Hoya's root journey: success at last!
Roots!
Poor girl’s been on a JOURNEY on the struggle bus.
Now I think I was sold a cutting that was propagated in water. She had very thin roots. She looked healthy, but steadily declined.
So I chopped..
Water prop didn’t work at all. So I tried something new..
I put her in a pot with wet soil + perlite, and placed her pot on a shallow cup of water. I also gave her a zip-lock humidity dome. I made sure her bottom water never ran out.
3 weeks later, beautiful white roots grew! I am so excited! I’m going to pot her up in a small pot and give her a soak, but not water again for a while. (Hold me back!)
Please send green light & Planty grow vibes! 🙏💚
#rootporn #Hoya #HoyaHangout #PlantsMakePeopleHappy
Poor girl’s been on a JOURNEY on the struggle bus.
Now I think I was sold a cutting that was propagated in water. She had very thin roots. She looked healthy, but steadily declined.
So I chopped..
Water prop didn’t work at all. So I tried something new..
I put her in a pot with wet soil + perlite, and placed her pot on a shallow cup of water. I also gave her a zip-lock humidity dome. I made sure her bottom water never ran out.
3 weeks later, beautiful white roots grew! I am so excited! I’m going to pot her up in a small pot and give her a soak, but not water again for a while. (Hold me back!)
Please send green light & Planty grow vibes! 🙏💚
#rootporn #Hoya #HoyaHangout #PlantsMakePeopleHappy
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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@kdzojic When I got her, she looked good. I repotted her a couple weeks later and saw she had very thin roots. My guess is she was taken from water & put in a pot. If I had known, I wouldn’t have let her soil dry out. I tried propping in water after chopping and she didn’t grow roots. I think she was nutrient deficient at that point.
Great work!!