Maranta Prayer Plants - Water Propagation and Water Culture Growing
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2023
- Maranta love water culture. There, I said it. Beautiful leaves and fast growth once established, I’m never going back to soil growing for these beauties! The leaf quality is amazing!
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I'm addicted to Watching plant videos. Keep posting. 😆 🤣 😂
Thank you so much. I know…it’s addicting. 😃😍🌱
I’m glad I’m not the only one who chops and props plants as soon as I get them! I grow everything in semi hydro. Everything. It’s great fun to try different - and supposedly difficult plants in semi hydro - and no fungus gnats👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Right??? Semi hydro is amazing. And no gnats!!!! Major bonus!!! Tysm for your comment!!! 😃😃😃🌱
روووعه ماشاءالله..
Thank you. 😃
Great video!! How long can you leave the prayer plant in water??
Thank you so much. I kept mine in water for quite a few months. 😃👍🏼
All tap water isn't the same. Mine is harsh, so I use distilled water. I have the rabbit foot and the red line prayer plants, which grow very well. The lemon lime is the tricky one. Can't figure it out. I've propagated each of them and they do very well. Might just keep the lemon lime in water vs soil since I can't figure it out yet.
I’ve heard that before with the lemon lime. It’s almost like each plant is an individual and they can throw a fit at any time. 😂🌱
Thank you for sharing Paul!! I've had the same burnt tip issues from using tap water not realizing it!! But I've been doing the same leaving tap water out for 24hrs for some time for other houseplants such as Spider plants and Peace lillies!! I will use dechlorinated water for my Marantas from now on, I put a cutting in water so hoping for the best!! May I ask what fertilizer you use?❤️🙏🏼
Believe it or not I’m using an orchid fertilizer. It has higher nitrogen than Maxigro. I’m also working on an experiment to treat tap water. I’ll probably put out a video on it soon, once I have enough data/results to share. 😃😃😃
Oh WOW Paul I never thought of using Orchid fertilizer, I will definitely try that thank you and looking forward to the video!!🤗🙏🏼🙏🏼
I also use tap water and its big.
I recently heard the tap water issue is a myth. I don’t know, but I only use tap water. 😃😃😃
@ Paul The Plant Parent: Enlightening video Sir. Have you ever tried to grow the prayer plant in a drip hydroponic setup? Does it have to be submersed or if you keep an irrigator on the roots do you think it would allow it to thrive? May I ask where you like purchase your prayer plants?
Hello. I’ve never used a drip hydro system but it would probably work great. I keep the roots submersed in the water and they throw out new leaves every week. I can’t believe how easy they are in water. Thank you so much for watching. 😃😃😃🌱
Hey there! very informative video. I recently got a cutting of a Prayer Plant. I have it in water (the mother plant was in soil) the plant seems to be doing fine & growing beautifully but I am noticing this almost slime like floating residue coming from the roots. This is the second time in probably a month that I’ve had to rinse the roots off and put new water in…what is that substance, is it normal?
Hello there. Hmmmm. I don’t think I’ve seen that in any of mine. Is it greenish? Wondering if it’s algae or something like that??? Not sure I e come across that. 🤷🏻♂️
So, dumb question. How do you tak a cutting from calatheas? They grow sideways from the roots right? Do you dig out a portion?
Not dumb at all. Most Calathea can be divided, kind of like peace lilies, they sprout pups off the sides of the mother plants. Others like Ctenanthe sprout pups but also branches with nodes that can be propagated, similarly to Maranta. Fascinating family of plants. 😃👍🏼
May I ask what nutrient solution you're using and ratio and how frequently you're changing water?
Just about to buy a maranta fascinator and going to use this soil free method in a few hanging bowls to create a cascade effect as they mature
I use mostly Bettergro Orchid plus. You can find a link to these products in the description. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@paultheplantparent2702awesome thanks dude only found your channel by chance but it's exactly what I need, you're a wealth of tried and tested methods, big respect for replying too!
