One day I took a Hoya cutting (snipped with my nail) from Lowes, the stem is about 4 to 5 inches long with 3 leaves and no roots. I placed the very thin stem in soil but forgot about watering it. Yikes! Now the leaves are shrivling.

I've read on other threads that some people have luck with rooting them just in water but since I put it in soil can I still do this? Or, should I cut the stem so its fresh and replant...making sure to water and mist for humidity.

I really like Hoyas but completely forgot about this clipping, please help me save it as its my one and only hoya.

Thanks

Ashley

Denise in Omaha

Denise in Omaha

Now that you've had your hand slapped so much that you'll probably never post on this forum again (I hope that doesn't happen)------another method of rehydrating the cutting (besides the glass of water) is to actually soak the cutting in some H20 and maybe superthrive or VF-11. This will often allow the plant to rehydrate back to plumpness and then you can either leave it to root in a glass of H20, or replant in some potting mix.

I certainly see the points that everyone has been making about the method of obtaining the cutting, but I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt for Ashley. Sometimes people don't realize the implications of what they are doing until after it's been pointed out NICELY.

Good luck with the cutting, Ashley!

Christine

I lightly dug up the cutting and saw little roots growing, I've placed it in water this morning to help hydrate the leaves. Thank you Christine and celbani for the help.

Ashley

But, if you dug it out & saw roots, why not just return it to the mix & let it continue rooting?

I root a lot of Hoya in water, but I do one or the other, not both. The reason is: we're told that plants develop different kinds of roots whether rooted in mix or in water. If this is true, switching it to water once it has already developed roots for soil, well, I can't guess how the plant will react, certainly it woudl slow its growth (while it has to switch over).

As an aside to the prior conversation about (I'll be nice here & say "pinching" a bit off someone' else's plants). That's just one aspect, unfortunately many people don't think before they act; about anything consequences or otherwise.

In my parent's house we used to say 'engage brain before opening mouth'; perhaps we can extend that to something like 'think before one acts, of consequences & ramifications BEFORE taking action.

I too know the lady of whom Denise speaks: the clincher is she is THE most generous person one could ever imagine & would give a person a piece of almost anything if it weren't her last piece, if they would just ask first!

Thanks PG, the reason I put it in water is because all the leaves are shrivled. It was suggested in the thread to place in water for a while to rehydrate the leaves then transplant to soil.

Ashley

I don't think anyone meant to be nasty - I just think it's good to take the opportunity to point out what isn't always obvious to everyone. Though we think of them as our little friends, plants are just another product in a store, and taking a piece off the plant is really no different than picking up a bag of grapes and eating some before you get them to the checkout counter. The store isn't getting paid for the full weight of the bag of grapes, just like the buyer of the plant isn't getting all of what he paid for.

'Nuff said! (From me anyway!)
Denise in Omaha

Ashley