Propagating in Perlite | It Saved My Plants From Root Rot!
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00:00 Intro
2:18 Demo
5:53 Fertilizers
7:20 Tour Begins
11:50 Propagation Box
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I've heard that algae isn't toxic or anything to the plant. But you should try to keep it to a minimum because it competes for resources like oxygen and other nutrients so if it gets prevalent enough it can do harm. If you're really worried about it you can make like a cardboard sleeve to put around your transparent prop glasses to block sunlight hitting the water/perlite etc. I like to do this rather than use an opaque jar because it means I can still pull the jar out of the sleeve and check on the roots. Hope that helps!
Oh this is so smart thank you!
@@wildfern you could also use horticultural charcoal with propagation, it helps keep algae at bay. You can use it in water as well!
also algae is a normal part of the soil. Might become harmful if it over competes for resources creating algae bloom that will depending on the algae species can produce toxins
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"So far I've had 100 percent success rate"
Me: drops the phone and puts all of my water props in perlite immediately
🙌🏼 same!
Same
Same ha ha ha but I kept some in water to use and display my prop jars and of course I still wanted to see how they both work and compare if one works better for me lol.
literally 😂
right! ive been using coco pulp and worm castings + weed nutrients
*Looks for victim* 😂 *Me when I'm standing back staring at my wall of plants with my hands on my hips like a proud dad wondering who's getting a hair cut next* 👁👄👁
I love the sense of accomplishment that comes with successfully propagating plants. It's like creating new life
Fern: **looks for victim**
Plants: 👁 👄 👁
one BIG thing to add is that light and humidity matter WAY more than what medium you prop in. In my greenhouses with 1000+ FC of light, 75-95% humidity and good air flow - I’ve had cuttings root just sitting on a table with no medium at all.
The problem with prop boxes is that they are good for humidity but can cause rot because there isn’t enough air flow.
For $100-$150 you can get a small grow tent/plastic greenhouse, small humidifier, grow light, fan, and hygrometer and never have prop problems again
Perlite is my fav propping medium simply because I prop 100+ cuttings per month and I can reuse the perlite easily, quickly, and more sanitary than anything else. One day I need to find time to make some videos because I think I could help a lot of people. TH-cam is full of people that don’t know what they’re doing, telling people how they should do things. I like Fern a lot though! She’s always learning, doesn’t act like a know it all, and does a great job putting her videos together. Keep up the good work Fern!
I make some small drainage holes in the bottom of a new bag of perlite and run water through the bag until rinsed. No more dust!
so smart!!! need to do this
I feel like you are the only plant lover youtuber that exactly has the ups and downs that I am going through. ".. it started rotting on me, I don't know what is it with me ..." That was exactly my sentence today in the morning haha. My alocasia rotted and now its time to propagate it with only one root left, if at all. Thank you for always making videos that we actually need 😍
When I did a plant tour in Indonesia and Thailand a couple of years ago, pure perlite seemed to be the number one way that people were doing props. I started doing the same when I got back to the states!
Another way to get rid of the algae is just watering with some hydrogen peroxide added to your water. H202 kills algae super fast!
I looked at many TH-cam videos about propagating with Perlite and this one is by far the most in-depth one I have found. Thank you for taking the time to teach us!
Awe thank you! I am glad to hear it was helpful! :)
Agreed! This has been so helpful and convinced me to try it!
Hey plant friend 🪴❤️
I’m picking up a Thai constellation monstera later and I am so excited I had to share it with someone 🤩😩🥳
EXCITED FOR YOUUUUU
Ahhhh I'm so excited for you!! One of the nicest plants 😍
Thank you for sharing! So exciting. 🥰
I will try this now i have seen you show how its done thankyou xx
I will get one too soon.
And i never have to think about reverting because the variegation is stable.
So happy for u .
I just want to commend you for always trying new things and experimenting. To me, that’s part what makes having houseplants so fun. The trial and error. Thank you for consistently showing us new things!