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0:08 Good morning Paul and thank you for your great videos. When propagating in water do you add the nutrient immediately? Also how often do you change out the water and again add nutrient immediately - or give the plant a rest in just water? Thank you in advance.
Hi Colleen. Thank you so much!!! When I’m propagating I use just water - no nutrients. I know some ppl that add nutrients at the start but they don’t seem to need that. The water changes depend on the cutting. If the water stays clean, I may not swap out the water for a week. If it starts to look cloudy or dirty in any way, I’ll swap it out every day or every two days. When transferring soil roots to water culture I tend to swap out the water more often. That transition could take a little longer.
Thank you Paul. Do you have mosquito issues - and if so how do you deal with them? 0:31
@@colleenlubomirski3969 hello 😃. Never had mosquito issues. But there’s a helpful product called mosquito bits. It’s a bacteria that only infects flies. So you can mix a little in the water. Never had to here though.
Thank you again Paul 😊 Great advice.
I change my water weekly and I never add any nutrients when I start but I have worm compost tea and after I start to see roots I will add a bit of that to the water. You can use it every time you water your plants. Because it's worm compost you won't risk burning your plants from fertilizer
You have them in tap water!! You made my day, Paul. I just returned a beautiful pink striped calathea because we are in a new town and searched every store for distilled water and couldn't obtain any. I'm going to try this for sure. We have a water softener in this new house, do you know anything about softened water on houseplants?
Hello there. I don’t know about softened water but if you’re concerned, just leave the water out for a day to remove chlorine, etc. I’m working on another experiment that might make it even easier for you. Stay tuned. 😃😃😃. Yay!!!! Tysm for watching!!!
@@paultheplantparent2702 yes I will, I love learning new techniques to try on my plants, and these prayer plants are so sensitive, but maybe that is more because they are 'drowning' in soil with inadequate air to the roots, verses the hardness of the water.....I was always under the impression they don't like too much water, or too little, or too hard, or chlorine, or any other typical tap water additives....very interested to see your next expirament! 🙂
@@ofhismercy109 I’ve always struggled in the past with prayer plants and calathea. In this water culture setup I’ve had one problem child…and it might just be a virus. Everything is is doing great!!!! Would be great if this was an easy way for everyone to grow these beautiful plants. 🙏🏼👍🏼
@Paul The Plant Parent I'd love to be able to finally grow them with success, going to start tomorrow 🙂 I'm sure everyone would echo that sentiment!
What nutrient/food do you use for your hydroponic plants?
Hello there. I have the two feeds I use in the Amazon affiliate link in the description of the video. 😃👍🏼
Hello. I hope u get this. I've recently transition my maranta to water culture. That was 4-5 days ago. Plant looks bad..wilted and I'm afraid to lose it. Any suggestions?
Hello. Oh no. Did you clean all the soil off? That can make a huge difference. If you’re not sure what to do, you can put it back in soil and take cuttings to root in water. That may be easier for you if the plant is compromised. I e only had issues if the plant was going downhill right before I transitioned.
Is it from the leaves?
You would need a node to get roots. They look like little swollen “elbows” that the leaves are attached to.
What temperature does the water have to be 😊
The room is usually between 65 - 70 F. Humidity only between 20% -40% lately.
هل الكلاثيا ممكن تعيش في الماء للابد؟؟ وهل تضع لها سماد وهي في الماء؟؟
Yup. I only grow my calathea in water at this point. They love it. Very little fertilizer is needed. 😃
I've got pics but I can't fig out a way to share them to u.....
Send them to Plantparenthood12@gmail.com
How long from cutting will it root? Or for you how long?:)
It depends on the actual cutting. Some show roots starting after a week….others can take a few weeks. Not sure what determines that but it varies. 😃🤷🏻♂️🌱
Pls take a single leave out , show a before and after and show how long to cut the leave...It will be helpful to talk less and show clearly individual leaves
Single leaves don’t seem to be as successful as multi-leaved/node cuttings. If I do a tutorial, I’ll talk less. This is just my journey and experiences.