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title: "Proplifted a bunch of cuttings from my friend’s plants (with…"
description: "Proplifted a bunch of cuttings from my friend’s plants (with permission of course 😉) and let them callous and now in water! This is my first go at water…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kirsten"
published: "2024-06-21T18:48:16.242326Z"
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# Proplifted a bunch of cuttings from my friend’s plants (with…

_Posted by Kirsten on 2024-06-21_

Proplifted a bunch of cuttings from my friend’s plants (with permission of course 😉) and let them callous and now in water! This is my first go at water propping so any advice is welcome and appreciated!

Most of them are Hoyas (the left has a monsters peru and a dragon tail rhaphidaphora that I have had in water for awhile now). I’m relatively new to collecting and love Hoyas so I would really like to see these guys root! Oh, I also heard that putting a cutting of pothos in can help, so each bunch has a pothos cutting.

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## 12 comments

### Adian Rankin commented on 2024-06-21

Just wait a REALLY long time. Some will root others probably wont

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-06-21

I add Superthrive to my water propagations and it seems to help :) also don’t change out the water - the plants will release rooting hormone and other nutrients to help themselves root!

#### Kirsten replied on 2024-06-21

I just purchased propdrops… wildfern on YouTube uses them so I was influenced

#### send\_nodes replied on 2024-06-21

I love Wildfern!

#### Amy replied on 2024-06-22

I use propdrops and it helps SO much!!

#### LisaLou replied on 2024-06-26

Are there different (preferred) brands of prop drops? I'm easily TT influenced, lol.

#### Kirsten replied on 2024-07-13

I didn’t see this question - if you google “prop drops” there is one product that shows in the results. I haven’t heard of other products similar to this, but it sounds like adding super thrive also works well. I have used it for the props mentioned above and I have decent roots growing from all of them 😬

### Sunny commented on 2024-06-21

The hoyas should root well. It was about 2 weeks before I noticed roots on my hoya wayetti and hoya pubicalyx Royal Hawaiian purple. This was my first time propagating hoyas. They have been in water for months. I fertilize and add SuperThrive plant vitamins after the roots grew out.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/ertFbXh4R7ehNoYaNe6d3g.webp?size=large)

### Kirsten commented on 2024-06-21

Sounds like I need some superthrive.

### Misscindyloulou commented on 2024-06-21

Patience is the key with water props! My last batch took around 6 weeks before the root formation was adequate where I felt comfortable enough to pot them for friends. 😊

### Kat commented on 2024-06-22

Biggest lesson I learned is not to completely dump all the water out. I always just top it off. Something about the natural hormones or whatever. I also just use bottled water. (Now if the water is obviously gross then I change it.) Once the roots are at least 2” long you can transfer to soil!

### Amy commented on 2024-06-22

I love the proplifted, I’m gonna start using that!

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