For years, I've put the philodendrum's cuttings in water, and when they get roots, I plant them. I did this recently with Lots of them and none of them have rooted in my water. Can't figure out why. I didn't know you could just cut and pot. Maybe I'll take them and try it. I threw lots of vines away too. Thanks for the info, next time I will try your suggestion.

Try changing the water about once a week.

Also the time to plant cuttings rooted in water is when the roots are about 1 1/4 in long. After that the roots become "Water" roots and the cutting will go into shock when you put it and it's water roots into soil. Up to the 1 1/4 inch point the roots have not differentiated between water and soil and the two types of roots are different.

John

Hi All,

I bought a beautiful plant at Home Depot that I think is a philodendrum from the pretty leaf shape, which has smooth indentations on both sides and one-third wide as long. But the leaves are on "stalks" which come out of two lumpy bases at the soil line. When I upended the pot to check the roots, there was one long thick root (one-half inch) in a 8 inch pot.

Is this plant a philodrendron? How would I propagate it? There is only one leaf on a stalk, and the stalk does not have nodes on it.

Guess who's a newbie here! I had a really nice philodendron that did the vining, but I don't think it survived my move.

thanks,

Tinkerpixie

You know I cut philodendron and wandering Jews stems and throw them out into my garden soil in summer. They always root and grow wild all over the garden. They're really neat. I think if only we didn't have freezing temps they'd take over the garden.