Can You Propagate With Coconut Water ( Results )
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2024
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It would've been really strange if it didn't turn out like this; all the sugars and other organic material in the coconut water turn the propagation jar into a petri dish.
Should have put a potato slice and an aloe vera leaf in there... would have turned those pothos into beautiful dragon fruit.
What
@@basiil6198 just wait ... the algorithm is already working to send you a myriad of wildly fake propagation videos 😜
Everybody knows you have to put in chopped up dragon scale alocasia corms to get a dragon fruit.🙄🐉🥭
😂 that was next level trolling
I use glass jars with najas guadalupensis (guppy grass, a fast growing aquarium plant) inside for my propagations. It helps a lot to keep water clean and oxygenated. I'd like to make better tests on this technique, because it seems to work well, but i've just my experience. It works definitely better than plain water, without doing water changes at all.
If you want to try it, i'd be glad to see the results. You always do a great job with your experiments.
would be very interested in seeing if any aquatic plants make good filters! might try this myself
Can you do one with rice water?
I have heard of coconut water with cacti. Not pure but very diluted and pH balanced. Pure it's too sugary, salty and alkaline to be good for anything, but it's packed with plant hormones. It's supposed to to make the plant shoot pups. I have never tried it on aroids to see it it promote new growing points.
It's used by a reputable Echinopsis grower and hybrider (Cactus Jerk).
This was a cool one; I expected the coconut water to fight off the mold. I'm glad you saved the "red shirt" pothos cuttings and got them to root haha
Can you try fish tank water? Like aquaponics?
Fish tank water will crush it!
I’ve got five big fish tanks and my plants LOVE whenever I have to clean the filters! They always grow soooo quick after that watering
@@IRONWEED_I believe I’ve seen experiments and the aquarium water didn’t cause rooting any faster than tap water. However I’m assuming it would cause faster growth after it has rooted because of the nutrients. I have a pothos and a monstera living their best lives in the back of my aquarium and they’ve thrived for several years now. I do root monstera cuttings regularly in my aquarium simply because it’s easy and convenient.
@@Planty-Mandy Agreed!
Awesome! I didn't think the coconut water would work but it's good to see the experiment anyways. I have a suggestion: I tried growing pathos out my aquarium's hang on back filter they didn't grow at all for months and rotted a bit. I then put them in the tank with little flow hitting the plants and they started to recover and grow new root. My question is how does water flow affect pathos growth? My experience tells me it's bad.
Great experiment, and I trust your judgment!
Okay - so I can't seem to find a difinitive answer anywhere online. So, maybe you could use this for an experiment:
Clear nursury pots - I love them because I can see the roots and check progress, growth, etc. However, some people online say to not do that because then the plant thinks it's outside the soil and turns them into branches... or it causes green alge (which I have seen) and that hinders the plant. Or can even cause root issues, like rot.
I have most of mine in clear nursury pots. Some are then placed in decorative pots, but I don't have enough for each plant to have their own decorative pot yet. Am I harming my plant?
Thats a good one! In my opinion, most of the plants we are growing grow on the side of a tree or rock or someplace where many roots are exposed. algae is only an issue if there is a massive amount and it all dies suddenly. I like clear cups to cuz you can monitor for rot like you suggested. Ill do some tests
Can you do a video on ways to speed up ZZ Plant propagation?
this was cool !
It would be cool to try unexpected plants rooted in water like us fish keepers too. I suspect most houseplants would take to it without any soil, but it would be cool to see plants like begonias or dragon fruits or something new "aquaponically" or just in h2o wothout fish
After researching my common root hormone, I saw that the active ingredient indole 3 butyric acid is naturally occurring in coconut and corn products. I’m glad that you tried this experiment, however, I think it was done too literal.
I saw something about either pre soaking cuttings in coconut water before placing in a water prop. Or a 1:1 ratio. Due to the rotting situation w/this scenario I wonder if just a dab would be better like the amounts used like any other rooting powder would work. Can’t say that it’d save much money either way. Would actually be more expensive in the long run, my rooting powder lasts forever.
Do cuttings root better in a dilute solution of mineral fertilizer, or in a cup of mineral water?
You are my favourite mad scientist!
Add food dye to the water to see if it’ll change the colour of the leaf
I would love to see different fertilizers used. I know there’s the standard NPK in various ratios. And I know different plants kind of require different things. But it seems like every resource on the Internet has a different suggestion for what type and ratio plant needs. Does it even make that big of a difference?
