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I root in water and I found they do better when I don't change the water, even if there's algae in it, it still grows well. I only top it up with fresh water once in a while. I noticed when I change the water completely, it slows down so I left it in the dirty water and it's pushing out leaves again.

Humidity and probably temperature in the perlite box are much higher! Not equal conditions 😁

I love how you communicate. So relaxed and intersecting at the same time.

I generally root in either water or perlite...perlite is quickly becoming my favorite. Honestly, I'm shocked that was the root development after 12 weeks 🤯 I would have pegged that at 3 weeks or so!

I use Sphagnum moss. I surround the cutting in the moss which is very wet. I only water once or twice until they are rooted. Once rooted I put the whole thing in a pot and surround with soil.

I actually think the ones in dirt, since they’ve been able to draw some extra nutrients from the soil and therefore focus more on root development, don’t feel the need to put out leaves so quickly to supplement the lack there of in the other mediums. As soon as the roots are settled, they’d be much stronger and far more resilient than both of the other methods I’m sure.

I root pothos mostly in water and soil. Although lately, out of laziness, I root them in soil. They have done extremely well. So I think I am going to stick with rooting them directly in soil going forward.

Sheffield, I can't thank you enough for sharing your green thumb with the rest of us. My first memory of growing a plant was at age 5 in my pre-k class... Everyone's seed sprouted except for a few unlucky folks, yours truly included. It was the most depressing moment of my tiny life. Now at age 31, I am starting to see root growth in my perlite and sphagnum moss covered pothos cuttings... I wish you could see how excited I get when the roots are showing. It feels good to be a witch!! 🪴

Being a self-proclaimed basil propagating expert, I can say that some plants do better at growing roots in water than others. That is basil (and I'm assuming all water-loving plants) grows roots super quick in water. I can get them to grow tons of roots in just a week or two. Whereas other pla ts that I've propagated take much longer to grow even just one main root. Conclusion; the varying methods all work. You just have to find the best one for the type of plant you have. 🙂

While I found faster rooting with perlite (sometimes cat litter) I prefer soil. The plants don't have to adapt from one medium to another.

I root mostly in water and have had no problems (I don't use tap water but rather filtered or bottled water), but if you use rooting powder, don't try to root in water. Rooting powder becomes a gel-like substance that kinda repels water! Also, as mentioned in other comments, not equal growing conditions in regards to temperature and humidity...

I read it's best to put a bit of rooting hormone which you will use in a container before dipping your cuttings in it in order to prevent contamination, if any cutting is sick or infected. After that you discard the remaining rooting hormones which are in the container.

I’ve always had good luck using the water method in a clear plastic cup changing the water once a week. Once the roots are about 2” I use Sheffield’s transfer method to soil: once in soil keep soil VERY wet for about 3 weeks then cut down on the watering. P.S. love your videos!

I have this plant and have propagated various methods. This is one of those plants that you have to be patient with. It is slow to propagate where as cuttings from a pothos, wandering Jew,prayer plant or fiddle fig will root much quicker.

The cutting only has a certain amount of energy. You want it to get roots firdt before it pushes top growth. To me, this looks like soil has won by a large margin. You don't even need to disturb the roots since its already in the soil. Thanks for this test.

Very interesting! I’ve never propagated anything successfully in soil. I’m surprised by how slowly these cuttings were growing. I’d usually propagate in water; lately I’ve been also propagating in spagnum moss, and you have inspired me to propagate in perlite. I just started a propagation box with perlite. I’m excited to see how it turns out. Definitely easier than using moss. Thank you for the post.

Me again, yes I was right, I live in Jacksonville FL, and 25 years ago an old friend and avid gardener would laugh and answer most of my questions with "just stick em' in the dirt" never used rooting powder, this is such an easy one to get going with or without the powder - ok so now we have another experiment "WITH OR WITHOUT HORMONE STIMULANT" I very much enjoy your videos :) Looking forward to the next one

Your perlite box is a great idea. I’m going to try it. Thanks

The cutting which were put in the glass would have rooted better if the light had been excluded. Twelve weeks is a long time. The cuttings in the perlite would have developed roots quicker than the ones in the soil because of the temperature and humidity in the perlite box. However, after they had developed roots you starved them by leaving them in the sterile perlite when they needed nutrients to grow. In order to root cuttings this way, you need the temperature to be in the mid 20’s centigrade and the humidity to be up about 70 to 80 percent like you have in perlite box. So the conditions were not the same for all the cuttings.

