I've propagated a dozen different plants but this one just won't happen for me. I'm using all the methods I've had success with elsewhere and always end with a dead vine.
I've tried right into soil, right into water. Letting a cutting dry overnight. Dabbing rooting hormones on it. Sharing a cup with other rooting plants. Nothing!
So if you've had success, what did you do? Did you find it any harder to propagate than others?
6 Comments
bassad@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 10d
is your cutting tool clean ?
I've done it several times from a mother plant with success, in water and in soil, like in this tuto (https://www.bloomingbackyard.com/propagate-monstera-adansonii/)
Did not have any issue
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
Yep, I've got my special plant cutters that I keep clean with alcohol! They aren't rotting away, they wither away before ever making a root.
I skimmed the page (will read it later) and saw a few tips I haven't seen. I haven't been bagging it and I haven't tried laying it down flat on the soil!
Polkira@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 10d
In water on a window-sill has worked in the past for me with that one. I make sure to cut close to the node, nor more than 1 cm under the node and I like to have at least 2 leaves on the stem. I leave the bottom node leafless. The window I put them on is south-east facing.
I found it to be pretty similar to other props, not too difficult to root. Mind you I usually prop in the spring time
glimse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
That sounds like my standard method! Sitting right next to the parent so I know it loved the conditions. I'm even struggling at my "prop station" with grow lights.
I feel like I could throw cuttings from any other monsteras on the floor and they'd somehow find a way to root so I'm starting to wonder if this plant is just an outlier.
Suru@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 8d
It's so interesting how different plants cause issues for different people. I really like monsteras of all kinds but can't maintain a peace lily to save my life.
I cut back my adansoniis regularly and usually propagate the cuttings with leaves in water and the bare sticks in perlite.
I change the water weekly and rinse the roots whenever I do to keep them from getting slimy. Perlite I spray almost daily, or cover it to trap moisture if I'm not able to tend to it regularly. Cuttings can rot if left covered, but sometimes I get to discover a jungle in a forgotten propagation box after a few months.
After I can see decent roots, I pot the cuttings up and keep the soil lightly damp for a week or two until they acclimate.
I haven't noticed much difference when propagating variegated adansonii, but some of the mints are slower to regrow.
glimse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
Another thing I haven't tried: rooting while still connected to the mother plant. I might try draping a vine or two over a pot on a lower shelf