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How could you not say epipremnum wrong at least once?

Great topic, I cut up my Monstera Delicious a year ago and put it in water I never got around to potting it up and it's still alive after a whole year I have added water to the pitcher I put it in but I haven't even changed out the water. I'm feeling pretty guilty about it I think I'm going to refresh the water and start on a fertilization regiment and see how long I can keep it going.

Thank you for this.🥰

Thank you for the video ❤ can I ask you something?! The tiny little „corms“ on a root of a calathea, can I just put them in soil and they grow to plants? I can‘t find anything about this topic. Thank you for your help!!! Best Juliane

Thanks for all the plant information 😊

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Great topic! I have golden pathos, purple trandescanthia and neon pothos that are growing in a glass vase. I have them on a table in a glass vase. One I put stones in and the pothos has developed the thickest roots I have ever seen on a plant in water. I do a lot of pons and leca. It seems like the ones that do well with those substrates can handle being in water only. I had my pothos in water for about a year now. It has grown and I have cut it back and just put the cuttings in the water to make it bushy.

Can lemon lime philodendron be in water?

I sent you a DM on Instagram asking a few questions about the products you have listed below. I'm hoping that you can help me.

Spider plants can live in water too

Pothos and monstera definitely grow in fish tanks. The leaves need to be above the water though obviously. Most aquatic plants can both be immersed and submersed

I found plants growing in water can endure less than optimal conditions. I've had the same pothos cuttings growing in vases in my dark bathrooms for years. They aren't necessarily getting bigger but they look great.

Wrong on aquarium grown houseplants. You don't submerge the whole plant, just the roots. The plants are suspended above the tank. They do fantastic. Most all plants can grow in water... even Ferns, Succulants and Orchids.

Such a wonderfully thorough discussion. Thank you! You covered most everything. I would add that besides no fungus gnats, most hydroponic plants are free from pest and diseases of all kinds. Also, for those who do want to take a potted plant and convert to water, it is very doable but you just need to attend to that plant diligently for several months by changing water about every other day and scrubbing the old (and now rotting) roots off with a soft toothbrush to keep the rot out of the water. And lastly I would add jade plants as easy to grow in water but if you do, take one that definitely has soil roots or else use LECA to keep the stem out of water. Jades grow so damn fast in water I can hardly keep up.😅 Oh yes, and spider plants are a hoot to grow in water - such lovely roots to admire! Oh and string of pearls grow fabulously in water (and you can go ahead and let the pea-shaped leaves be down in the water or pull them off - your choice.

Check out Paul the Plant Parent. He has his Calathea and maranta in water. I am going to be transitioning my Calathea to water and will let u know. Have you tried it?

I remember when I found out they switched snake plants into the dracaena family instead of Sansevaria I was like WHATTTT

Pilea cadierei is grown as a riparian plant like the colocasia, they're grown next to the water or on the water. There are some aroids that do grow as emersed (above/out of the water) and submersed (underwater) plants too but those are specific aquarium plants though.

For epipremnum aureum/pothos, in water they grow a lot faster. Whether the water is changed often or not, they have a faster rate of growth than when grown in soil.
On a tangent, In the aquarium hobby, it is best for the water to have some amount of bacteria to maintain a biodiversity which can benefit the plants, especially when the dead leaves become the substrate and somewhat the source of nutrients of the plants
However, the water must be change to prevent it to become opaque and to prevent it from becoming mud. The water is more like a "tea" in this case. Large debris have to be removed regardless, one small desicated leaf isn't trouble yet if you want to prevent attracting bugs or anything to live in the water, the water can be kept completely clean as an option.

What about water beads?

What did you meant by filter water from your fridge 🤔🤔, explained to me please

Truly impressive & candid coverage of the topic for sure.. thanks.. enjoyed..

One aspect of changing water in containers, decked up with pebbles et al , is that once the plant establishes itself with a nice spread of water roots, every time u tilt the vessel to remove stale water, u disturb the roots & plant lovers don’t like it. An easy way out, is to place the plant in a cut up coke bottles, unscrew the cap to drain off water & refill it. But then it doesnt look that good.

Any reactions to help this dilemma pl ?

Massive rant incoming about a plant I want to save and my experience with soil to water 😂 I’m not mad if nobody reads this because I know it’s a lot but maybe someone does and has any input on that chaos 😅😂💚

I have kinda killed my goeppertia warscewiczii and am trying to grow her anew from the rhizomes and I have honestly no ducking idea what I’m doing 🥲
I got rid of the rot with H2O2 and as I want to put them into semihydro later I put them in perlite because someone said it might be a good transition because it’s sterile but they started rotting again. I guess perlite isn’t good if you already have longer roots because it’s a pain in the a~~ to keep moist and many people keep saying that cinnamon is good as a fungicide but almost everything still rots if I cover the open spot with cinnamon. And yes, I properly disinfect my tools before cutting. Maybe it’s just always bacteria from my air and/or water, who knows.

