Propagate Purple Heart

Propagate Purple Heart #Tradescantiapallida || Water OR Soil || Which one is BETTER, FASTER AND PREFERRED Medium

Hi there, welcome back, great to have you here. Hey plant lover, how you doing?? I am sure things are great. Today what do we have, we have purple-heart or for some of you purple queen basically Tradescantia pallida. I had been planning to propagate this beautiful scrambling plant for a long time now and I added a bit of twist to the whole process. I started 4 cuttings- 2 in water and 2 in soil……just to have an idea how different these 2 media would work on fresh cuttings and by the end of this video we will know which one is better, faster, and should be a preferred medium. Let us begin, yes, please hit that subscribe button if you haven’t already….

Here are the first 2 cuttings and we will start them in soil. Remove just a pair of leaves and the cutting is ready.

The soil Mix is pretty simple- add equal parts of sand and cocopeat. And now gently sit the cuttings in the pot.

And these are the cuttings we will start in the water. Now the major difference while you get the cuttings ready is this- get more internodes. Basically remove a couple of pairs of leaves, longer stems.

After 2 weeks we have something to observe, the water propagation station was on a windowsill (no direct sunlight) and the other station was in a shaded spot outside. I see there is no significant shoot growth in water whereas the cuttings in the soil are doing great in terms of new leaves. So I would sure, advise you to do it in the soil- of course, faster, better, and preferred

Another difference to be observed after 3 weeks. The cuttings in the soil are looking like young plants already- with new leaves, thicker color, and great roots. In water, the leaves have turned green and roots too are scanty looking. So again- the soil should be the preferred medium. This is the time you can repot them and by all means together in a soil mix that is 70% sand and 30% garden soil and put them in a shaded spot outside for 2 days and then let them be in the sun. Also, now they have the same conditions, the cuttings propagated in water would pick up their original color and growth rate given the right amount of sun and good soil mix, so from here on all 4 cuttings would do great so don’t worry about their survival.

So the verdict is out- if you have time and want it easy- use water to start purple heart cuttings but if you wish to be faster and better then start them in soil.

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