Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Tips on propagating a dieffenbachia, 0 by Tigerlily09

Tigerlily09 wrote:
Update!

Last week I noticed a little bitty root poking out of one of my cuttings. I was so thrilled! I mean it, I've never tried anything like this before and I was so scared I messed it up. I'm including some pictures of the cuttings. I flipped the cuttings over to check for roots and at least a dozen are sprouting! It's such a great feeling. I've been terrified because the canes I topped keep losing leaves so today I lifted them up (very carefully) and checked. The cane on the right has been losing more and more leaves and the leaves aren't as dark green so I've been really worried. But it had several roots poking out, the longest at least an inch long! The other has one root sprouting but it still looks healthy so I think it will be fine.

Edit: I've been meaning to ask. I'm rooting both the tops and the cuttings in rooting medium. When and how do I transplant them to ordinary potting soil?

One other thing -- I had covered the cuttings loosely with plastic wrap but I noticed mold growing so now they are uncovered.

This message was edited Oct 6, 2008 10:15 PM