1y ago

How do you guys get sansevieria cuttings to grow roots? These lazy things have been sitting in water for two weeks

I let them callous over for a few days beforehand.

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They take a lot longer than 2 weeks to begin rooting, in my experience. But if you leave them in the water they'll root eventually.
As a side note, the babies will not have yellow leaf edges. This type of sansevieria reverts to an all-green variety when propped this way. If you want to keep the yellow edges, you have to prop them by letting them bud off the main root.
- oh I did not know that, thank you
- @inasaba @simon Spot on reply. I started a single cutting from my daughter's plant. It was at least four weeks before any roots developed. And yes, the resulting plant lost its yellow edge.
Lay them flat on potting soil, mist from time to time, they won't usually root in water.
The idea is to mimic the natural process where a leaf will break and fall on the ground to take root
- Thank you :) Would you cut off the lowest centimentre that was laying in water or would you put them on soil immediately?
  
  That I'm not sure, never started a succulent in water... If it looks like the tissue is waterlogged probably cut it, but if the callous is intact it might be fine...?
  Oh, also if you have access to it, "cactus" soil mix will be the best
I never callus mine. I trim my overgrown ones with a wide "^” shape (upside down 'V'). I stick them in a jar of water like yours and let it face the sun. Occasionally refill the water and rinse if necessary -- sprouts roots like crazy and even further sprouts. Fun fact: they thrive in water!!
I’ve got some sitting in water in my kitchen that have been there for the past six months. They only started putting roots out after about four? It takes a long time!
During the fall-winter time usually it takes months to grow some poor roots on Sansevieria. And some types do this much slower than other in my expirience.
Actually right now I have one Kirkii leaf in water for 4 months, and still nothing.
I just stick them in dirt and water it. They end up growing but they do take a little while.
Growth powder.
I've had a leaf take several week to grow roots, and then nearly a year once in dirt to actually grow a new shoot.
Goodluck!
I couldn't get mine to do anything in water. Last resort I just threw them in dirt and bam...got roots. Just recut them and stick em in.

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