You get algae growth from having it in the light. I think if it weren't a clear container you wouldn't get the algae growth. But it's so fun to watch the roots grow lol
I love perlite, every time I’ve had a plant rot or couldn’t get it to root in anything else I pop it in perlite & I have full roots within a month or two. It’s seriously amazing!
when you cut the rotted stem/roots, do you let it dry out or callus first before putting it in perlite? or it is not necessary?
Does it get better before it gets worse? I feel like my monstera leaves are still super droppy and im scared she will die 🥺
My first attempts to root in perlite was 4 days ago. When you did yours I ran to my props. I had put the cuttings in perlite and then added water. Came back after pouring out all the extra water. You see saved them . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 🌱❤️
BTW I've watched more than a few videos on propogation in water, perlite etc. When I was doing my Hoya cuttings I wondered if I could use the liquid fertilizer. I didn't because I read and watched other videos that fertilizer can burn roots in growing plants. You are the only one I have heard so far even mention adding fertilizer to the water. Thank you. I'll add next watering. 🌱❤️ You are helping me so much w the propogatin experiment I am currently working on. ❤️❤️❤️ 🌱🌱
@@davidcandia9184 I know this is super old, but it is a good idea is to either keep off fertilizer or dilute it VERY heavily beyond the recommended amount for cuttings. SuperThrive, one of the things she mentions, is not typical "fertilizer" (N-P-K) but rather a vitamin solution which is great for just about anything. When adding it to established plants you typically wouldn't use it as the sole fertilizer.
Yes 👏🏼 perlite or pumice is my favorite prop method! So stoked you were able to save plants this way
Hello Fern, I just want to say that I love your videos! Snuggle in the bed with a cup of coffee and binge watch your videos is my morning routin these days hihi. You have such a good energy, makes me happy. Hugs from Sweden!!
I just bought a huge basket of satin pothos at my local grocery store, it is so beautiful and has huge leaves but it was starting to rot when I bought it so I cleaned it up, repotted it and took a ton of cuttings and I was so inspired by this video that I put all the cuttings in pearlite and pumice! I have like 8 baby scindapsus plants now 😂 I’m so excited to see them all grow hopefully!!
am i the only one who cant stop staring at her silver swords :")
So big and pretty 💚
I love the look of this plant so much I paid well over normal price for mine. It is tiny but I hope one day it will be as big and beautiful as the one here
Recently I've been rooting hoyas, raphidophora and alocasia bulbs in perlite. I use a ziplock bag and just leave it on a heat mat. It happens quick too!
Could I root alocasia croms/crons (I don't know the right term) in perlite too?
100% agree! Perlite & pumice are by far the best prop methods in my experience. I’ve never had any rot & plants like monstera Peru that wouldn’t root at all in water or sphag, rooted in a couple weeks in perlite. It was a total game changer for me
have you tried string of hearts?
@@nataliekim9032 I have. Worked amazing. But SOH root well in water for me too.
Yes, love using the Perlite for propagations so much faster.
Never tried this method and have been going down a rabbit hole of your perlite prop videos, looking forward to giving it a go 🤙
Thanks so much for this vid! I’m hoping to start rooting in perlite this summer
I’ve never used it for porpagation before but now I want to give it a try! 😍
Yay I knew it would! Glad you tried it girl 😉🤩💖🤗
I've been trying this method for a while since I saw you were doing it and it's been working well so far
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m new to this whole houseplant thing, therefore have propagated anything yet. However, I do have a few trailing plants that I want to propagate to get a fuller pot and this method looks ideal. Thanks for sharing this experience.
Thank you for posting this! I have had issues with certain plant propagation. I definitely am going to try this today and I'll share the results with you!
Yes! The GH nutrients are definitely a great way to keep plants rooting/growing in perlite. For ones I have growing longer term, I usually use something like a Starbucks cup with holes burned in the bottom so I can flush it from time to time and a cache pot over it. I love perlite and moss as well
I've been using perlite for propagations and as a permanent home for some of my plants that have delicate roots because I'm going semi-hydro. I honestly love it!
So cool! Nice to see an alternative way to propegate, which is cheap as well!
