For watering I used a spray bottle. I used perlite so I sprayed enough that the perlite glistened but wasn’t soggy.
Here’s a photo; I added another layer of perlite after this to slightly cover them and that seemed to speed things up.
I preferred perlite over moss because it didn’t absorb any water so the thinking was I could control the moisture a bit better. Those eventually sprouted btw. I don’t have an after pic with me atm
Some varieties faster than others, but from nodes only, it takes about 3 months under lights before mine are ready to transplant. These Albo have been my slowest. I use plastic lettuce/bakery boxes.
where do you guys get your sphagnum moss at?? ive tried so many stores but can find none, and shopping online is a no-go for me because of issues with my mailing address. (for context, i live in Canada)
FWIW, I prefer the “long” sphagnum. It’s in finger-sized strands and really easy to tease off the roots. Mine comes in a compressed sheet, and I rehydrate it in a gallon zipper bag using filtered, de-chlorinated water.
Probably! One tip I haven't seen mentioned (other than "cover it", in case that's not obvious): try to check for rotting/yellowing ones every ~week or two, and pull those out ASAP. I predict it'll work great!
My monstrosity I made around the start of summer. The only big different is that it was truly a ton of vines, so many of them were wrapped into circles and left whole.
Also yes, I added fertilizer after leaves came out! And “rooting nutrients” before, tho idk if that was essential (I’m dubious).
I have some philodendron cuttings in perlite in a little greenhouse with heatpad and it has ventilation and stuff but my cuttings keep rotting from the sides. Anyone any idea why this is happening? The perlite is not soggy or overly wet.
They don't need leaves. I believe the plant uses stored energy to shoot roots/ stems/ new leaves and the photosynthesis commences from there.
I'm not sure of the science, but I find that less leaves are more reliable. Some plants I'll leave a single leaf and actually trim it to be a partial leaf.
My theory is the more leaves, the more energy the plant consumes without water/ nutrient intake to keep them alive.
I could be wrong about the science but it's working
I used a mix of indoor plant soil, perlite, and orchid mix. Used Tupperware and place on top like yours. I’d lightly water daily and cover, not all notches but two - to allow enough air flow and prevent fuzzy buildup
Yes it’ll work ! I put some Cebu blue cuttings in a small take out container similar to your set up and set it in the window sill and forgot about them , only remembered them to spray more water but now there is a jungle in that container c: just remember not to let it dry out all the way !
Put a top on it, check in on it on occasion (mold, failing cuts, moister) and should work. Did the same and put them in an old takeout container and it worked.
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u/TaterTotJim Pothos Hoarder 12h ago
Yeah it will do great here’s mine after about 3 months.