I use a 24 site Cloner which is a real game changer. It’s fantastic for vining houseplants where you want to fill up a pot to create a nice full showcase quickly. I’ve had pothos start rooting in 3 days! If you are really into propagating plants, I highly recommend picking one of these. I currently run 3 of them but I do cuttings of herbs and outdoor flowering plants as well for my garden and to pretty up my shop 😊

I’m so new at this but I’ve learned so much from your videos. Thank you so much!

The apical meristem of plants rooted in water will be weaker, and if transplanted to soil or soilless medium they will struggle from the damage which ensues from pushing out new growth against a substrate much denser than what they've (literally) grown used to. Plants rooted in water will be best suited for remaining in water, whereas plants rooted in soil or other dense medium will adjust better to being transplanted to soil/less medium. The cuttings which had more root growth and less leaves are actually healthier-they're displaying an awareness of enough environmental security and photosynthesizing efficiency to go ahead and take the time to generate a stronger root structure before spending more energy generating foliar growth and wasting carbohydrates from the roots. We want them to concentrate on roots first, not vegetative growth. Plants with tiny root structures already pushing out leaves are either grasping for better opportunity for photosynthesis due to too little light/nutrients, or possibly a nutrient/hormone imbalance. Gibberellins can cause a preference to foliar growth like auxin, for example, in many plants. (That's a nursery trick for generating short, bushy growth that completely halts when you bring the plant home).

I'd say you could have put all cuttings into the propagation box (or left all of them outside). For now, a temperature & humidity factor is to be considered. And the medium has different depths. My guesses... Perlite: shorter roots

Normally I use water but I have started working with perlite. Wish me luck! 🤎 Ur channel❣

Damn, I hoped soil would win lol. I'm just trying a perlite propagation box for the first time and got mold on the cuttings second day already so looking for alternative solutions that could save my wee monstera babies

My water rootings do much better than these and I use bigger cuttings with about 3 leaves because I also LOVE the decorative look of them rooting in a mason jar! I also put a couple of them in one jar so maybe like others have said they share their own root hormones.

That was a good experiment

I have a bunch of props in water. I just started a prop box a couple days ago. I only have water props because it was the only way I knew to do it until I started watching you!

Having lost many cuttings to both soil and water prop, I now use Perlite and heat to root my cuttings. Works every time 👍

Pothos isn't a plant which grows in soil in its native habitat, which is where I live. It is a tropical vine, an epiphyte. It creeps along the jungle floor and up tree trunks and over rocks. Those are AERIAL ROOTS. They're not conventional soil roots. Aerial roots, like those on orchids and monstera, need to be exposed to the air for the plant to grow normally. They grow in high-humidity environs among dead leaves and branches, so they don't need water, nutrients and oxygen from soil, they absorb it all from the air and from run-off water. Plants with aerial roots do not need soil. (1) Water: Shuts off the air needed for new growth, essentially suffocating it. One commenter said something interesting: they did not change the water and left it even if algae grew in it, and their cuttings sprouted roots and leaves. Brackish water provides nutrients. If the water is changed regularly, the cutting does not get the nutrients it needs for new growth. (2) Soil: There is a similar effect, though not as severe. Soil has air pockets in between the soil grains. Since soil is fine-grained, it may not provide enough air/oxygen to the roots and there may be a mild suffocating effect taking place. (3) Perlite: It not only has sufficient air pockets between the grains but is also a fast-draining medium. Among the 3 methods, the cutting gets the most amount of air and its roots are not water-bound, if perlite is used. The best way to propagate pothos is to just leave the cuttings on top of damp soil or perlite or even paper or cloth. Keep the medium damp until new roots and leaves sprout. Do not repot in soil. Use a few pebbles, wood chips, twigs or charcoal in about an inch of water, place cuttings on top of the medium and put it somewhere airy. They'll start growing well in no time. I have 2 pothos in hanging containers (started with 1 container) which are growing vigorously. The plants constantly grow outside their containers; that is their nature. If a stem gets too long, like the one at the beginning of this video, I either coil it back into the container or I cut it off and stick the base end into the water at the bottom of the container, or into a new container with the same setup.

Another really good video, but the best medium for cuttings does very much depend on the species, in my experience, sphagnum moss is the best all-rounder although not a panacea😉

intervesting , i have a few pothos who have previously propagated well in water but no longer (it is winter however) so i will try the perlite

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From what I’ve seen here I’m going to do is propagate in soil but put a hole in the middle of the soil and put the plant and perlite allowing the roots and first leaves to have an easer time. Then it can spend more time in the pot and grow with out having to mess with it till it’s ready for a new pot. It seem this may speed up the process.

You need a dark glass for the water propagation.

