how to propagate house plants in water, soil, leca, how to root cuttings quickly
ZZ plants get a bit of an unfair rep for being hard to propagate. They’re lumped in with the slow coaches, like snake plants, that CAN be propagated, so long as you don’t mind waiting a cool half year for it to root. Let me tell you, that was NOT my experience. My boy rooted …
There isn’t an answer I can give you. Plants refuse to work that way. I did a whole article on propagating Rhapidophora tetrasperma because I couldn’t get them to root using conventional methods. I write the article because the chances that I’m the only person in the whole world that can’t get them to root …
I don’t like the ‘mini monstera’ nickname, but it’s a common name and (crucially) it’s easier to type than Rhaphidophora tetrasperma. I’ve never used copy and paste so much in a single article. A bit of back story: I bought my Rhaphidophora tetrasperma last year, and it was very cheap. Like, a tenner. It was …
This is an area that I think is VASTLY impacted by outside influences. The temperature and humidity of your house, the country you live in, and the quality of the parent plant will all have an effect on how easy a plant is to propagate. it’s also worth remembering that I don’t think there’s a …
I’m a huge lover of propagating plants because it combines my two passions: house plants and free shit. I never really believed propagating worked unless you had a massive greenhouse or fancy chemicals, but it turns out any idiot with some scissors and an old sweet chilli sauce jar can do it. Let me show …