How do you get a wandering Jew to root?
Wandering Jews root easily by taking cuttings, also known as slips, from a healthy, mature plant. Use clean, sharp scissors to cut the stem just below a node, which is a small, budlike protrusion where a bud or leaf is beginning to grow. This is the point where new roots develop during the propagation process.
How Long Does Rooting Take? You'll start to see new root growth within just one week! After two weeks, your stem will have grown a solid set of roots, and if you choose to propagate in water, it can now be transplanted to well-draining potting soil to maintain its growth.
Rooting Wandering Jew Cuttings in Water
The resilient Tradescantia will root from almost any cutting, whether placed in water or in soil. So, starting a wandering Jew in water is a good project for anyone, including children and gardening beginners.
A: The best way to propagate a Wandering Jew plant is by stem cuttings. You can take stem cuttings from an existing plant and propagate them in water or soil.
The three main ways to propagate your plants are cutting, division, and replanting of offsets. Taking a cutting and replanting it creates an exact clone of the original plant. It relies on the amazing ability of some plants to produce roots from the bottom of a cut stem or leaf.
You can put cuttings straight into soil as long as you have prepared them correctly. 'Cut under a node at the bottom and above a node at the top,' says Chick-Seward. You must also remove the lower leaves, leaving only two or three at the top.
Warm growing medium temperatures accelerate cell division which leads to faster callusing, root initial development and subsequent root growth. It also speeds up the dry-down rate of the growing medium, which also helps encourage better rooting. The best way to warm the growing medium is through bottom heat.
Water is devoid of the nutrients your plant requires to survive long-term and can encourage fungal infection, so your Tradescantia will eventually need to be potted in soil.
Tradescantia is one of the easiest houseplants to propagate and it's a perfect candidate for water propagation. Water propagation is essentially nothing more complicated than cutting a bit off a plant and bunging it in a container of water, ideally a glass one so you can watch as it grow roots.
One way to deliver nutrients to cuttings is to incorporate a light rate of fertil- izer (such as 40-50 parts per million nitrogen) into the water used for misting. This allows plants to continue to receive a constant supply of nutrients and prevents nutritional deficiencies.
Can Tradescantia grow in bathroom?
Tradescantia zebrina is a great bathroom plant for adding colour with its purple leaves. It trails and hangs really well, looking great on a high shelf.
Watering and Fertilizing
Water until water drains through the bottom of the pot, taking care that your plant won't sit in water. Tradescantia thrives in humidity, and they love regular misting. Leaf tips will turn brown without adequate humidity.