After my personal experiences growing plants i always had a theory with plants in soil i call it "bitting in" its basically when your plants roots are getting used to their new home a certain handshake if you will has to take place between plant and soil. If you get it right the plant will appear to not really be doing to much then outta know where in a week it grows like crazy. The plants you did in soil were charging themselves for the nxt step it looks like. Given enough time the plants in soil would have won in health department by far.

In the tropics the roots come in a matter of days

Going to chop up an Epipremnum today and I guess I’ll be sticking the cuttings in perlite then. Or I might do my own experiment and try some in perlite and some on leca. 🤔

Question! You're not worried about spraying leaves for the cuttings, but caution against spraying leaves for other plants. Will the enclosed space protect against mold?

Interesting! This is timely, although I know it’s a year old, because I have a pothos N’Joy that I bought as 2 or 3 rooted cuttings and all but one died. The survivor is getting long so I was thinking yesterday about propagating it to get a fuller plant!

I’ve heard that propagating in water with dark glass works better than clear.

I usually use sand and find it works well when material is good

I would think that the plant didn't root in the water because the glass was clear. I've heard that it takes plants much longer to propagate if the roots are exposed to sunlight when in water. Also maybe there was chlorine in the water and not enough nitrates? I am interested to try out perlite next time i decide to do propagations especially in that box where you can regulate the humidity better.

I wrap very wet spangham moss around my cuttings. After a couple of weeks I put the moss in a pot and surround it with soil. I spray the moss when the top starts to dry out. After a couple of months there is new growth.

Straight soil, even with rooting powder rarely works for me. But love water or perlite under soil layer props for strongest roots. NEVER taken 12 weeks for growth though! Usually have at least 1-3 inch roots within 3 weeks for pothos. 6-8 max for non pothos salvageables.

Try the same test without rooting powder...........

I found if you nick the nodes on the pathos cutting before placing them in water they root much faster

I have 2 monstera plants and they were sent to me in perlite

Hello, I use another method for some time now, which has helped me create new roots, which is synthetic wool (used in aquarium filters), the positive thing is that I don't need to constantly control the humidity, because it preserves humidity for a long time, it helps (in some cases) to keep the stem out of water but still moist enough.

Soil is good for taking cuttings mixed with plenty of perlite etc.

I have noticed- not all Pothos are the same - my Pearl & jade is much easier to care for than njoy. My lemon lime Pothos for me is a slower grower than my green or marble queen .

I think light plays a key role in root development

Perlite vs soil seem so close that you can choose whatever you prefer. I bet the perlite requires less attention to keep moist than soil.

All 3 methods are slow for some reason. I use water but i don't change the water, i top it up when needed and within 3 weeks they have a good grown especially in the warmer months

I have learned so much from your videos. I have a question. I tried propagating in perlite and my roots rooted including some of my leaves. What am I doing wrong.

To draw conclusions from the different methods you need group comparisons of at least a sample size of 30 plants. If you dont want to make that many cuttings just learn about the factors influencing root developement. In general, the rooting medium should be sterile, low in fertility, drain well enough to provide oxygen, and retain enough moisture to prevent water stress. I assume aeroponic cloning is the fastest because of having the optimum amount of oxygen and water which no medium can provide

perlite is best starter cause water and air ratio can be so amazing and the fast using clear container even better for light. dirt has so pro but more con then perlite when starting a cutting. Perlite I find honestly the best cause keeps air next starting root, little water retention (with misting helps), and then all u need is light. soil i found hold water, but if it to much doesn't all enough air even it 50/50 dirt and perlite that down side water done water enough it can also hinder root growth. it all about trying balance air, water and light.

Missing critical info. You didn't say if the perlite box had drainage holes in the bottom, if they were all stored indoors or outdoors.

I have found that sphagnum moss is the best way to root plants, peat moss 2nd. Try it and make a video please.

I think, perlite results are because of humidity maintained. I am also looking for same size box for my cutting.

I propagate with water and have been very successful.

I'm still learning how to prop! I've done water & soil for many things the past 2 years & my success rate is poor. So now I'm going to try your prop box! Can I take my water cuttings & put them in the box now? Thanks for the idea & your proof it works! I'm optimistic, thanks to you, where I've been disappointed for the rest of the past 2 years! May I ask a question? If you don't have time to answer, I understand! My cuttings, the ones that do ANYthing that is, do quite well for a while once rooted, then about a month later (+/-) many of them suddenly wilt & die. Rot, I get, but these don't seem to be rotted at all, just shriveled & dead. Doesn't matter if they're green leafy plants or succulents, well maybe the leafy ones do a bit better since I do have some of them alive, but very few succulents! I use my water meter. Confession, poor lighting & I've lost some in 2" pots b/c they got dry quicker than I expected, & some rotted at the stem even though the mix was dry (philos starters, 2" & pods). Something similar happens to more mature pre-potted plants. IDK if I let them get too dry between waterings, or what! Then again, being their helicopter Mom, I don't want to drown them! I've loved a lot of plants to death in the past! Thank you for what you do! I'm so glad I found your videos! You're my new BFF!!

