I have this cutting, just want to know how to keep Harry ...
1ft to light, indirect
2” pot without drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
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First off: wow, what a great prop-station 😍☠️😍
Second: I do not have long time experience propagating hoyas, but have taken care of several cuttings during the last months. I heard they do great with water propagation at first, but like with many other plants, the water roots can be finicky to transfer to soil. Which is why I myself opt for a perlite bag or box. Main thing I see with my hoyas is that in enough humidity, they seem unstoppable, which favors this setup as well. I just throw my cuttings in a zip lock bag with moist (not wet) perlite or sphagnum blow some air into it, close it, place it into a bright spot and that's it. Ventilate every other day. Has worked like a charm every time. Just look that the leaves are not touching the bag or the wet substrate too much to prevent mold and check for mold regularly so you can treat it quickly (never had any though until now). Alternatively, just do the same with a box with a lid, minus the air- blowing. I prefer perlite over water since the roots can become entangled and I do not want sphagnum in my soil later on.
Even if you want to stay with this setup, I would consider raising the humidity around the leaf, e.g. with a
plastic bag or by putting the whole skull in a half open box. Since it is a one leaf cutting with lots of space above and little below the growth point, be prepared that you will have lots of roots sprouting on the top, though. Which will help the cutting greatly with starting off, but will require some creativity when potting it later on. I hope this helps. If not, I am sure more hoya experienced people will chime in as well in a moment.
Second: I do not have long time experience propagating hoyas, but have taken care of several cuttings during the last months. I heard they do great with water propagation at first, but like with many other plants, the water roots can be finicky to transfer to soil. Which is why I myself opt for a perlite bag or box. Main thing I see with my hoyas is that in enough humidity, they seem unstoppable, which favors this setup as well. I just throw my cuttings in a zip lock bag with moist (not wet) perlite or sphagnum blow some air into it, close it, place it into a bright spot and that's it. Ventilate every other day. Has worked like a charm every time. Just look that the leaves are not touching the bag or the wet substrate too much to prevent mold and check for mold regularly so you can treat it quickly (never had any though until now). Alternatively, just do the same with a box with a lid, minus the air- blowing. I prefer perlite over water since the roots can become entangled and I do not want sphagnum in my soil later on.
Even if you want to stay with this setup, I would consider raising the humidity around the leaf, e.g. with a
plastic bag or by putting the whole skull in a half open box. Since it is a one leaf cutting with lots of space above and little below the growth point, be prepared that you will have lots of roots sprouting on the top, though. Which will help the cutting greatly with starting off, but will require some creativity when potting it later on. I hope this helps. If not, I am sure more hoya experienced people will chime in as well in a moment.
Dip the end in rooting hormone plant in soil with a really good amount of perlite and vermiculite water it in really week the initial watering does great in a windowsill and water it when the top soil is dry . You want to keep it moist but not saturated. I don’t prop anything in water ever I find the roots have a hard time going from water to soil. Prop directly into soil is easier on the cutting .