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?

  • Polkira@piefed.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    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.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      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.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      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!

  • glimse@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    15 days ago

    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

  • Suru@mander.xyzEnglish
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    13 days ago

    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.