Rooting Faster

Above the kitchen cabinets is a lot of empty space, perfect for some Golden Pothos or Purple Queens (nice florescent lighting). I have been rooting some cuttings for a while now, and I have more than tripled the quantity of plants I have. However, it has taken quite some time (about three months). Is there any way to make to cuttings root faster? If for just temporary?

I have this manifest destiny about the cabinet space that won't go away. It's about 25% of the way filled!

I use to fertilize w/miracle grow when i watered an ivy i was growing under similar light in my old office. That baby grew like there was no tomorrow.

Do u have any problem with cooking fumes (grease) affecting the plant? I've heard a kitchen is not the bestest place to grow plants due to that.......just wondering.

Some types of plants will root faster than others, and with most you can probably speed things up a little by using rooting hormone if you're not already doing that. And putting the cuttings on a heat mat may help a bit too. But it's still a relatively slow process for many plants, so especially if you're already doing most of those things, you may not be able to speed things up much.

We may cook a meal about two or three times a week, hopefully that wouldn't be too much strain on the plants. We do have a vent-a-hood that works very well in most cases.

I'll research some more about the rooting hormone and give heating the cuttings a try. I am happy that the plants have been growing so well and seem healthy. I was just curious about learning if there were techniques to making plants root faster.

Essentially I want several individual plants, then I can pot them and generally leave them alone to grow and fill the space. I've even been working on a technique that would allow me to water the plants without having to use a step stool.

I would definitely try the rooting hormone if you haven't been using it, that should definitely help things root a bit quicker.

I would be inclined to continue as they are with your treatment as to try speed things up too fast will give you very leggy plants that will be week and spindly, for the area you are trying to eventually grow the matured plants, you need good strong growing ones. To grow plants on top of your kitchen cabinets means the plants will be receiving the full amount of heat from the cooking, the natural way heat rises and probably lack of natural light and moisture, so you want the toughest plants possible to start off with, watering may also not be enough, you may be required to mist the foliage every day to keep humidity around the foliage, It is just a thought, but the area you are saying you wish to place the plants is the very spot I use to dry any bunches of picked Lavender or herbs as the air is warm and dry with no cool drafts, so I am just suggesting you think hard about the work that may be involved caring for your plants, if you use Gas in the kitchen, the fumes from that will be detrimental to plants also, but there is no point in not giving it a go, nothing gained by not giving it a go, I am just trying to point out some pit falls that only might come your way. good luck. WeeNel.