How do you guys get sansevieria cuttings to grow roots? These ones have been sitting in water for two weeks

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• inasaba@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They take a lot longer than 2 weeks to begin rooting, in my experience. But if you leave them in the water thy’ll root eventually.

  As a side note, the babies will not have yellow leaf edges. This type of sansevieria reverts to an all-green variety when propped this way. If you want to keep the yellow edges, you have to prop them by letting them bud off the main root.

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  • simon@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oh I did not know that, thank you

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• JoMomma@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lay them flat on potting soil, mist from time to time, they won’t usually root in water.

  The idea is to mimic the natural process where a leaf will break and fall on the ground to take root

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  • simon@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you :) Would you cut off the lowest centimentre that was laying in water or would you put them on soil immediately?

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    • JoMomma@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That I’m not sure, never started a succulent in water… If it looks like the tissue is waterlogged probably cut it, but if the callous is intact it might be fine…?

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• M0115732@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I never callus mine. I trim my overgrown ones with a wide "^” shape (upside down ‘V’). I stick them in a jar of water like yours and let it face the sun. Occasionally refill the water and rinse if necessary – sprouts roots like crazy and even further sprouts. Fun fact: they thrive in water!!

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• Doombot1@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve got some sitting in water in my kitchen that have been there for the past six months. They only started putting roots out after about four? It takes a long time!

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• jeansibelius@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  During the fall-winter time usually it takes months to grow some poor roots on Sansevieria. And some types do this much slower than other in my expirience.

  Actually right now I have one Kirkii leaf in water for 4 months, and still nothing.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Growth powder.

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• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just stick them in dirt and water it. They end up growing but they do take a little while.

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• Skull@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve had a leaf take several week to grow roots, and then nearly a year once in dirt to actually grow a new shoot.

  Goodluck!

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• Gerudo@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I couldn’t get mine to do anything in water. Last resort I just threw them in dirt and bam…got roots. Just recut them and stick em in.

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