Those fuzzy looking white things are a form of 'disorganized' root structure. I believe they are made of semi-undifferentiated cells as a transition into roots. Usually with time they become more orderly and start looking like proper roots.

Love the time lapse. No one else on KZfaq does / has to patience to do this. 👍🏼👍🏼

My burgundy grew from 2.5 ft to 6.5 ft in one year (the tallest of its 7 stems). It is majestic 😍

I love how earnest you are! No ego or superiority complex which is so common among plant youtubers

wow, 5 months timelapse! I would not have the same patience. I want new plants overnight 🤪

So sorry for your loss. We lost one of our dogs last month as well. Tough stuff, they are way better companions than most people. Take good care of yourself .

watching a guy wrestle a plant for 31 minutes is entertaining

I really appreciate you posting this video, especially after losing your precious Josie. I can't imagine how hard it was watching this. May she rest in paradise. Thank you, Sean!😢

I’m sorry for your loss of Josie. She looked happy and was obviously loved so much.

it's crazy how much people say rubber plants are picky but honestly... they are the most chill plant I have ever owned. more than philodendrons or pothos or monsteras. they are so robust. about six years ago saved a tiny sick looking one from someone off facebook, it was in a pot way too big for it and had poor drainage and very wet feet. so I repotted it into a pot about a third of the size of the pot it came in. it dropped many leaves but over the years it has grown to six feet. I have another one that I bought a few months after the original one, it's now about seven feet. I have only repotted them once each. I love them so much. I also have a tineke and a ruby but they are much smaller than my burgundy babies.

I love this video and how thorough and communicative you are about your process! Also love your sense of humor. So sorry for your loss of little sweet Josie. I lost my fur baby boy Henry this 3months ago and still break into a river of tears when thinking of him. Sending love!

In my experience, wooden plants propagates way better in soil due to the minerals and nutrients that they need to build the stems and leaf that waters just don't have.

Thanks for this Sean I was losing my mind cause my ficus was losing leaves and stopped growing (I was constantly moving it around). I have since put it at the brightest spot in the house and it seems to be working. A week in, I can see progress. Thank you, wise one 😊.

Shout out from Trinidad here. I have one of those Ficus Elastica here and it's almost tall as a coconut tree and they love the full blast of sun.

Yes! I have dreams about plants all the time! But not like the ones I"ve seen, no! My unconscious mind CREATES NEW species! One time I had a dream about a huge tree, with amazing leaves and I was able to choose where the new leaf will grow, just by pointing. And then zooming with hands in the air made leaf bigger or smaller! I am so happy I get dreams like that, with plants from out of this world!

I just discovered you today and I'm so happy. Watching you is so calming for my ADHD brain. I discovered you through your peperomia hope video. Thank you for your hard work!

That two month progress directly in soul was amazing!!!

The white fuzz is the first stages of roots before they form into full roots and take off, I call them crystallized roots. It’s perfectly fine to have them, :,)

This man has never detangled hair in his life and it shows 💀 but really it was a very educational video and much help. Thanks!

Really good video. Thanks for not only showing how to propagate them but showing progress updates.

Sean, I always look up propagation content from your channel before doing anything of mine. Your months-later-update is wonderful and I always learn something new from your videos. And since we are in the same climate zone, yours is my #1 go-to channel for plant advice. Thank you.

I’m so sorry for your lose, I’ve been there and know how much it hurts. Thank you for the video.

I love watching your videos, you even make the more “boring” parts entertaining to watch and informative 😂💚

Love the time lapse recording of the entire journey. Thanks for sharing

You’re quite the dedicated botanist Sean . I don’t think I would have the patience to dedicate all that space and time for propagating leaves. But I’m glad you did cuz I learned a lot ! My beautiful Rubber tree will be safe from any scientific endeavors. I haven’t lost even one leaf since I bought it as a small plant , and it has grown so profusely! I’m very proud of it (:

When I was separating mine it was big like yours so I soaked them in a water and that helped me alot. Great video

You do the best propagation videos..from start to finish...Thank you 👏👏❤️

love your sense of humor and light heartedness

I love the style of your terracota pots. I hope we have here like that!

I was hoping you'd cover Ficus Elastica! thank you so much for making these videos, you are such a joy to watch and you are so positive and happy 🥰❤

I appreciate this video so much. I just purchased my first rubber tree. I also wanted to say that I’m so sorry for your loss. I also had my weenie baby pass away. She was only 7.

AWE, Josie Girl! My heart hurts for you :( I found this extremely interesting to see all the processes you used and what works best. Fascinating, but wow a lot of effort and time! Crazy!

Great advice on how to take care of this plant, thank you very much ^^ I've wanted to get a rubber tree for a long time, and after watching this video, I think I can keep one alive. I'm an enthusiastic, but beginner plant guy

“Karma bit me for torturing plants” OMG am cracking up so much🤣🤣

Thanks for the info. I just purchased one three days ago.The video was very helpful I'm not ready to propagate him right now. I will reference back when the time comes.Happy growing and stay safe.

