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One week for callous then two weeks in soil then water. Am I right?
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One week for callous then two weeks in soil then water. Am I right?


One week for callous then two weeks in soil then water. Am I right?

by CraftyStrategy1148

10 Comments

  1. kinkyfunpear

    One week per inch of thickness at the widest point. Soil till it shows signs of growth or stability due to roots coming out. Then water lightly until it picks up steam.

  2. the_illest_D

    There’s not an exact “recipe”. Get to know your plant and your particular environment/circumstances. There are many different methods touted on this sub. In general, it seems like your plan is a bit rushed.

  3. IKnUWrTrb

    ooo two weeks if you’re lucky haha some mofos will sit in dirt for months with no roots. I usually don’t water until they pass the wobble test, which is me poking it with my finger and feeling it resist, at which point ill do a light watering

  4. squireldg26

    I’d wait until the callus starts to bulge before you put it in dirt.

  5. lophophaura

    I’ll say it again….. here’s what I started doing with 99.9% success. Cut, dust with rooting hormone, dust with sulfur, and put it straight in the dirt. These plants root in nature by themselves. Having the RH and the sulfur really increases the speed and the success. With that said I don’t water for months. I just use the moisture from the soil and I sometimes after a month or so add a little bottom water to the bottom of a pot tray to encourage roots. If you aren’t drowning the pot. The sulfur really seems to protect from rot.

  6. Competitive_Range822

    Water with roots. I’ve got one I’ve had for maybe two months now that is still not laying roots but looking healthy

  7. junglist908

    My way has always been cut, dust with rooting hormone, dust with sulphur, lay on side for a week or so until calloused, then stand it up vertically on a wire shelf until roots show.
    If you want to speed things without risking rot from soil, after calloused fill a pot halfway with pumice or perlite, center the cut vertically, filling the pot the rest of the way with perlite/pumice, rest the pot in enough water to be a couple inches from the cut, but not for long enough that the water wicks up to the cut and this tends to speed up the rooting process a bit.
    Patience is nearly always rewarded, but impatience more often comes at a penalty.

  8. LukeSkyWRx

    Big cuts should callous for more like a month

  9. Ok_Cover5451

    I’d slow down, consider waiting till roots pop out to plant

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