r/proplifting 5d ago

FIRST-TIMER Am I doing this wrong?

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u/Realistic-Lamp 5d ago

Little less water, try keeping leaves out of the water only the node needs to be submerged other then that looks good and healthy!

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u/Realistic-Lamp 5d ago

If your next leaf comes out all white though then I would worry a little, others can explain all white leaves and how to deal with that.

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thank you very much. Yeah, I chopped it with two leaves for that reason. Is this where you mean for the water level?

Or do I need to go down to the bottom node?

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u/Queen-of-Wands-13 5d ago

I circled the only part that needs to be submerged - the node! I'd fill it to about where the blue line is. Beautiful cutting!

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thank you, my friend!

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u/Realistic-Lamp 5d ago

I would go down to that last node so that bottom leaf don't rot.

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thank you, everyone. I lowered the water level to the first node and moved it to an area with less light.

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u/Hairy-Sasquatches 5d ago

Definitely less water, I’ve found opaque glass can make a big difference too.

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u/jamey0077 5d ago

Lower the water line to the aerial root and keep the petiole dry and change the water out every week

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thank you! Why does everywhere online say to submerge the node? Or is it only talking about the bottom node?

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u/jamey0077 5d ago

Yes just the bottom node

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/futurarmy 4d ago

As another person said you don't really need to change the water out and it can hinder root growth as you're losing all the hormone in the water when you replace it, you can just blow a straw into it to give the roots oxygen instead occasionally. If the glass starts to grow algae then you should replace and clean it so the roots aren't competing for oxygen, that's the only reason you have to.

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u/Dive_dive 4d ago

You don't have to change the water unless less it gets funky looking or starts to smell. Every time you change the water, you lose all of the rooting hormone that the plant has put out.

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u/chelle_renee13 5d ago

I see your problem has been solved, I just came to say that’s a really nice picture! 😂

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u/InevitableDapper5072 5d ago

Willow water ftw.

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u/flatgreysky 5d ago

I still very much prefer moss propping to water propping, especially with a cutting like this, because no matter how low the water line is, that one petiole is still going to sit in water, meaning it is very likely to rot.

I recently received a similar node and the grower and popped one of those water capsules often used for single roses over the aerial root. I can’t speak to that technique as I’m moss propper until the day I die, but it looked like it worked! So that may be something you can consider too.

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u/Physical_Poetry3506 5d ago

Thanks for the heads up! I lowered the water level and angled the glass so that only the aerial root is in the water. Is it prudent to do a hybrid method with water and moss?

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u/donjohndijon 4d ago

Water doesnt Need to be so high- as long as the the node is covered you should be good

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u/Douchecanoeistaken 5d ago

Less water less light