I have them growing out of my aquariums as aquaponic plants. They have grown into a jungle and are blooming all the time. They are growing down over the front of the tanks. I was thinking of trying to cut them back and put starts in some of the other tanks. Your video explained about the nodes in a better fashion then others I have viewed recently. Some say you should sterilize your scizers before cutting your plant. Is this really necessary? My thoughts are that if you are going to stick it back in the soil or in my case into the aquarium water it is going to be in all sorts of bacteria so anything on your scizzors couldn't possibly be any worse then what you are planting it in. It sounds like an incredibly resilient plant that is pretty hard to kill in the first place.
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I bought 10 stems, poted, all died , leaves die out and by 10 days only few leaves . This is soil propagation. I dont know if its the hard water salty water thats killing it or is it me ? I am fed up so i have started a water trail propagation. Tell me what special mistake i am doing ? I have balcony south facing and get only 1 hours of sun at Noon time. The balcony does have chill drafts and there is low light so i hang them up. Need advice because i have Liiked then subscribed
My stems consistently shrivel up and die at the base where it enters the soil while the distal end remains viable for several weeks. What causes this and how can I stop it?
constant pruning and repropagating. I missed that lesson when I bought my first one and it looked ugly after a year. I didn't know you had to constantly prune it and make sure they don't get too leggy. Cutting above a node and replant in the crown or plucking out that tiny middle third leaf on the end.
Trailing Tradescantia rarely live for long periods at a time. They're not vines that are built to mostly sustain themselves on a single root system, they're groundcovers. They're supposed to lay against the floor and support themselves through several root systems. Personally, I'd suggest adding a physical fertiliser to the soil mix that's high in Phosphorous in order to make the root system more robust, but that won't stop the issue, it'll only delay it. The only thing you really can do is keep propagating by cuttings, or have the full stem of the plant lay against soil.
