This scindapsus developed root rot, so I tried to prop several vines. Cut, peroxide, let it callous for ~1 hour or so, and stuck in water. There were some air-roots at the nodes just above where I cut, so I left those in the water. This is almost a month later. Same air roots are unchanged, but now have some filmy slimy algae or something growing on them. Absolutely NO growth.
I can't tell if the ends of the stems are rotting- they turned brownish literally the day after putting them in water but are still "firm" and appear unchanged.
Have not changed water as I've heard you need to leave the rooting hormone in there so they grow.
I put a cut flower stem in there from a bouquet a few days ago and THAT one is growing roots. WHAT GIVES.
I have propped several other plants- philos, oxalis, etc but not once have my pothos ever successfully rooted. I always just get this stagnant "not dying but not rooting" thing. I've tried trimming the stem a few times and just end up with a steadily shorter and still not rooting plant until eventually I give up and throw it out.
What the heck do I do? Wait longer? Change water more often? Less often? Cut the end of the stem and air roots off again?
by AmIAmazingorWhat
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I’d throw a little hydrogen peroxide in the water occasionally. Keeps rot from happening. I also would trim the lower leaves on the vine so that they aren’t submerged in the water.
Did you let the cutting callous? And was the mother plant super unhealthy when they were taken? How warm is the environment you’re trying to root in? Those are factors to consider too
I never had luck rooting scindapsus in water. I was successful by putting cuttings in a prop box filled with orchid bark, perlite, and vermiculite and keeping the substrate moist. I find this plant to be very picky. I now have three small pots from those cuttings. This is the best looking one so far but we have a love hate relationship.
https://preview.redd.it/948j92hxljke1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74e2b46740a363d543c9fbc2f50cf3edec9664ce
Also based on the photo. It’s next to a window sill which means fluctuating temperatures if you’re in a cold region. Ive noticed mine always rot by the window sill during winter.
Are you using tap water?? Try distilled water if so
Try sphagnum moss, works for most of my water fails. Or throw a rooted philo cutting in there, the root hormones should encourage the others to throw some out too. I had a shit ton of rhaphi. tetra. that refused to root for like a month, so i threw a spiderplant prop in there and they are all rooting now.
How long are these vines? Hard to tell, but you should only be leaving 1-2 bare nodes in the water (just 1 if they’re leggy), 1-2 leaves max. You can also purchase some rooting hormone (powder). I dip the node in water, dip in the powder, then put back in the water. I don’t wait for them to callous. After a few weeks I do a water change and already have roots present.
None of those vines look particularly great though. You have something else going on besides root rot that needs to be dealt with?
Try rooting them in the same water with a couple of pothos cuttings or prop in fluval.
I love using prop drops in the water. It has growth hormones and also prevents rot.