This is the piece I cut off of my rubber plant on January 20th and put it in water to trim the propagate it. It’s been in there the whole time, I change the water about once a week, and last week I added root drops. Anyone know how long it takes for this thing to start growing roots??? The other part of the plant that is still in soil had already has new growth but this one seems to not be doing much of anything. It’s still firm. But also it’s getting these little bumps on the side?!?
Those bumps look to be its process of forming roots, but water propagation is often the slower method of root development with some plants, so if you have a piece of this plant that’s developing faster in soil, I’d recommend trying the soil method instead. When I do soil propagation, I cover the plant’s stem (specifically where there are nodes for roots to grow from) with Bonide’s Rooting Hormone Powder. Cover the stem with the powder, gently stick it into whatever soil mix has been working for your other propagated piece, and wait a day before watering it. Usually when a plant has roots from a water propagation, and you’re transferring it to soil, you’ll want to put it in a soupy mix of soil so it can adapt better to the soil with less chance of shock, but since your piece doesn’t have roots yet, the key is to let the rooting powder do its thing for a day before you risk washing it off from watering it right after. Hope this helps 😊
3 likesThank you so much I will try that.
1 likeI chopped up a fiddle leaf fig over the winter and took three pieces and tried a few ways to propagate. The one in water lost its leaf and has bumps that look like yours. The best one was in straight perlite kept damp. The roots were crazy. I have since moved it to soil and it is doing well.
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Have you added any nutrients at all to the water? I’d consider that
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