Leafless Nodes VS Nodes With Leaves Propagation ( LONG TERM RESULTS ) 

I wasn't expecting to see such a drastic difference between the two when rooting....and then at the end....the come back! Great experiment

I think the leafless nodes put more resources into growing leaves at first because they wouldn’t be able to grow without some photosynthesis. The ones with leaves could put everything into growing roots, so by the time they got into soil they had more food than the leafless nodes.

Small tip to whoever needs it: those glass-stones/pebbles that your grandma had in a vase in the window, they are very nice to place in the water-propogation container and then place the stems in between them. They will make sure your stems stand right and stay there. Marbles also work. I perfer this instead of leca or perlite as stabilizers, since the glass is easily cleaned and reusable, amd if they are coloured, your cuttings can easily be very decorative.

Man, I wouldn't have thought you could propagate essentially just sticks! I've thrown away so many long pothos vines because they fell into a dark place. I'm going to propagate those bad boys next time! Bread makers use a tool called a lame to hold double-sided razors for slicing bread tops. I wonder if such a thing could be useful for those afraid of the double-sided razors.

I use double sided razors and it work like a dream. Less rot and more clean cuts lead to a faster growth

Glad you made this video. I've often wondered about this myself. As you are well aware, plants take a good bit of time to really start growing so the longer timed experiment was perfect!!!

now that's what you call a plot twist! thanks for another great one 👍🏾

This is a great experiment!!!!! Great job!

I’m not surprised by the result. My hypothesis is the leaf nodes had a leaf and therefore didn’t need to focus any energy on creating one, hence the quicker root development. Once it had enough root to support the leaf it already had, it would focus on more leaf growth. The leafless ones first needed to produce a leaf to assist with energy production and that meant less focus on roots which in the end made the difference.

Very interesting at the end of the I didn’t expect the results to switch as they did.

I do like the longer time period for the experiment. Very interesting, Matt. Thanks for putting in all the work. A plus on your science project! 😂❤

Thank you for uploading this experiment, if I ever decide to propagate, I will do it with leaves.

Love these experiments!

Good stuff! Seems like the nodes push out the initial leaves in order to then help with the root growth. So they are rushing just to catch up.

I love that you did the long-term experiment! I definitely learned a couple of things here! Thank you for sharing!

Whoa that was a really cool experiment! I think you handled the setup super well, and the end result was shocking!

I really thought that the leafless nodes were going to win, Wow was not expecting that. 😮

Leafless nodes lost at the end, but I would 100% but that plant over the other. Looks fresher, more symmetrical growth, just overall a nice looking plant!

Love how it doubled in size. I figured the wet sticks would've been bigger. Love the experiments. ❤

Maybe would have been easier to prop the leafless nodes in that little vessel you used for space filler. They are hard to do in water, but I've had success in spag moss in plastic cups. Makes so much sense, the results!

Love your passion for plants that peaks your curiosity and drives you to experiment and learn more about them and share with others. This is what makes your channel so interesting to watch (your sense of humor is a bonus 😂) Keep up the good work! 👍

Super thankful for longer-term experiments like that! ✨😃🙏

Thanks from Italy😊

Great to see the growth over time 😀🇨🇦

Excellent vidéo, always something I wondered, thanks

thanks for the experiment :p I was debating whether to water propogate with just the leaves + nodes or just the stems/nodes. glad I went with the leaf option :)

Great experiment! My guess in why things happen the way it did is the leafed ones needed to establish more roots to sustain the leaf AND begin new leaf growth, so it took longer to produce leaves. The leafless ones just need to sprout enough roots to produce the initial small leaf. And then produce more roots and the subsequent leaves are sized in proportion to the size of the root network. However, once the initial leafed ones established the roots, the larger root network will allow larger leaves to grow. And the effect is exponential. I also notice the ones with leaves began to yellow and that allows the leafed ones to cannibalize the older leaf to convert it into nutrients for subsequent leaves. Hence the subsequent leaves will size up dramatically. I’m just taking a stab. It your experiment is great because it yields unequivocal results.

