Struggling to propagate monstera cutting in water
Catarina Le Guimaraes
5 years ago
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Monstera propagation
Comments (28)This is a non variegated young one at a nursery but when I looked at the base it appeared to have almost a dozen shoots coming out of the ground. It almost looked as if a V-shaped cutting was set horizontally under the soil. I went back the next day to get a closer pic of the base but it was gone: I'm new to these but this looked like a more than exemplary specimen. It's very tempting at $19 but I'm holding out for a variegated one due to space limitations. Here's a pic of it next to a Hope Philo (right side) unless that's not the correct name:...See More(Help) Monstera Deliciosa propagation without aerial roots?
Comments (4)What you have there is just a leaf with petiole. What you need is a section of stem which the petiole was attached to. The petiole and leaf come from a node along the main stem of the plant. That is also where roots come from. A leaf and petiole on their own will wither away....See MoreMonstera Propagation
Comments (1)Yes, it is possible. Was the cutting taken below a node? It must have a node to propagate. It is common for yellowing to occur at first just because it isn't used to growing in water. All of my monstera have been water propagated and live in hydro!...See MorePropagating monstera from leafless stem cuttings
Comments (12)Azredsand, I used a bark mix I came up with many decades ago, proportions vary a bit depending what I'm potting. Availability of fine ground bark has been inconsistent for many of those years, right now it's from Walmart, 1/4 inch pieces mixed with finer particles. I don't sift any ingredients, my regular recipe is 4 to 6 parts bark, 1 to 2 parts commercial peat based potting soil, and 1 to 3 parts perlite. The mix for the monstera cuttings was approximately 5 bark, 1 commercial peat mix, 2 perlite, nothing sifted. This grows excellent aroids and other plants here in central Florida. Talking soil mixes... I often propagate plants in 1 part commercial peat mix and 1 part (or more) perlte. Back in the 70s I used the peat-lite mixes promoted by Elvin McDonald and invented by agriculture departments of University of California and Cornell University. I preferred the UC which was 1 or 2 parts peat moss, 1 part perlite, 1 part vermiculite. Cornell was 1 part each peat and vermiculite. These are still good mixes, especially for gesneriads and begonias. They are nearly sterile so are good for propagating....See Moresultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agotapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
5 years agoCatarina Le Guimaraes
5 years agotapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
5 years ago
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