My grandpas plant had root rot. We took a cutting to try and save a part of it for him. We've had it in water for 2 weeks but the little root circles haven't gotten any bigger and nothing else has happened. The water gets super dirty every day now. Is there any way i can save this? The last picture was about a week ago.
by julius___sneezer-
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Just to clarify- we don’t know what kind of plant it is. maybe a money tree?
I feel like this is one of those types of plants that you need to put a rooting hormone paste on and plant in dirt
Generally speaking, you have to cut off everything affected by the rot, so, all the mushy parts have to go. And it would help a lot to put the cutting into the special anti root rot treatment, which shouldn’t be expensive or hard to find.
I do not know anything about this particular plant, Im sure so,some else will know more about it. But, if this was a prop from any plant that I took, I would start with a soak in water and peroxide. You may need to cut more of it to make sure all of the rot is gone and what you are attempting to prop is healthy. (Not brown or squishy) This is just my option but you may also have too much water in the cup, you probably only need half of that. And change the water daily if you need to.
Here’s what I would do: I’d cut off the parts that are rotting or rotten and then spray the cutting with a solution of Hydrogen Peroxide 3%. Leave it for 10-15 mins. While I wait, I would wash the jar that has your cutting with soap and make sure it’s clean. Then I’d fill back the jar with clean water and put your cutting back in. Good luck!!
Do you change the water? Some prefer to never change it but it does help with cleaning out bacteria’s that build up
Reddit gave me the beat advice, this type of prop needs perlite to root not water.