When I first got this plant she was very full in the middle with many strings hanging down (first picture). She stayed that way for a while but was then getting less full. She was repotted with fresh soil but put back in the same sized pot because my mom didn’t think it looked like she needed a larger one. She continued to thin out and then I got a grow light recently which really has gotten her growth to increase a lot. This morning I decided to untangle the vines (I had previously wrapped some around in the pot because it was thinning). None really formed roots it looks like. First question – can the strings form roots back in the pot?
I think it is still healthy because the vines are going and new growth is occurring with the addition of the growth light. I water when the soil feels dry a tad deeper than just the surface. Second/third questions – what am I doing wrong/can the thickness be recovered on the top of the plant?
Last question: when untangling two strings came off but it looks like where they were attached was dead so I’m not sure why they still look so healthy/alive. They are currently in a wet paper towel – can they be replanted?
Thank you for the help! New to string of plants and really plants in general. Any other tips are appreciated.
Photo guide:
1st: when I first got it
2nd/3rd: this morning after detangling the wrapped strings
4th: two strings that fell off
5-8: ends of strings showing new growth
by ProposalConsistent72
3 Comments
id take them out of the wet papertowel so the dont get soft. You can prop the 2 strings several ways, search butterfly method to prop SoH, you can water root them, or you can get a shallow tray and put some soil mix or just perlite in it and lay the strings on it and they will eventually root. SoH are super easy to prop in my opinion, I have several mother pots and several 4in pots that iI prop to sell.
If this was mine, I would gently lay all the snapped of strings circularly in the pot & gently pin them into place/more firmly to the soil to attempt to recover more fullness in the pot.
Next, I would reconsider how it is getting light and focus it more on the top/over the top of the plant vs from an angle or the sides.
Finally, I would focus on bottom watering to keep from wetting/disturbing the top of the plant entirely. Let the delicate strings begin growing, without any interference.
I hope this helps and that it recovers! 💜
You’ve been given good advice so far. I’ll just add that if it were me I’d use paperclips bent and broken to form little U shapes as pins to hold the vines to the soil. That works well for me. I like the vinyl coated ones, they don’t rust.