I love learning new things! If i want mini pothos i can do that, and if i want nice full big pothos i can do that!

Great experiment. Thank you.

nice thanks for sharing!

Awesome experiment!

Loving the longer term thing

Great job! I noticed the same here with Scindapsus!

What a twist!

Great experiment! as a data scientist I recommend doing a coin flip to assign cuttings to each group instead of picking comparable cuttings.

Interesting results so far. Half way through. Before you pit them up.

I agree with the razor. In fact, I was turned on to in by your videos. My recommendation is to use a tiny rectangle of tape (I used Gorilla brand) to make a little grippy handle. Have a blessed day 🙏

Love it!

This was very interesting

Great experiment, thank you for doing this. Very interesting and surprising

I have done this myself also with pothos and I got the same result only the ones with leaves were ahead the whole time

Yea it scares me when you use the razor blade. 😂 nice experiment. I always wonder if dark or brown glass props, prop faster in the dark glass. IMO they do root faster but an experiment would be good. 💚

This is a fun experiment. Nice video!

Love this subject so much! Thank you!

Looks great! What happens when the roots fill the grooves but more roots develop, where do they go?

Another great one man 👊🤘

Happy to see so the end results with so many leaves. How much time it takes to see the first leaf? I am also experimenting with pothos from last 3 weeks, but so far can only see roots. Doing water propagation. Zone 9b.

I wonder if being crowded in one glass had a negative effect? Maybe a control of one in their own glass could have been added for each as well?

I wonder if a dip in some rooting hormone for the leafless nodes when going into the soil could have levelled the playing field a little? Give the roots a nice boost as they establish themselves in fresh soil?

Ahh, the sacrificial golden pothos. 😅

I would be curious even after a year

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Why does The Leafless Nodes sound like a band?

Hey this is what I wanted to know, but couldn't find answers. I cut up my monstera albo and cut it up into 5 pieces with a leaf. I now wonder if I should cut the leaf off or not. I'm airlayering my other monstera albo, since it has flowered, and I want to cut it up aswell.

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Would this work with Roses?

In my own experiments I find leaf nodes better. But we'll see

Can you get a cut proof glove or something lol I just would hate to see you lose a finger

No surprises here, the folks expecting the leafless nodes to win the race clearly do not have a good understanding of plant biology.

Damn, cut up my Pothos a month ago and threw away like 2 metres of leafless vine... 🥲 Thought they wouldn't have the strength to root... Thank you for posting your experiments for all of us to see, it's a great way to lern

Love these experimental side by side growing comparisons!

Since you're committed to those exps I would love to see some fertilizer tests. Specifically silica supplementation. It's supposed to make plants stronger (thicker cell walls plus better Ca utilization) but so far I've been too lazy to bother as there are multi steps in preparation on fertilizer if adding silica. Oh an myco! I know it helps plants but I wonder if it actually makes a difference or is it an induced placebo effect.

why don't just tie them together with twines, elastic bands or any material to hold them together

It seems like the cuttings with leaves prioritize root growth and the ones without leaves leaf growth. But what if you would cut just half of the leaves off?

Question: Why did you leave a long bit of stem above the node when you cut? Typically that's not advised in pruning so I've always figured the principle would be the same when doing props. So shorter stem above node and longer below node is what I've been ensuring that I do when doing propagations. Does it make a difference? If you've done a video on this already I may come across it after this comment but please respond with your thoughts.

Does this month have a pothos race video? 👀

plant makes food by photosynthesis with leaf... makes sense a leafless plant stem has to struggle managing energy reserves to grow both leaf and root...

Where do you buy those basic black square growers pots? I can't find them anywhere!

Awesome video great info

This was very interesting

Thanks for sharing!!

Amazing video!

I have a pothos that needs cutting down like this. I may do a leafless planting bc I really like the variety.

Great video!

Good experiment. You can see that the ones with leaves prefer to put their energy in getting proper roots. While the leafless ones need to put the leaf production first to get more photosynthesis going