You are so good at these time travel updates. So fun to watch!

Hey Sean, I’m not an expert but through trial and error, I found out that plants root much quicker when water propagated in a dark vessel. Clear jars make the process much longer than dark jars (or clear jar inside a dark cover pot). Just sharing my experience :)

I absolutely love watching your videos. I have learned so much about different plants and how to care and propagate them. I'm so thankful to you that for the first time I have successfully cared for my plants without killing them. Sending a big hug from New York city ❤

Perfect timing! I just got one of these yesterday.

This was actually a very informative video just for plants in general. I think you can learn a lot about all plants just from propagating and taking care of one of them. I just bought 2 rubber plants a couple months ago and they’re BABIES. They don’t even have brown stems. So when they turn into more mature plants I’ll definitely cut the top off to make them more bushy and propagate the rest. Taking your advice and doing soil only!

I learned a lot and enjoyed the process. I really love this vídeo😊 Rest in peace to your beloved Josie 😔

I'm sorry for your loss :( Regarding branching out, I find elastica very, very apically dominant. I am constantly top-cutting them and they'll branch out at the next top-most node, but not really push down to the next one... they'll just try to keep growing upward. I suspect they need to be much older before any significant branching occurs. Additionally, ficus in general do tend to root a lot better in soil, in my experience. For elastica, I've had 100% strike in soil. The one exception I've noticed has been F. microcarpa crassifolia, which itself is extremely reticent to strike at the best of times, and which either requires air-layering or an extensive water-rooting period - 2 months or more.

Enjoyed this video. We learn best from trial and error. I don’t think I’m strong enough to cut up mine thought but more willing after watching your video. So for your loss. I have 3 fur babies and they are indeed my babies. I tried water propagating a baby that was offset and it wasn’t working. So I tried soil. Worked tons better. Even put it in a self watering pot and it started growing much better. I gave it to my sister as a housewarming gift. She loves it.

I’m so sorry about your dog but I’m glad we got to see her. Thank you for this video, always learn from you.

So much information here. I love it. Thank you. Also, I’m so sorry for your loss. Losing a furry family member is hard.

I like you already. You are so easy on ears. Sorry about Josie 🥺 may her soul rest in peace. She had a wonderful parent. Love how you also spoke to that small leaf 😍

thank you for this video and for being so patient. this video is very helpful

Halo Shaun. Congratulations for having the best climate in the world for plant propagating. Your city is very high in humidity, so almost every plant will grow easily (except the northern winter plants). For cutting with white spot on stem: not to worry. They show that there is life activity in that cutting(s) For the rooting hormone, you can substitute by using a village (kampong) style.: onion juice (air bawang merah) The idea is to prevent the cut from getting rot, maintains food and water supply. Other home style of rooting hormone is :alovera (lidah buaya,) apc tablet. When the root starts growing a in jar of water change water and add an MSG (vi-tsin-ajinomoto) one dip of match-stick in water then dip in MSG. (kepala korek api-ujung sendok teh) Good luck. Salam

you had good success rate - thank you for sharing your results

So, much enjoy your videos I follow you and I'm glad I don't have to wait weeks to see results. Its growing season and I too like to try different methods. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your videos - they are always so informative but I also enjoy watching you because you seem very kind natured!

You're such a joy to watch and hilarious! Great, informative videos. RIP Josie.

LOL so funny I thought I was the only goof struggling with plants. Thanks for the tip, tricks, and laughs. 😉

I'm so sorry for your loss 😢 Thank you for a very informative and educational video though, learnt so much from this 😊💛

Thank you for this very comprehensive & helpful video. 👍

Everytime he says cute,I feel it . plants are love💚

This video was soooooooooooooooooo amazing! I'm so happy I watched it all. I was only looking for a video to know about Rubber plants, and soon I will purchase one, but I LOVED seeing you journey of how you propagated them. And it being IN ALL ONE VIDEO!!!!! Thank you soooo much for you time. Also, I'm sorry about Josie. Thank you again. You're truly amazing!

Rip Josie 🤍 thanks for the update this video was very helpful

I love watching your videos on propagation because you show within the same video the documentation through time how these plants propagate and what to expect. Thank you so much for that. I have been propagating Fiddle Leaf Fig cuttings from a plant that I've had for 30 years and was mature when I bought it in 1993. Pretty Amazing. So far I am having success, but each cutting has it's own time line of producing roots. We are at 6 weeks and so far I've only poted 2. I did mine all in water with a liquid rooting horemone. I think the next batch I do I will do directly into soil. Thank you for all the detail and info you provide in your Videos. Ann from Michigan USA.

