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title: "What is the best brand of fertilizer pellets to drop into water props…"
description: "What is the best brand of fertilizer pellets to drop into water props and how many pellets would you drop into a small vial of water like the ones shown in my…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Cait2k3"
published: "2024-05-31T00:50:44.584975Z"
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# What is the best brand of fertilizer pellets to drop into water props…

_Posted by Cait2k3 on 2024-05-31_

What is the best brand of fertilizer pellets to drop into water props and how many pellets would you drop into a small vial of water like the ones shown in my hanging water vial prop below in the pic? I just ordered Garden Safe Take Root from Amazon as it had many good reviews but I’d rather learn from this community. Thx!

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## 4 comments

### Riley commented on 2024-05-31

Propagations don’t usually need fertilizer, unless you are planning to keep them in water. If you want to encourage growth, you can add a rooting hormone. Additionally, if you are adding fertilizer, I would add a liquid one because they will blend with the water better.

#### Cait2k3 replied on 2024-05-31

Someone on here said they were adding water soluble fertilizer pellets to their water props and it was helping a lot, but they didn’t respond to my query asking what brand they used so I thought I’d ask the forums

### Bri commented on 2024-05-31

They actually have root support/propagation drops that I use and have worked wonders. The con is that they are brown and so instead of having the light shine through your clear water, the water will be a dark brown 😩

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### Bri commented on 2024-05-31

It is also VERY messy! I transferred some into an old oil dropper to more easily put into my propagations

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