💞💞💞 i absolutely love your videos!!! sending love and blessings to you and your Perlite plant babies from Sacramento CA!!! 💞💞💞 i am now inspired to get some of my plant babies in Perlite!!!
I have started using perlite for my props as well!
I started perlite propagation last Wednesday with my monstera variegata and it has roots already! I don't think I can ever go back to water propagation again 😅
Amazing 👏
Love this 👏 hope to see an update on the exotica cutting 😋 made a prop box with perlite yesterday, for some of my hoya cuttings, so excited 🤞💚
This is the exact video i needed! My clarinervium rotted as well and i was trying to save it in sphag, but it kept losing the remainder of the roots. I'm going to switch it to perlite! Thank you!
I tried it and it rotted my cutting instead, I was SO stressed about it lmao. So I'm definitely going to try every single thing you say here, cuz it'll be a blessing if I can really get this to work
Omg I’ve never been so early, but just what I needed! Really got into your videos lately ❤️
Me too 🥺❤️
Yay! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 🥺💕
I’m glad you did this, cuz I’ve been more curious about propagating lately. I’m still learning about the different methods of doing such, and still learning about how to successfully propagate. Only successful water propagation I’ve had is with a tradescantia recently, and the other day I put a pathos in sphag moss since it hadn’t been doing anything for me as far as growing, and I put some other tradescantia cuttings in sphag also. I have another small pathos that I have that isn’t doing much as well so I’m debating on putting it in sphag also, and maybe I’ll try the perlite method with a cutting too.
It’s the best. I’ve saved so many baby plants using perlite!
SO glad perlite is so good for propagating!! Since moss is so unsustainable.
Perlite is my favourite I'm glad more people are using it nowadays!
Yesss I'm so glad I tried it out!
I just root my micans in soil, super chill 🙊.
Deffinetly ging to try more Perlit prapagation soon 💪🏼. Always fun to try new ways🥳.
I’ve done a free plants in perlite; Hoya compacta in particular seem to enjoy it.
Micans are so hard to root! Best luck I’ve had is straight in pons so it might like perlite
I use the same Crofters jelly jars, lol, so cute!!!🌱💖🌱💖
my favorite method currently is using vermiculite. I like vermiculite because it stays moist longer then perlite but like perlite is has a good aeration. So far I have noticed that plant cuttings root up faster then any other method I have tried =)
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Ooooohhhh this is great to know. I always walk past the vermiculite but I’m going to try your method.
Yes! Nobody talks about vermiculite. When I got into house plants and wanted to make my own soil, the Mr. bought me 4 bags of vermi. I was like, uhhhh whats this babe? Lol well he grows a food garden from seeds so he puts vermi in the soil. I truly had no idea what to do w it since it hold moisture and most of my plants are aroids. I have used it in some of my plants like peace lily and a few others. When I started hearing about rooting in perlite, I wondered if I could use vermi instead. I haven’t tried 100% vermi yet but have done 50% soil 50% vermi for new baby rooted plants so after this comment, I’m going to do experiments:) thank you 😊
I have been waiting for a perlite prop video. I have a Peru that’s just sitting there, I’m going to try this.
Thank you so much 🥰
Good luck!! ☺️
I had several Peru cuttings in water, then sphag for almost 5 months total. I got no roots & the leaves were slowly dying. I put them in a ziplock with perlite & in less than a month they had enough roots to pot. The difference was night & day. I hope it works for you too!
I have never even used moss, only perlite, and I looove it. Peperomias love growing in my perlite propbox, also my hoya bella, a ton of wetsticks grew leaves this way, I love it
Where do you keep your box??
@@jkadkin under a north-west facing window
Thank you for showing how to set up this kind of prop, now I feel like I could try it and somewhat know what I'm doing :)
You're so welcome! 🥰
Philo micans is the easiest to root for me, it is also the fastest growing among all my plants, along with my raphidopora tetrasperma. Philo micans and mini monstera like high temperatures, humidity and sunlight. My philo micans that started from cuttings grow like weed.
This is so cool! Going to try!