Sean, I am so sorry for your loss. Sending peace, love and comfort to you.

I just found this video and I automatically want to fix my focus elastica. I have it for almost a year, but it grow slooooowwwwly, Omg I want to throw it away but I know it still live, the leaves are green. After watching this video it make me optimist it can grow well even better. Thank you

This was an amazing video ! You invested so much time !! Thank you so much for showing all detailed progress ! I will go now and take my cutting out of the water and put it into some soil! Love ur videos 😍😍

I dont think it’s hard that much to separate them , but you know that you are so cute with your natural style of act and talk 😂 I like the way you love and treat your plants, it’s clumsy but devoted😊

I’m so sorry for your loss :( Rip Josie 💖

Thanks for the effort in putting out the video. I have one pot of 5 ficus elastica which I haven't had the guts to separate them yet. 😅 And I am so sorry for your loss. Can totally understand the pain. Take good care and my condolence to your family. 💚

Love the video and the captions at the bottom of the screen. Thank you for sharing

Thank you for such an informative video. I really enjoy you showing us the end results. Help answer so many questions. . Sorry for the lost of your fur baby Josie.

Thank you for the information. Just currently recieved a big ficus elastica. I want those tall cylinder pots!

Thank you for such consistently great content!

look at this amazing room/patio/courtyard your in! wow.

my rubber plant is growing aggressively outside in full central valley CA sun. even the leaves that fell off when inside have now grown back. Great post and very informative. thank you

Sean, I don't know you but from the videos I've watched, you are full of life- just like your plants! I hope your youtube channel continues to grow just as vigorously.

Love the time lapse!!! Thank u for all the info 🙏🏼

wow! what a dedication! love watching your channel even though it's long and I'm trying not to scape the adds so more plants to come

Watching from the Philippines! Lot of respect to you bro! This episode was soooo comprehensive and very informative! I have 2 of the variety, the yellow one and the multicolour, I hope in the future I can get the kind that you have! All the best to you!

UM WOW AMAZING VIDEO, I just happened to just buy a rubber tree plant too, so thanks for the card tips!

Love your content. Just got my first two ficus. We’ll see how it goes 🤞🏻

Very very informative video, I have 2 in each planter and suddenly they are producing new growth they're beautiful plants as they mature and I have learned that they absolutely love very very bright light thanks for your information

I love plants! Very useful video! Thank you 😊

1. The motorcycle joke was hilarious, I actually laughed a lot haha 2. RIP Jossie, her spirit will be always with you

such a great in-depth video

Thank you for showing the replanting. I hope you are ok, with what ever bit you.

I was rooting for you🌱🌱🌱love your video 😍very good information, thank you

Always love watching your videos

I really liked the whole video of yours as you have mentioned each and every details. Also showed us each way and phase of propagating the plant cutting. Amazing 😻 👏🏻

I love the terra cotta pots in the background. Just bought a burgundy from someone local. I also have a variegated elastica that I just propagated. These plants are beautiful and easy care ❤ ♥

Hi sean I am looking at you from Trinidad in the Caribbean...enjoy your shows very very much...very informative...

Appreciate the effort & time in showing various mtds in propagating the ficus burgundy! 👍🏻 keep it up. Hope mine will shoot soon too. Patience journey....

AWESOME VIDEO💚. I found a gallon pot with 3 Burgundy Ficus plants inside I am definitely going separate and cut it to branch it out.

Oh wow! I just landed on your video by chance and loved every bit of it. It's 2:37am, n I can't wait for the sun to rise so that I can go n propagate my burgundy ficus elastica. You're an amazing person.

Your experience and tips are a pleasure to watch, great content bud!

This is the best ficus elastica propagation video that i have seen. Thank you for sharing this! ❤️ My heart aches for Josie 😭

Ok, you had me at "vroom vroom". Aaaand you just got yourself yet another subscriber 😂 And thanks for the great tips!

Rip Josie, thanks for sharing this super informative video 🙏🏾

Absolutely perfect video 📹 everything covered in 1 video..exactly what i was looking for 😇👌🙌 keep it up man keep making such time lapse video more i love them so much😇😍😻

💚Love your humour!!!

Loving all your Videos..thank you for sharing. #ficus #pilipinas

Wow its very beautiful and rare rubber tree.here in the Philippines it's expensive. 5 Times up👍👍👍👍👍good job sir.

Thanks sooooo much , you made me smile lots, and really clear info.

I am so happy to have found your channel. I have all plants ficus and monstera. Lots of tropical plants. I learned a lot from you today. Thank you for doing these videos! I use a light airy potting soil for my rubber plant and recently had a couple bottom leaves yellow and drop. Now i know it's because I love to water as well. Too much! Lol. I keep mine in full sun for the morning and bright light after about noon. It does really well in general. Just have to cut back on watering. Thanks again!