Propagating 3 Types of Pothos via Water Cuttings (Foolproof Method) 🌱

Pothos propagation is easy. It's a great plant to start with if you're new to plant propagation in general, because it roots quite easily in water and doesn't require much care throughout the rooting process.

You can mix and match different varieties if you'd like to create an interesting, blended-variety pothos pot too. I haven't seen many people do this!

In today's video, you're going to learn how to propagate 3 varieties of pothos: Satin, Green Queen, and Marble Queen. Don't worry...the method is the same!

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[cdt]

"there are some casualties in our propogation technique, so don't stress."

Calm voice, continuous dialogue, reassurance that accidents happen. This is reminiscent of Bob Ross for propogation.😍❤️

[mikef]

Never owned a house plant until my mother passed and one was left unwanted at her viewing. She always had many plants in the house so I figured I’d give it a home. It’s been almost two years and I’m happy to say that the plant is still thriving. It’s grown to about 8 feet long vines now. I wanted to trim it but being plant illiterate I had no idea how so I turned to YouTube. I watched a couple videos and I just want to say that your video was the most in depth one I came across. I followed your directions and now have a bunch of pothos plants throughout my home lol. Thank you for the great informative video

[debcobern]

Some tips I do that add to success. Add a teaspoon of Colloidal Silver to your water, Use a straw to blow air into the water once a day. This allows you to leave the plants alone without having to change the water until you are ready to transplant. When you transplant keep the potting mix quite wet for the first week then gradually allow to become dryer over time. This way the water roots will become acclimated to the soil and failure is just about 0.

[airyfrommars]

"what you wanna do is you don't wanna do that at all." i love u

[SunnySoroush]

Loved the video, dude. I have one simple tip, though: the more variegated a plant is, the less chlorophyll it has (which is what causes them to look light green or have white patches), so they will develop roots and put out new growth at a much slower rate. That's why your marble queen pothos weren't as "successful" at rooting in the same amount of time. They simply needed more time in water to develop the roots and leaves.

[seekerofallah]

I root my cuttings in water exactly as you described then transfer them into pots with soil, I place a glass dome on top of the plant pot which creates a humid environment around the cuttings and they appear to respond very well since golden pothos thrives in humidity. I get an abundance of new shoots & leaves which thickens the overall look and creates a beautiful dense, lush appearance. All my cuttings rooted in water propagate with 100% success and no casualties, the dome also saves me from watering the pot, I just check that the soil is damp to the touch. Then when I have enough foliage covering all the soil surface I remove the dome and maintain the pot with usual watering for pothos and misting with water. Friends & colleagues always marvel at the green, lush appearance and the plants still give off vines, although I keep cutting them back to make yet more cuttings. Love your videos!

[heatherhayward]

Can we have an update on the growth for these guys??

[TheMissSmitten]

“What you wanna do is you don’t wanna do that at all.”

I’m gonna use this line next time I want to politely disagree with someone’s idea.

[aeislugh]

Pothos is actually a really popular plant in the aquarium community. It is placed right in the aquarium, or in the hang-on-back filter as a means of reducing the nitrates from the fish waste. My wife and I have a whole bunch of it growing in our aquariums. the pothos in her desk aquarium is twining all up and down her desk lamp lol.

[juliestancato]

Oh my gosh, this must be the best tutorial I’ve ever seen in my life - and I’ve watched many videos on various subjects. My mom passed away a few years ago and we have one plant that she had for years. We’re trying to propagate and eventually have enough to give one to everyone in the family. Thank you for all the time and energy that you put into this video. I really enjoyed your presentation as well as learned a lot. I’m going to make a decision on if the roots are at the right stage right now.

[FqqT]

btw i planted the "wasted bits" - and got plants out of it. so don't throw those out people! plant them as just stems and still get plants!

[terriejohnston]

Your laid back approach is how i TRY to Roll w my plants. AM SO With You, my friend...on the Water Propag..style. I Lost many awesome cuttings by directly planting in soil. But THAT's how we learn. 🌱What works for some, may differ for others. For me, it's much easier @ fun to watch each cutting Do IT's Thing. 💞 Love from PA

[nature]

This was my first time propagating a plant and I followed this tutorial (with minor adjustments) with 100% success. I'm not sure if these little changes actually affected anything, but with my set up I had all my cuttings in one large vase (I thought it'd help to give the roots room to grow?), placed this in a window that got about 5-4 hours of direct sunlight, changed the water every 2 days, and added plant food to the water (de-chlorinated water). My cuttings had about 3-inch roots and budding leaves in about a week and a half, so now they're happily chilling in their new pot c:

I really don't know why I haven't tried this sooner. I guess I thought I was gonna screw it up, but your video made it look so easy! I've had my 2 pothos for about 2 years now, and they're getting pretty big and lowkey out of control, considering that I've yet to like.... actually groom them lol

[LindaJMacKay]

Ive been propagating for years with good success. I tried your way with the shorter stem pces and ended with a lot of 'underwater leaf babies'. I potted them anyway, and wow! Their colours are amazing- like jewel tones! 💚

[TitusFeliciano]

Love how you kept following up the growth process until it’s well and truly planted and growing! Kudos 👌🏼

[lisabeauchamp]

Thank you so much. I tried this with a 12’ Long vine that lost about 1/3 of its leaves. Almost every cutting rooted and I planted them in one pot (about 2 dozen or more). I lost about 4 cuttings in the soil but the cuttings have sprouted so many babies. Literally another dozen babies which I didn’t expect. Sooo happy! Thank you 😊. Oh one more thing I just used shot glasses and wine glasses.

[CustomGardenSolutions]

Just the glass bowl propagation station makes me want to go out and propagate some pathos.😎😎😎

[laurenrivas]

thanks for showing us the full process after a couple weeks for the roots to grow in, then putting it in soil!! this was very helpful, thank u!!

[juliaaalovee]

would love to see an update on this pothos mix in say half a year from now!!! i have a range of pothos varieties propagating in water right now, tempted to create a mix of them when it comes time to pot them!!

[NikellFleener]

I follow you on TT and love your videos, super educational. I love my Pothos and have had it for years. It started from a clipping from a friend and from there I have started many plants from it. After seeing this video, I now know the "proper" way to trim my cuttings, I was keeping too much of the stem. Thank you for showing this.