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Bea

does anyone have tips on transitioning from water propagation to chunky soil? also, from sphagnum moss to chunky soil? iā€™ve had a bit of trouble in the past!

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  1. Mullein

    I try to keep the chunky soil moist for the first couple weeks or so. But it is a bit of a balancing act, since we know watering too much can cause the roots to rot. Can I ask which plants in particular youā€™re working with? That might give me some additional ideas if Iā€™ve propped them myself before

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    • Bea

      one is this ficus which has great roots!

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    • Bea

      another is this heart leaf philo which i wanna put bs k next to its mother plant to make it fuller

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    • Bea

      lastly these alocasia nairobi nights that i grew from corms! theyā€™re in moss

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  2. Mullein

    Those are some happy looking propagations! šŸ˜ It looks like the ficus is good to go. And Iā€™ve found them to be fairly sturdy plants. So you can go ahead and put it in soil, just not letting it completely dry out for about the first two weeks. Misting directly into the soil can be a good way to keep it moist without accidentally overwatering with the watering can, if you have a spray bottle I would wait a smidge longer on the heart leaf. I like to see my propsā€™ main roots grow secondary roots forking off them before I transfer them. But other than that, itā€™s a hardy plant that should help you fill in your mother plant just fine I would probably leave the alocasias in moss, personally. They can be pretty fussy about repots, so I try to only do it if the growing medium is making them rot or if theyā€™re really really root bound. But take that with a grain of salt, I donā€™t have nearly as much alocasia experience as some of the other folks around here. Maybe one of them with give you more seasoned advice if you post that one in the group ā€œAlocasia Aficionados.ā€ I do worry a tiny smidgen about the shape of the container on the left. It might become hard to remove the roots from that one later if you decide to grow the plants in there for longer

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  3. Malinda

    Donā€™t have an answer for the ficus Iā€™ve not propped one yet but Iā€™ve never had issues with heart leaf & I usually prop my corms in perlite because I canā€™t seem to get the moss thing rt . Anyway I usually pop the corms in pon afterwards so I havenā€™t used soil but I feel like if itā€™s chunky soil & you keep it moist not wet then the roots should have time to adjust fine.

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