In terms of content suggestions: Do you have any experience with scindapsus on trellis or moss pole or plank?
Have you done any tests on which type of water is best for propagation? Like Tap, Bottled, Distilled, RODI water, and rainwater?
How about trying to use flower colourings on pothos cuttings? Like the stuff they use to color white roses blue ect
Yeah that’s not surprising. We drink a lot of coconut water in my house and I’ve seen what happens when it’s left out of the fridge. 🤢
Personally, I'd like to see more Experiments involving houseplants and aquariums.
Because my water parameters are wonky coming straight from my Spring, I struggle coaxing AQUATIC plants & Invertebrates to thrive. (It doesn't make sense though, because I use the same water for literally EVERYTHING else, without issues...)
Therefore, instead of wasting money on these things, I discovered that I CAN coax some houseplants to survive being planted completely underwater, without rotting.
I've been somewhat successful with Pothos, Syngonium, and Monstera Peru so far... So I'd love to see someone else's results from this experiment as well! :)
Please try grafting ficus black knight with ficus lyrata and red ruby and other varieties
This was exactly what I expected. I think coconut water could work in vitro.
Yeah it sounds like it actually would. It I get tc going I will try
I'm curious on how rooting gel, powder and nothing would affect how fast an Alocasia corm would root. Also that coconut water must have smelled so bad.
Here’s an experiment. Would food coloring in the water help a highly variegated plant photosynthesize?
Propagate a pothos in cooked rice! Curious if you put in water if it would act like coco with water retention and still allow it some “resistance” to grow strong roots
Maybe there's something Im unaware of (mold, maybe?), but I think this might be neat to see with raw rice and water as well.
this is one of my favourite series on CZcams, can't wait to see more experiments! Definitely will not be trying this one at home tho big yikes
Could you try liquidirty vs normal water for props
Can you test superthrive?
In this experiment specifically, I would have tried one coconut water, one regular water and one half and half. The organic material and sugars in the coconut water definitely helped the mold grow, but maybe with a 50/50 mix it would give it more nutrients but be diluted enough to not cause as much mold growth.
Great experiment, as usual!! Thanks for torturing your plants and filming it so all us sickos can watch! 😂😂😂
Have you tried to root your cuttings in a aquarium with fish living in it ?
When propagating in water, should you change the water? Or just keep it topped up ?
I always top off unless something very strange happens.
propagation in pon comparison?
Rain water does wonders
I concur
My cousin is on tank water, her plants grow like crazy
Immediately thought about how coconut water ferments and becomes vinegar so you’ll basically be pickling a pothos 😂
Try a tablespoon of coconut per gallon of water or something.... you don't just stick your cuttings in a bottle of fertilizer
One pothos, two jars [18+]
One guy one jar is a personal fav of mine
So, I use this additive called Groconut. It is a horticultural dried coconut water powder.
It works wonders for rooting, but there are instructions to follow. You'd use 1/4 of a teaspoon of the power in 1L of water. Soak the cuttings for 1h. Discard the solution and then use just clean water. A week later, you can repeat the process. 1h soak and then discard and put the cuttings in clean water.
The 1/4 teaspoon in 1L is a very dilluted solution. The water is still mostly transparent, unlike real coconut water. So I think you could make it work if you tried again, and not get so much new "life" out of the experiment. Haha. 😂
I also wonder if coconut water coming straight from a green coconut would be any different than the tetrapak ones.
So, I suggest you could do a more complicated test: packaged coconut water, fresh green coconut water, just water, and in different dilution ratios. Or try the soak method. It could be interesting!
Every time I see you with the razor I fear for your fingers. Nice experiment tho, keep trying those weird things
Not to sound gross. But very diluted urine is good as a fertilizer as long as it drains. On another note. Any V2 update.
Just found my self saying to the tv..... Abort!
please use an exacto knife instead of a blade-- less dangerous. Also if somebody suggests growing a plant in a hamburger would you try it??!! Obviously any organic matter will produce living organisms. You are lucky fruitflys didn't invade your nursery.
hahaha what an odd experiment
Who wastes coconut water on this?
I suppose me
@@TechplantChannel Why? that stuff is so nutritious, and it hydrates like nothing else. It also rots very quickly.
@@hennesseyme9112 was seeing if it hydrate my pothos