So excited to see your take on prop methods
Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Perfectly on time😍! I just cut up my PPP. Love your videos and you're doing great😊
Thank you! That's perfect, I'm sure your PPP would love it!
I love propagating with perlite, especially for Alocasia corms.
the way it cut from the wet perlite to you drinking made it seem like you drank the perlite HAHAHA I LITERALLY GASPED
Haven’t tried propagating in peralite yet. It looks like it’s working great for you. 💚
OUU I am gonna have to try this method! I've only ever worked with moss and pons
Needed this! I have a Phil. Billitae with no nodes/roots.going to try your method. Thank you much!
I found a pot of scindapsus pictus exotica from my local supermarket for dirt cheap including a beautiful pot. Three of the stems had amazing roots but two had none so I’m attempting to root them in perlite 🤞🏻
I will have to give this a try.
Yes thanks I saw your video on this a while back but I never tried it now I am trying it with a heating mat and it’s covered with a plastic bin for humidity. I’m also propagating Succulents in there! Wish me luck 🍀!
Thank you for this! You explained everything.
The Claranervium is amazing. I love the nice big leaves ❤😊
Yaaaas leca and perlite/pumice superiority!
Thank you for this programme! Getting ready now to use perlite to root outdoor plants for the next growing season and wanted to see what you had to offer. Glad I did so.
What I have learned from experience is that you can do more than root with perlite, you can grow in perlite.
Another think learned about perlite is that it can be reused. For me that helped a lot when deciding to use it.
Two winters of rooting cuttings indoors with perlite have produced amazingly healthy plants for outdoors.
That is why I am going to do it again.
The algae can be taken to task with hydrogen peroxide; don't know what proportion and if I do give it a go I would use food grade.
Best to you and all of your endeavours in growing!
Thank you so much! Glad to hear perlite works well for you too :) and yes I looove that it’s re-usable. Such an awesome propagation method. Happy growing ☺️
This is exactly what I needed. I’m trying to root a clipping I just bought in perlite and I added a little of the hydroponic liquid I use in my leca plants. I wasn’t sure if that was right but Fern got me😅
I`ll take that Exotica when it's rooted up 😉 thanks for sharing 😁
Very nice video I will try some of these methods on my plants thanks for sharing
Good luck!! ☺️
I use a mix of perlite and vermiculite for my cuttings and it works so so great. I also root some of my cuttings in seramis and it works as well.
I was wondering whether adding some vermiculite might help hold a little more water.
I find, that mixed with perlite, it allows a good balance between aeration and hydratation.
This really hit home for me i bought a beautiful rhaphidophora tetrasperma and after a few weeks it seemed not to be growing...so i had a look and every root was rotted so after contacting the seller (to no avail!!) Anyway i lopped all the roots off stuck it in perlite and.....3 weeks later she is growing and thriving...perlite is a life saver. Your looking great Fern xxx
I'm so glad it's working for you! I have had several R tetrasperma's rot on me so I know the feeling.
@@wildfern Thanks for that Fern, if it can happen to someone as plantucated are you are then i don't feel so bad 🙈 going to re watch you video now (of course with ads 😉 ) i had to tend to some errands this afternoon so my chill at home and PlantTube binge was disrupted 😠 but i have my nettle and dandelion tea am in my pjs and its planty time 😁 Again am so happy that your happy and settled, just take one day at a time lovely...you rock chick..xx
Oooh what a great idea!! I'm going to try a side by side comparison on sphagnum and perlite prop boxes (cuttings of the same plant in both boxes) to see how they do in each! If I get really ambitious, I might try with and without rooting powder in each, too. We shall see how much energy I have after work today. Also, your eyes are so beautiful!!
Yes, I love experiments like that!! And thank you :)
Perlite is my next prop adventure. Thanks for sharing.
You're so welcome! Have fun :)
I have loved using BioCanna BioRhizotonic for rooting. It is an organic root stimulator with vitamins. Since using it, I have noticed more robust root systems; lots of secondary roots. I use it for all propagation methods. Highly recommend it.