So then I gave them another H2O2 bath and I think that they are fine but I’m very confused because the rhizomes have started going very dark, almost black, but it’s not rot, they don’t smell like anything and I can’t even say it’s mushy.


When it comes to earth to water roots that worked quite well for me but it took months. When I just started my houseplant journey about a 3/4 year ago I got three baby sansiveria plants (one of them actually a snake plant I think) and as I was used to basil which can grow very long roots very fast if it’s happy I put them in pots that were way too large for them and they couldn’t absorb all the water around them. Same with my pothos. They weren’t rotting yet but I got quite the scare when I realised the soil was soaking wet in the lower part of the pot. I was kinda hesitant with repotting but then they had thrips and I was like … duck it, I’m taking you out. After a thorough neem oil treatment and staying in water they were healthy again but the roots didn’t grow. I didn’t know about the different kinds of roots yet and freaked out when they got mushy. Then thankfully I read somewhere that plants can discard excess organic material in the water so I decided to gently rub it off once it went off. And I did so for a few months, changing the water every few days and gently taking off the mushy light brown/orange slimy stuff that the plants discarded. Weirdly at some places after the mushy part was off there was the core of the root left and I don’t know if that’s all water roots are and they build another layer when in soil or if it’s something different.

At some point it was all off and I had a very clean rhizome left and that’s when they started growing water roots. One of them suddenly got very strong ones and I already repotted her into a small terracotta pot and a mix that’s appropriate for succulents. The other two are still in water, they are a little slower. I had a pothos cutting with them for a while but it didn’t seem to do anything. As I had my pothos in water too, I changed it every few days and the others got the “old” pothos water with the growing hormone pothos naturally produce. Someone did well, someone didn’t. It seemed very random. In opposite to other cuttings I took that thriiiiiived with the pothos the sansiveria plants didn’t seem to care, one was actually doing worse. Oh btw – I use filtered water and each plant was in its own glass.
I have yet to see how well that one does in the mix but as it is 2/3 lava and pumice and 1/3 bark and coconut fibre it should be fine. After all the inorganic substrate actually wants water roots. I just make sure to not let it dry out completely yet because it was used to always being moist. I have a little bit of pon mixed into it too so that the tiny zeolite rocks tell me if there is any moisture left.

So yeah … I will try to do the same with my goeppertia rhizomes. You saying that they can come back in another video inspired me to at least try, I can always put them in the trash if it doesn’t work :)
So with those I am gently taking off slimy stuff again but I’m very careful, not scraping or pulling but just rubbing lightly and sliding down the roots with my nail almost without pressure and what stays, stays. The thing is also that the rot didn’t come from the roots but from the rhizomes. So I still have long roots and I don’t know if that’s good or not. It’s only been a week or something and the outer layer I have been talking about above is mostly off on the roots and now I’m left with just thin strings that are stable, I can hang the rhizome upside down only holding it on one of these strings and I don’t even feel any pulling or strain. I don’t think it’s gonna discard those anytime soon. It was a large plant btw so I guess that even though the rhizomes aren’t very big after I cut off everything that was rotting those remaining roots are strong. I couldn’t find anything about that anywhere 😅 My guess is that what’s left is the inner thing you can see on anatomy pictures of roots (don’t remember what it’s called) but I have no idea if it can take up nutrients. My journey with this plant has been so extremely unnerving and it would be so rewarding if I could actually revive it :D

If you bro ivy in water will you still have an issue with pests like spider mites?

Hi , can a polka dot plant live in water? thanks

Wait, aside from doing it myself there are tons of videos showing ppl transferring all sorts of plants from soil to water with no problem. I know you didn't say it couldn't be done but you gave the idea that it's not easy to do. I think because you don't grow in water you may be giving a little biased advice here 😂 no harm tho.

Very informative. (Please look up usage of “like” vs. “as.”)

Can you grow a monstera indoors with water beads only and some water soluble fertilizer?

By extended periods of time do you mean permanently?

I’ve killed 4 zebra plants can’t get the watering right!

the aluminium plants can be put into aquariums. I bought some from an aquarium years ago

There's a new yt channel where he promotes calatheas in water, it's something I'm trying on 1 of mine, bc it almost died and what the heck. Oh cool, I am thinking of my ferns too!!

I'm trying to learn about leca or Pon..I've viewed your video on Leca.. It was great! Do you have one on Pon?? Thank you for what you do, educate us!

Would Christmas cactus be a good candidate for growing in water?

