Which Node End Matters When Propagating? 

I love how definitely not mad you are about not getting to use pothos.

This will definitely change the way I propagate nodes. Excellent experiment!

banger experiment with a clear result! thank you for this, it's extremely useful

One more thing I like to see is comparing a section taken from the middle of a vine, vs. a section having the growth tip.

This makes sense from what I've seen with the grapes. When I try and propagate them I usually leave the full length on both sides and that gives me better results

Ten months! That’s amazing. I’m guessing the chopped vine doesn’t reabsorb the portion closest to the mother plant because those stems are capable of producing roots for the next node. In this case, with the Escuelento. So the plant doesn’t “decide” that the portion beyond the node won’t grow. That portion is excess material because it can’t grow without a node, so it ends up being cannibalized (reabsorbed.) Sorry if I’m simply restating your results summary in different language, but I wasn’t sure if this is exactly what you meant. Anyway, I’m certainly happy to see you doing this work. I know you are busy with your job and growing family. Thanks for posting this interesting experiment. 😺✌️

Wow....that is very interesting results!

I love that your videos / experiments are valuable for new people in the plant hobby and for those of us who’ve been around for some years now! I’ve been watching your channel for years and I seem to always carry away some valuable information.

Wow, just wow. Thank you for all those experiments - it takes so long for you to see the results. Amazing and dedicated job ❤ thank you

10 months, wow! We appreciate your dedication to these experiments! Very interesting to see the results and I’m going to adjust how much stem I leave on either side of the nodes in the future. I feel like I was randomly switching between having either side be short - now I’ll aim my cuts for the middle.

i just got one of these plants this last week and this is really helpful experimant for when i need to chop and prop in the future

This is why I wished people sold cuttings with more stem left on

I would check the mass and volume of each node , and mark them sequentially from top to bottom node. Its hard work, but data is data 😅

Thank you for this experiment! I have a runner on my monstera esq so I'll be propagating it based on your results💚🌿

I Love your experiments! I am going to try this on my hoya propagations 😊

When I took Ornamental Horticulture classes they taught us to take cuttings with two nodes. This gives the cutting a much better chance of survival and a much healthier plant once rooted.

Very surprised by the results of this experiment that's interesting! Appreciate trying to keep the lengths the same. The ferns grew nice

Interesting experiment and results! Any updates on the terrarium plant room?

Very interesting results!

Great experiment. Definitely helpful. Thank you.

I think it would be nice to keep the total amount of stem the same. Basically the before node length and after node length should add up to be the same across your tests. Since you're limited by stem when you're chopping something up, you're really trying to decide how to allocate the stem section. It's sort of "cheating" to have the "node in the middle" condition have so much more stem.

Interesting experiment

Huh, I've never noticed the stem withering thing before. Is this just an Esqueleto thing, or do a lot of aroids do it and I need to pay more attention?

Mustach yaaaay

I tried this with some pothos vines that lost too many leaves (don't judge me) and no luck 🥲 I was hoping it would work, I had enough nodes for a big new plant.