Hivegarden Update: Indoor plants & propagation
Since autumn has started and winter is slowly approaching there isn't a lot to blog about my backyard anymore.
But indoor plants are still doing fine, so I'll show you some of them.
As you might know from my earlier blogs I'm trying to propagate some plants. And although I'm just a beginner it's actually going pretty well.
Scindapsus Epipremnum Pinnatum 'N'Joy'
Here are some cuttings of my Scindapsus Epipremnum Pinnatum 'N'Joy' that I took from the motherplant at the end of August. It ook them 1,5 month to grow these roots. They still need to develop some more roots (especially secondary roots) before I can put them in soil.
Brown spots on leaves
One of the issues I'm seeing with a couple of my plants is that they are developing brown spots. I remember reading somewhere that plants need less water at the end of the season, but I don't know if that is the reason.
Maybe anyone can give me some advise.
Here is my Calathea Mokoyama:
The soil is 1/3 perlite, so that should help drain some water. And I do have an inside pot, so I see there isn't too much water.
I really like the patterns on the leaves!
Ficus Cyathistipula
Last time I transferred my Ficus cutting from water to soil with 1/3 perlite. I kept giving it a lot of water so it could adjust to not being in the water all the time. And it seems to be doing really fine. It already starts growing new leaves.
After taking this picture I removed the lowest leaves, so it can put its energy in growing taller first.
Scindapsus Pictus Trebie
This plant did very well after seperating it from the fast growing Scindapsus Aureum Epipremnum that I had in one pot. Since it has its own pot it started growing quite fast. But only this one stem.
The remedy against 'leggy' plants is to just cut the stem, so the plant starts growing new ones.
So I did...
And I have placed the cuttings in water again to try and propagate this one too.
Monkey jars
The pitchers of my monkey jars plant are also slowly turning brown. it started with the lid, but the right pitcher in the photo also is showing a brown spot.
It's getting enough water and I also spray it a lot to keep its humidity high, so I think this is because of aging.
There are some new pitchers on the way, but judging the size of it, it might take a while befire they are full grown.
Pickle plant.
Last time I had placed the rooted cutting I took off a pickle plant into soil with perlite.
It seems to have adjusted very well to it's new habitat. It even started growing two new 'leaves'.
Syngonium Albo Variegata
And finally I have my Syngonium Albo Variegata. This plant also has leaves that are turning brown. This might have been caused it's an Albo and these leaves don't have a lot of chloroplasts (which is in green leaves).
The two leaves that do have quite some green are looking quite healthy. I really like the pattern on this plants leaves.
This is the update for now. I hope seeing you in a next update!
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Love the pickle plant!
Here I just have to take care of my plants from drought or excess water from rain or irrigation, I got a little more into gardening after the death of my mother who loves plants, in my case very little I resort to place cuttings in water to give roots, but I discovered that for example in the case of mother-in-law's tongues of better results.
I usually pass the cutting directly into the ground, but it is a matter of taste or how I know best each plant, I have a calethea and I discovered that I should not water it much (I do it once a week) and the leaves that are turning brown is because they are dying (cut them) she is more indoor can be in a place where it receives the over are indirect light, I have one on my desk, one in the bathroom and another on a plateau in the garden, but it gets indirect light, water it only when you see the substrate dry and do not water it directly at the root, do it around it.
Finally, I leave you a video so that in the future you can apply this idea for your vine or trapadora I have one and I have to do the same, the video is in Spanish, but when you see it you will have an idea of what you should do. Greetings
Thanks for the time you took to comment on my blog! Your tips are very useful.
It seems like you already have a lot of exoerience with plant propagation.
I've read about multiple ways too. Also planting the cutling in spagnum moss.
When you plant them directly in soil you don't need to repot them, which is an advantage. But I find it interesting to see if and how the roots develop.
Thanks for the video. I could indeed make it grow up alongside a pole. Good tip!
Your plant looks healthy green and happy by the way!
I loved your monkey jar especially! I love all carnivorous plants. Do you have little free-roaming mammals that poop in the pitchers as well? !LOLZ
A great deal of my plants need to be repotted. There is a queue and sometimes they cut each other in line.
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I really like the monkey jars too, so I hope the new pitchers will grow soon.
What kind of plants do you have?
Some small trees confined to pots like tamarind, lima, quenepa, and guamuchil. A couple of orchids. Many different bromeliads and succulents 😬
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Growing roots that way is indeed very fast, but the risk is that the roots will rot quickly if not treated immediately. You make me miss the days when I had more plants than hydroponic vegetables in my garden.
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