I never knew it was possible to propagate in perlite. Thanks for info.
You’re welcome!
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Exotica looks amazing and perfect. Can you do a exotica care video.
Bern looking forward to this video!😍
Awesome, enjoy!
Just the video I was looking for. I'm rehabbing a leggy philodendron brandtianum. I put cuttings in water and already one is rotting. I'll try the perlite. Thanks for the demo.😀
Good luck to your brandti!
My anthurium thrive in leca highly recommend 💕
I propagated a hoya obovata in perlite (using a ziploc bag) and in just 3 weeks I had a full root system, it was magical! I did exactly the same as you shown in this video, but with a bag instead of a box :)
Wooow incredible!
i would love a video about hoya propation 😍 i‘m so scared to do it
Totally a life saver for my snake plants that I want to propagate! This video is Helpful:)))
I will try this method😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
i am so excited you made this video! i've been trying to root a few cuttings for 4 - 6 months now in water, and i either don't get any or just a few little stubby ones. it's been frustrating. i was wanting to try sphagnum but i don't have any and $$ but i have lots and lots of perlite so my cuttings better get ready. thanks so much for the video!!
I love this hairstyle on you! It looks so cute❤️
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks! I have a problem with my begonia and I've just put in sfagnum moss and if it doesn't work I will probably try perlite
Thanks for sharing , I will try this perlite method. Hope it work for me.🌱🪴
girl i feel ya on those dang monstera peru’s. i’ve come to the conclusion that they just don’t want to live😅
looool! YUP
I think I know what I'm doing this weekend!
perfect, love it. what about lilac tree branch or rose?
Thanks!
I recently switched my monstera cuttings from water to perlite and they are way happier! In the water, they were getting floppy and not really growing roots as fast. Now they stand up at attention.
amazing!! 👏
This is definitely my favorite method for propping if I have access to perlite (I can get pretty stingy with my plant supplies, but even crappy miracle gro perlite which is super tiny works!). I hate moss because it can be really difficult to get the moss off, and that can be a huge problem if you're putting it into soil. Plus avoiding moss means I avoid purchasing unethically sourced moss. Water is okay, but I think the plants transition a lot better to soil when you don't root them in pure water. Plus, perlite means you use less water overall since you don't need to fill the cup up to the cutting. My water props always leave funky little calcium/mineral deposits right around where I keep it filled, and perlite seems to mitigate that or at least keep it lower in the cup such that I only have to vinegar soak a small portion to remove it. Also, I feel a little odd trying to use systemic pest control granules in pure water, but it's very doable in perlite (great for if you're trying to save a plant from a severe pest issue by propping it!). Direct to soil can make it difficult to monitor roots. Even in a clear cup vs clear cup comparison, if you're trying to check on a very slow-rooter which doesn't show at the edge of the cups yet (and get impatient like me), in my experience it seems like removing a prop from the perlite and then putting it back quickly is a lot less shocking than uprooting a soil prop. My only qualm with perlite is that since it's white, it can show mineral buildup very easily. My tap water turns perlite a little orange over time lol.
Very interested to see how your Dubia does in the perlight. I have a rhaphidophora cryptantha that is outgrowing its board and i would like to propogate it. I've been hesitant to cut it since I've heard propogating them is challenging. Please keep us posted 🙏
Thanks very helpful
could you make a video of you potting some of your propagations?
So glad you made this video. Perlite propagation stresses me out. There is always gross perlite stuff at the bodem? Do you rinse the perlite after putting your plants in? Like after a few weeks?
Or am i just not thorough enough with the rinsing before?
Much cheaper than leca!!! Smart move...🤗🌱💖
Ahh this video came at the perfect time for me, again lol
Been wanting to try this prop method, excited to try it out with a bit more confidence now!
Just wanted to ask about the box of perlite props you have, do you ever open it to aerate the box or do you leave it closed?
Thanks for another lovely video like always, Fern 💚
I try to open the Box every 2 days or so to prevent air from stagnating and to provide plants with oxigen.
Only open it for 3 min or 4 .