/r/proplifting

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A place where propagate-able plants are given a second chance at life

Share your Home Depot, Lowe's, and general floor finds here! If it's less than a full plant, you're going to propagate it, and it didn't come from a curated public plant we'd love to see it!

  • PROPPING 101!!

If you have any questions about what to do with your props regarding stage-by-stage, look no further! It's all in this Google Doc I made!

  • CRESTED PROPS!!

Wondering if your prop is crested? Is your pup looking a little weird with clustered sprouts? Take a peek at this Google Doc and find out!

  • RULE CHANGES!!

**As of 28th of March 2018, we now allow and encourage propagations of plants that are not succulents! Show it all off here! Anything you can propagate goes here.

**As of 1st of November 2019 there will be a minor crackdown on memes and merchandise. Plant merch is cool, but this is a sub for propagation and advice somewhat exclusively. Your fun succulent merch probably works better in /r/succulents or /r/houseplants.

**Please message mods before any competitions or sweepstakes.

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Is there a subtle way to take a cutting from this?

7 Comments
2025/02/01
02:59 UTC

79

My little work friends.

They seem to be doing great considering they do not get any natural light to speak of.

6 Comments
2025/01/31
20:51 UTC

15

Ficus Elástica

I tried to propagate this plant before, maybe 10 cuttings of a variegate plant, i fail miserably, all of them. I tried water and soil prop.

That's was a long time ago, now i know i should change the water more consistently and use better soil (i bought a very bad soil, it was kinda like mud).

I cut and let it callous for one day before plant it with my Dieffenbachias Green Magic, also a prop, and gonna keep an eye in this cutting. I've propagated a lot of plants and this one is the only one that i couldn't do it.

7 Comments
2025/01/31
17:39 UTC

36

Can you grow Sphagnum moss?

17 Comments
2025/01/31
07:56 UTC

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Need help identifying these before I try to prop them in water please

8 Comments
2025/01/30
19:19 UTC

3

Crepe myrtle cuttings.

I have no idea how many cuttings there are, other than about 10 each of pink and white.

8 Comments
2025/01/30
08:31 UTC

46

just to be certain these leafless things can't be propogated?

philodendron MICAN

37 Comments
2025/01/28
16:06 UTC

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Two leaves next to each other but only one grew

What did I do wrong and how can I improve next time?

7 Comments
2025/01/28
13:09 UTC

10

How do I get a monstera cutting without disturbing it too much?

Long story short, I'm absolutely allowed to do it. As a matter of fact, I've been allowed to take the Very Sad Monstera home as a whole. Unfortunately:

  • I'm 150 cm tall, AFAB, with zero weightlifting experience and/or ability;

  • the Very Sad Monstera's pot is large and quite heavy;

  • the Very Sad Monstera is, once again, very sad and obviously needs to be repotted.

How exactly do I transport the Very Sad Monstera, given its condition is already not the best and it's -14°C outside? Is it better to take it with the pot ( :( ) or cut it (and how)?

UPD: thanks everyone, the Very Sad Monstera's been dismembered and coming home!

9 Comments
2025/01/27
03:04 UTC

98

Just when I think I'm out,

Almost all my props are in soil at this point so of course I needed to refill the nursery.

Today's acquisitions. I just have them in damp moss for right now.

3 Comments
2025/01/26
19:52 UTC

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What's the best way to prop these Sansevieria leaves, if that's even possible? Conflicting info on the internet if it should go in water or in soil

30 Comments
2025/01/25
21:17 UTC

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no progress in monstera propagation?

this is a cutting i got from a monstera, and it’s been sitting in that propagation station for about ~5 months. there was a second one, but that one died a few weeks after i got it. this cutting hasn’t yellowed or anything, but it also hasn’t grown an inch, it’s literally stayed the exact same since i put it in there. this is my first time propagating anything, so i’m wondering if there’s something else i should be doing to make it grow? or if this is normal for a monstera cutting? it’s just so stagnant lol

6 Comments
2025/01/25
20:10 UTC

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Help me prop my vanilla bean orchid that got overwatered(?)

Help! It’s dying. What do I do???? I’ve had it for a couple years with no problems. I either damaged it repotting or repotted incorrectly but where do I go from here? Unpot and unwind? And…?

3 Comments
2025/01/25
20:03 UTC

35

Propagating from floral arrangement?

Any hope for this cutting? I think it’s prairie blazing star. It’s from a funeral arrangement. We’re in zone 6b. I’d love to give it more life.

12 Comments
2025/01/25
00:47 UTC

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Chopped FLF putting out baby leaves only

I chopped and propped my huge, topheavy FLF and recently even posted how happy I was with all the new leaf sprouts on the chopped bottom half. Every leaf it has grown has been so mini- I put my hand in the photo for comparison, but it’s just a small lady hand lol. The leaves it used to put out were longer than half my arm- is it ever going to “grow up” again, or do I now have a miniature FLF? So weird.

3 Comments
2025/01/24
02:23 UTC

214

Taken (with permission!) from a display in my office building. Now propping in my office window sill

10 Comments
2025/01/24
01:32 UTC

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FLF is too tall!

I have an FLF(Fiddle-Leaf Fig) that was grown to be very tall. Recently moved into a new house where the ceilings are not vaulted and am almost 100% sure my plant won’t fit without bending. Can these be pruned to be shorter and then grow tall again? Once pruned, how easy is it to prop the cuttings?

5 Comments
2025/01/23
21:09 UTC

127

This glass cloche is hands down my favorite propagation tool 🌱

13 Comments
2025/01/23
20:53 UTC

35

Hello, I found those little cuties on the floor of my plant store, what do I do from here?

19 Comments
2025/01/23
20:29 UTC

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I’d like to propagate my pothos, where would I cut from?

11 Comments
2025/01/23
18:49 UTC

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