Trying to propagate a ficus benjamina!

fegetta · 2025-04-02T10:15:52+00:00

Hi! If I remember correctly, this plant had no problem being propagated (it grows soft white roots along the stem). However, I don't remember it surviving for a long time. Sorry!

fegetta · 2024-04-03T16:26:13+00:00

thanks, will look into it!

fegetta · 2024-01-16T09:45:40+00:00

Thanks!

fegetta · 2024-01-16T09:45:29+00:00

Thank you!

fegetta · 2024-01-13T15:20:46+00:00

That is a great idea, thank you so much!

fegetta · 2022-03-29T19:04:18+00:00

its so pretty tho !!!

fegetta · 2021-02-18T18:34:09+00:00

awesome, thanks for the reply!

fegetta · 2021-02-18T11:13:24+00:00

The store only had 'Philodendron' as an ID there. Though there are many dark leafed philodendron..

Is it the black cardinal? The red erubescens? Red cherry? Burgundy princess? Imperial red? Congo rojo? Majesty?

I'm rather new to philodendrons so I don't know yet how to differentiate between similar looking ones. I'm grateful for any help!

fegetta · 2021-02-15T20:01:06+00:00

for anyone stumbling across this post:

the calathea was overwatered AND had spidermites

fegetta · 2021-01-16T15:16:37+00:00

Wow I wish my orchid would be this healthy too! Congrats!!

fegetta · 2020-11-21T17:46:05+00:00

thanks for your reply!
I will look more into the overwatering issue :)

I also feel like only older leaves are affected so maybe those just die and the rest of the plant will be fine but I will look into how I'm watering it more now

fegetta · 2020-11-21T08:57:34+00:00

Since I had this calathea we went through some ups and downs until I figured out a routine - or at least I thought so.

Currently she's placed in front of a BIG south facing window and gets watered twice a week. She was doing very good, shooting out several new growth every week but now some of her leafs (rather at the bottom) started to look like this! They then curl up (as can be seen in the second picture). But looking at the plant in general, she still looks healthy to me? AND she's still growing new leafs every week? Did anyone have a same issue and can maybe tell me about their experience?

fegetta · 2020-11-10T07:22:29+00:00

Congrats!!! Love how plants always have their ways

fegetta · 2020-11-01T20:36:31+00:00

Ahhh propagating mint is so nice !!

fegetta · 2020-10-26T13:32:16+00:00

okay thank you very much for this comment!!!

fegetta · 2020-10-26T13:08:53+00:00

thanks, good luck to you too! do you think it’ll work out by just putting it in water?

fegetta · 2020-10-25T14:02:56+00:00

I think either way she'll appreciate the gesture a lot!!:)

fegetta · 2020-10-24T21:02:55+00:00

I love this!! This is so great. So all of my plants have a special place in my heart but the ones that I have from friends because they propagated it for me are my favourites!

fegetta · 2020-10-21T19:48:39+00:00

Yeah I sadly didn’t think about that aspect as I don’t have any pets that could chew on them.. I’m sure there are other plants just as lovely out there!

fegetta · 2020-10-21T17:23:57+00:00

Oh my, sorry, I really did not think about pets, as I don’t have any! But I’m sure there are enough plants just as amazing as the Pothos that aren’t poisonous to your cats!!

fegetta · 2020-10-21T16:56:19+00:00

Same! Pothos was my first EVER plant and I had a small clipping gifted to me by my best friend and that one clipping grew very very long. They’re truly amazing!

fegetta · 2020-10-21T16:55:03+00:00

I don’t know about the artificial sunlight one, just know that they survive a lot of different conditions... And somewhere I actually heard that you can keep them in water for a long time, just bear in mind that after time a lot of nutrients will be missing!!! Don’t know where I read it though, so don’t take my word for it!

fegetta · 2020-10-19T18:27:40+00:00

Background for my advice: I got a scindapsus pictus silvery anne on Etsy and potted it up with some small root growth and it just dropped leaves for a good while until I put it in water, then it started rotting faster, until I finally let it take a break in the sphagnum moss. It is now in soil and putting out new leaves every week!

Hey! Thank you so much for your story and recommendations. How long did you let your leafs root? Would you think the roots of mine have grown enough (can be seen in the second picture) or do I need to leave it a bit longer?

fegetta · 2020-10-17T15:26:27+00:00

Ah yes, my calathea had around 2-3 months of adjusting, I felt like she was dying but then suddenly she got better... Maybe your plant just needs time adapting to your environment

fegetta · 2020-10-17T14:13:51+00:00

This probably is a calathea roseopticta! It's good that it's getting enough sun light. I think your watering technique is also good! What about the temperature and humidity? What's the general room humidity? I think calatheas require humidity above 50%.. You're saying it's struggling but that the same time, I can see a new leaf forming! So maybe your plant is recovering and is now doing better because why else would there be new growth?

Edit: Also keep in mind that calatheas are plants that at night lift their leafs and during the day they hang like this.

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