My grandmother grew alot of her plants in water and when she got sick and they started dying I took them. Alot of them are still growing in water and I've potted cuttings. They are all doing great!!❤

PLEASE talk less and focus camera on plants more than yourself. we want to see the plants

My apartment doesn't have great airflow, so my plants don't dry out quickly enough. So I moved multiple pothos, my monstera, and a bunch of "wandering dudes" into water vessels. They are doing great! I top off the water every week and replace it probably once or twice a year. My monstera has grown three new leaves in the past year!

Ive had the top of a pineapple living in water for 3 years! Like u said its stayed small but i love her ❤

Thanks got a lot of tips from this. I’ve been growing my indoor plants in water for about 4 years now so have learned a lot by trial and error. But.. I always fail growing peace lilies in water they last about a year then decline until they just die, so many ppl say it’s one of the easiest plants to grow in water but I’ve failed at it 😅

I grow several plants around the edge in my aquariums, Various Pothos, Peace Lilly, I even have a fern of some sort that I got as a tiny plant, it loves growing in the top of the aquarium, I even had creeping jenny for a bit too. they make lots of plant hangers on etsy just for this. Thinking of why, aquariums have built in food for plants, also having planted aquariums with actual aquarium plants, I do use fertilizer for those, I'm sure it helps the house plants growing out of it too.

Very helpful and detailed video ❤ I have been searching how to fertilize plants that are growing in water, but found none. Some even said not to fertilize. This video is helpful ❤

Love your videos!!🌹🍃 Oklahoma here..

GM Drea!!
I recently purchased (2) prayer plants. A rattlesnake and the other idk but it has thin vines and arrow shaped. This morning I found it looking bad compared to since I've had it (2 wks). It came in water and said keep at least 1" of water. While watching your videos on these plants, the conditions have gotten better and where 1 leaf was curled upward like crazy, it's almost unfolded and the crispiness has reverted.
I added water 1/2" from the top and I'm feeling better about the plant already. Water didn't need to be changed, however, next change will be distilled water. These plants are beautiful but worrisome like Ferns!!!.

Interesting but here are a few of my "water culture" results over the last years.
Many tropical "houseplants" can be grown in water.
So far I have (had) success for extended times (several years) with, to name a few:
Calathea 'Maui Queen'
Zebra plant
Syngonium
Dracaena - Lucjy bamboo and variegated types, even growing to over 2.50 meters high if not cut back)
Asparagus falcatus
Asparagus densiflorus
Chamaedorea Elegans
Potos (epipremium)
Vining Philodendron (different species)
Umbrella plant - schefflera arboricola (different varieties, including variegated ones)
Peace lilly - Spathiphyllum (a natural swamp & bog plant)
Red mangroce - Rhyzophora mangle (a natural soft to brackish growing swamp tree)
Cryptocoryne species (a water and swamp plant from Asia that easily grows above water in nature)
Anubias species (a water and swamp plant from Africa that easily grows above water in nature)
Both Cryptocorybe and Anubias species are sold in Aquarium/Terrarium shops. If you can grow Nepenthes, then you can grow these as a house plant. They come in many species and varieties with different leaf shapes and colors, also variegated ones and with pink and red leaves.

With the exception of the Red mangrove & lucky bamboo, all were initially bought as potted plants and transferred to water culture.
To transition, I remove all the soil, since with water at room temperature and the cut back the roots so one third of the root ball (in length) is left. I found this helps a lot with the transitioning to water culture.
I use these plants as extra water filters in my aquariums.
Water temperature is kept between 23 and 26°C (73.5 and 79°F)
All cleaned up plants are put into pond baskets and filled up with lava rock chunks and/or course aquarium filter sponge cubes. roots grow easily in and around this media. The base of the plants is always just above the water so it won't rot.
The plants, once established, after 3 to 6 weeks, start taking their nutrition out of the water (fish waist) and help cleaning the water.
I also fertilize my aquarium, with specialized aquarium plant nutrition once a week just under the recommended doze.
This growing method has the advantage of the water reservoir around them that keeps the humidity around the plant quite high.
My room temperature never goes below 22°C - 73°F.
They are lit from above with special plant grow lights for 12 hours a day.
Hope this complements your interesting video a bit.
I will be trying other species and varieties in the future too but these really grow well this way.

All these "grow plants in water" are a big scam. Just like the person who cut her hair claims to be a "stylist".

If your looking for good beginner aquarium plants looks at anubias, java fern, java moss are all good most pet stores sell them.

You can’t deplete oxygen from water. Otherwise it’d just be hydrogen and be a gas. C’mon that’s Chem 101 lol.

Yes zebra plants can grow in water

So thorough! Seriously, your videos have the best info and explained in a way that's easy to understand. The only plants I've had success propagating for months are my pothos. My lemon lime Maranta died pretty quickly, and other plants that I've divided up with soil roots, once put into water slowly deteriorated. Thank you for doing this video! I will add it to my plant care play list, along with many other Aloha videos ☺️