I’m picking up this free Philodendron Melanochrysum cutting tomorrow and wanted to know, how do i go about it? It’s super leggy and I want it to have a good start.
Should I stick the roots in soil? Chop and prop? Coil it around the soil?
For potting/propagating resources, I have chunky soil/pon/perlite/bark (no sphagnum moss)
by MamaWannaDonut
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Chop and prop. Look at making a prop box, basically a Sterlite container with a lid and some holes from a cheap soldering iron poked in to it for ventilation. Put damp.spagnum moss on the bottom, cut each node free at a maximum of two nodes per cut, then lay on the sphagnum and close up the lid. Put it in a pretty bright area of your home NOT under any direct sun, or under something like a growlight that has a stand lifting it about 5-8 inches above the top and wait.
Ik you.said no spagnim, but it’s only about $5 for enough to make a prop box. You could probably use perlite for it, but I wouldn’t risk it.
When they have grown big roots and a nice 3-4 leaf vine, slowly crack the lid and remove it by moving it slowly a half inch a day to get them used to your latent humidity, and voila, tons of great starter.vines to make a full plant.
there’s not enough roots (IMO) currently to put it in dirt, you *could*, and it would probably survive, but personally I like my props to have more roots to guarantee they thrive. When a plant has a long stem like this it’s going to be working really hard sending water from the roots to the very top of the plant, you could cut this clipping in half or smaller segments (3-4inches) or just leave it how it is for a few more weeks/one month. Something too with props is that sometimes they take a few weeks to root and grow new leaves..and sometimes it takes 3-6months – just depends on a bunch of stuff (light, etc.)