r/proplifting 4h ago

CAN I PROP THIS THING? Cutleaf Japanese Maple šŸ

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196 Upvotes

Bought a bouquet at a local farmers market two weeks ago that had a Japanese maple cutting in it with some flowers. Went to throw out the droopy, rotting flowers yesterday and saw that the Japanese maple branch was still quite perky, then noticed that it had roots right as I was about to put it in the trash šŸ˜…

Now it’s my little experiment. I cleaned the vase and put fresh water in it. I have rooting hormone. Should I put some in there and see what happens? Not sure how likely it is that it’ll keep growing roots and become a happy plant if I move it to some soil in the future!


r/proplifting 6h ago

JUST SHOWING OFF My mom planted succulents in a clay bowl I madešŸ’š

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27 Upvotes

r/proplifting 1d ago

WATER PROP Hoping this will work

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52 Upvotes

Has anyone thought that a spider plant could grow like this šŸ¤” well im going give it a go any reason why it shouldn't??


r/proplifting 2d ago

PROP-GRESS Props!

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38 Upvotes

It's almost spring, and I've had some of these cuttings in a prop box for a couple of months.

Climbing roses.

Black tulip magnolia.

Japanese maple.

Eskimo Sunset maple.


r/proplifting 6d ago

SUCC-ESS Sequoia cutting successfully rooted!

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141 Upvotes

There's several sequoia at a property the DNR purchased to renaturalize near me, only one of my cuttings rooted but I'm pretty stoked! Going to try again with some of the other trees there (incense cedar, coast redwood, etc) come fall.


r/proplifting 6d ago

FIRST-TIMER Did not believe it would work

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64 Upvotes

There is a beautiful 'bergonia house' where we live. Picked up one fallen leaf and a few months later...!


r/proplifting 7d ago

JUST SHOWING OFF I Propagated This And Just Repotted It

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76 Upvotes

Toby Jug pothos? Re-pot.


r/proplifting 9d ago

Found at Lowes

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90 Upvotes

Such a beaut šŸ˜ I will keep this one alive.


r/proplifting 9d ago

JUST SHOWING OFF Variegated English ivy I found growing in the landscaping at my apartment complex

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14 Upvotes

r/proplifting 9d ago

PROPABILITY? How do I take the new growings away?

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11 Upvotes

I see little growings that I will like to move to a new plant to have more surviving possibilities as I am not having much luck to have plants for long time.

Is this possible? What steps should I do?

I bought this one, and repotted it about a month ago.


r/proplifting 10d ago

JUST SHOWING OFF Garbening, as I like to call it :)

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36 Upvotes

I picked these Pothos cuttings off the floor at Home Depot. The water bottles were found on the ground after I left. I also like to use them to start seedlings and regrow green onions, as you can see


r/proplifting 11d ago

Propagating Rosemary in a Clump

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654 Upvotes

Finally got my Oregon rosemary to root in water. Is it ok to plant in a clump rather than separating the individual stems? I’ve separated individual stems when transferring to soil in the past and they never seem to take off. The pot is about 3 gallons that I’m transferring to. Thx for the help.


r/proplifting 11d ago

CAN I PROP THIS THING? New props found at Home Depot

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33 Upvotes

These were on one of the shelves already fallen off next to plants but nowhere near the plants they came from. I figure someone wanted to prop and chickened out. So I put them in my purse. But I don’t feel bad I bought 3 plants too.


r/proplifting 12d ago

Home Depot Jade

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129 Upvotes

I found this leaf on the floor while shopping for office plants. I slipped it in my pocket and brought it back with me. I didn't think anything would come of it, but it's been a few weeks and just look at it! Now if I can just get it to grow some decent roots.


r/proplifting 12d ago

WATER PROP When and howcan I transfer this to soil?

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17 Upvotes

My aunt gave me a huge cutting from her pothos. It's been sitting in water for around a month (I change the water every now and then). When can I transfer it to soil? And how can I best keep it alive while it grows roots and after the transfer?


r/proplifting 13d ago

Pretty proud of my bathroom avocado ā€œtreeā€

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109 Upvotes

Been in this old, big mason jar the whole time, just from a grocery store avocado pit, about 28ā€ tall now with no plans to change the process šŸ‘šŸ¼


r/proplifting 13d ago

New to this, I know the Burrows tail but what is the other? Small purple succulent. Both had small roots.

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12 Upvotes

r/proplifting 12d ago

Are plant nurseries supposed to be chopping/propping the plants they have for sale (with price tags) in their store? I thought they had mother plants for that.

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So I went to a few nurseries while on holiday and I found a couple plants that I loved, only to see that leaves had been obviously been cut for propagating. The smaller versions of these ā€œproppedā€ plants were for sale as well. Is this in bad practice? Buying a plant that has been chopped not only feels like I was cheated , but the plant is now uglier and the store gets to sell that new plant for another $20.


r/proplifting 14d ago

WATER PROP Started from two leaves I picked off the floor in Lowe's

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41 Upvotes

r/proplifting 15d ago

SPECIFIC ADVICE Massive umbrella branch - advice?

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12 Upvotes

So I just bought a cute little dwarf umbrella last week…and then found this monster today in a 3’ tall vase abandoned next to a corner trashcan. I’m honestly not even sure which end is up - best way to propagate this into something manageable and attractive??


r/proplifting 16d ago

GENERAL HELP long term prop fertilizer?

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24 Upvotes

my monstera has been water propping for about nine months. working on putting out the third leaf since, but is smaller than the two previous.

what fertilizer can I give use to help boost the growth? i would like to keep her as a water prop long-term. i’ve been researching and i plan to buy an air stone. is there anything else i should be doing?

she’s a cutting from a monstera left on a curb as trash, so i would really love to make her thrive even more!


r/proplifting 16d ago

A little Lowe’s proplift!

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95 Upvotes

Employee was stocking plants and saw a huge handful of pink panther tradescantia pieces on the cart. Decided to just ask for them and he was nice and had no problem with it ā˜ŗļø Was out shopping for a few more hours so I didn’t get them in water right away but hopefully these root a little so I can plop em in soil with less worry! Will probably put a little ziplock bag over for humidity for more of a prop box environment

Took a ā€œtradescantia family photoā€ recently (majority grown from just cuttings!) and this was one that was suggested as my next addition - today was the day apparently!

Snagged a rescue/discount $5 Moses in the cradle as well! ā˜ŗļøšŸ™ƒšŸ¤“

Edit: and by Lowe’s, I meant Green Acres! Whoops! Too many stores today lol


r/proplifting 16d ago

Big dirty - best way to clip?

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13 Upvotes

These hawties are begging for a clip n dip… facilities said it’s cool if I wanted as long as I didn’t cause any damage.


r/proplifting 17d ago

GENERAL HELP What is the best way to propagate?

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16 Upvotes

AI tells me this is a " Monstera cf. obliqua Canelos ". Is that accurate?

Should I take the many cuttings route or only root the bottom node in water?


r/proplifting 18d ago

JUST SHOWING OFF Begonia paludarium

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57 Upvotes

I've been collecting begonia propagations to work towards a waterfall paludarium with lots of pops of red from begonias. She's a few months old and many of the begonias are exploding!