Change the water, and the bowl more often and rinse the plant each time you change
glossolalienne
Are you using rooting hormone powder? I’ve had great success propagating our monstera in water *and* in dirt, but I always dip the end in rooting powder before plunking it in either medium.
This is the powder I currently use, and it’s relatively cheap:
I’ve always had luck with potting mix with some rocks at the bottom for weight and drainage. Use a finger to gauge moisture, making sure it doesn’t dry out but isn’t too moist. Maintaining a temp of around 72-80*f during the day and dropping down to 65*f at night definitely helps.
AssNinjaLolo
Don’t use tap water. Try distilled or something without the harsh chemicals. My plants really love my fishtank water.
Van-garde
You could add small amounts of hydrogen peroxide. I think 1:100 is a safe ratio for roots, stems, and leaves. It breaks down into water and oxygen. I think it’s a technique in some large-scale horticultural operations.
Available-Sun6124
I personally believe that water propping in most cases is just unnecessary extra step. I’d just push it into breathing soil and keep soil more or less moist. *M. deliciosa* root pretty easily, people just make it more complicated than it really is.
windexfresh
Are you only using that small jar? I’ve noticed that sometimes if the prop is touching the jar it’s in too much it’ll rot more/faster, so I try to keep as much of the parts in water from resting against the glass
This jar seems a bit small for this prop and the cut end would probably be resting on the jar itself, have you tried a bigger jar?
(I feel like I didn’t explain this very well so feel free to ask for clarification lmao)
enbybloodhound
maybe try propagation in sphagnum moss
ItchyWolfgang
I prop in distilled water. It doesn’t grow algae as fast so I don’t have to constant change the water. Plenty of light and just wait.
Alive_Recognition_55
Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I allow the cut surface to dry in the air for a bit before sticking in water or soil. The plant’s juices dry & seal the surface over to protect from organisms getting into the fresh cut & vulnerable tissues.
battleship61
Cut, dry, put in water. Change water every 3 days.
That or use moss like I do. Aroids do better in moss.
megamogul
I’m not a monstera expert but I know a good bit about plants in general: In addition to what everyone else said you could maybe try cutting a little further down from the knuckle there? Not crazy far but a little extra stem below it will create a better buffer as it callouses over I think.
grumploaf
I put a cutting in with some pothos and it rooted so well and quickly. Just my experience with my first cutting!
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I’ve always done it in water with success
Change the water, and the bowl more often and rinse the plant each time you change
Are you using rooting hormone powder? I’ve had great success propagating our monstera in water *and* in dirt, but I always dip the end in rooting powder before plunking it in either medium.
This is the powder I currently use, and it’s relatively cheap:
https://preview.redd.it/2atmdpygd1re1.jpeg?width=1093&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16e6a32ca80ae8179ceb32bd18c9342fba08f062
I’ve always had luck with potting mix with some rocks at the bottom for weight and drainage. Use a finger to gauge moisture, making sure it doesn’t dry out but isn’t too moist. Maintaining a temp of around 72-80*f during the day and dropping down to 65*f at night definitely helps.
Don’t use tap water. Try distilled or something without the harsh chemicals. My plants really love my fishtank water.
You could add small amounts of hydrogen peroxide. I think 1:100 is a safe ratio for roots, stems, and leaves. It breaks down into water and oxygen. I think it’s a technique in some large-scale horticultural operations.
I personally believe that water propping in most cases is just unnecessary extra step. I’d just push it into breathing soil and keep soil more or less moist. *M. deliciosa* root pretty easily, people just make it more complicated than it really is.
Are you only using that small jar? I’ve noticed that sometimes if the prop is touching the jar it’s in too much it’ll rot more/faster, so I try to keep as much of the parts in water from resting against the glass
This jar seems a bit small for this prop and the cut end would probably be resting on the jar itself, have you tried a bigger jar?
(I feel like I didn’t explain this very well so feel free to ask for clarification lmao)
maybe try propagation in sphagnum moss
I prop in distilled water. It doesn’t grow algae as fast so I don’t have to constant change the water. Plenty of light and just wait.
Nobody has mentioned it yet, but I allow the cut surface to dry in the air for a bit before sticking in water or soil. The plant’s juices dry & seal the surface over to protect from organisms getting into the fresh cut & vulnerable tissues.
Cut, dry, put in water. Change water every 3 days.
That or use moss like I do. Aroids do better in moss.
I’m not a monstera expert but I know a good bit about plants in general: In addition to what everyone else said you could maybe try cutting a little further down from the knuckle there? Not crazy far but a little extra stem below it will create a better buffer as it callouses over I think.
I put a cutting in with some pothos and it rooted so well and quickly. Just my experience with my first cutting!