I always root in water

Have you tried to root a hoya Australis in LECA? If not..., why, but if you have, can you advise me on your results😊. Love your videos

I believe Perlite will root the fastest. I just put my hoya and variegated chain of hearts in Perlite on 7/3/23 this is my 1st propagation.

Perlite

I usually propagate pothos in water but after I transfer them from water to soil max of them die. Eventhough they have long roots. Seeing your video i think i should try to propagate in soil+perlite and see

I think pearlite and soil. My water takes to long. Almost 6 months. Do you have a video with Arrowhead plants

pearlite?

How often do you air out the propagation box? Or can you just poke holes in the lid?

water would be my guess for the quickest root

You had perlite in the soil so the 2 together worked great.

What happened to the broken heart plant in the perlite box ?

i thought the soil method would work best until i saw that the perlite was in a closed environment then i wasnt sure.. i think you had too much water in the glasses and most people say not to change the water and i think that method produces roots that are accustomed to growing in water, when you pot it up they will have to grow new roots for growing in soil. i think if you would have popped the pots with soil into the case with the perlite cuttings they would have been even further along. i always propagate right into soil and usually put them into a plastic bag, with 2 inches of soil, that i close for the first few days then open for ventilation after that.. quick and perfect cuttings every time

Hello from Austria, Europe ! After having watched a couple of your fascinating and extremely helpful videos I set up yesterday a propagation box with perlite for my succulents and devil's heart. Now I 'm not sure: 1. How much water should stay in the box 2. Do I have to change the water or clean the perlite every now and then ?

BRO I THINK THE ROOTING POWDER ACTUALLY INHIBITED YOUR ROOT GROWTH. The kind of root growth you have is the kind you shoulf already have in 3 weeks easily

It depends on the plants, I guess. My golden pothos grow slower in soil than the one in water.

I use oil dry from auto store , much cheaper than cat litter

I believe that the two leaf nodes that were better were taken from a different location on the original branch of that plant

what about perlite/pumice mixed with a small amount of soil (containing worm castings/chicken poop etc), or water with added nutrients like nitrogen?

Water!

Question for you about propagating plants in water. I’ve been told that if roots appear on one cutting and not the others, you should leave the rooted one in the water because it produces hormones that encourages the other ones to root. You do change the water though. What’s your opinion on this theory? I have tried it and think it might have some merit.

I saw someone say that plants propagate much better in tinted glass (like a bottle of Stella for example) rather than clear glass. Do you know this to be true? If so, do you know if spray painting clear glass have the same effect? Pretty much only trust your advice at the moment 😆

Hi. I propagated my fiddle leaf fig into coco peat and vermiculite today. How frequently should I water it? Peat has previously got moldy in my cool house. Should i do some fungicide as prevention?

Njoy takes a long time to grow. Mine is a baby for soo long 😢

Nice video! Hope you'll include moss next time😊

So...we can take away that soil, with a high/heavy perlite concentration is best for root growth.

Is it possible to create a video 🫠, how to propagate alocasia from Bulb or Corm, Philodendron pink and also Calatheas? I am struggling to have more babies but I don'T wanna destroy the mother plant since they are doing good 😌

How often do you water the cuttings in soil? What method you use?

just wanted to let you know in the comments

Mix perlite and soil mix

What kind of clippers do you use?

I'm guessing water. Keep the cutting floating with something like a bit of styrofoam? What's rooting powder?

Better to do it in dirt

Do you use a certain kind of perlite? The kind I have seems to contain a fertilizer mix. I wouldn't want to overwhelm my cuttings I think?

Can you use vermiculite in place of perlite?

I've put Pothos cuttings in water. It's the first time I've ever tried to cut them. Very little happened within 2 month, only one small root from each. So I put some on the edge of my aquarium, with just the leaves sticking out. No new root sprouts, but the single one they have are growing about 1½ cm each day. There are no sign of new leaves, so I'm wondering if it is impossible for the plant to make leaves when it is in water. Actually I'm surprised that the plants in perlite boxes doesn't root because of the high humidity.

Water

i think the SOIL