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I recently sprouted new roots on some pieces of plant I cut off, but they died? Why?
I have a vining plant that was getting out of control so I cut it back and took some of the clippings and put them in water until they sprouted new roots. I was told to basically just replant them in some good soil and they should be fine. I did that as well as watered it and within hours of replanting in soil, the leaves went dramatically limp. I thought it was initially in shock but by morning some shriveled up dry. The vine itself still looked good so I just left it to see if maybe the current leaves died off but the plant would maybe take and develop new ones. That was about a week ago now and the vine is starting to dry now as well and look like the leaves. I did plant them in a new pot along with another type of plant but they are not even touching; they were planted on opposite sides of the pot and I gave room so they weren't touching on top of the dirt or beneath. What went wrong??
Yes, I watered them after they were in the soil. It makes sense shocking a plant from growing it in pure water to then soil but then how else do you sprout offcut to make it into another plant? Is there a better way than what I was previously told on here? The roots were sprouted about 4 inches for vines with no more than 6 leaves on each. Hope that helps. I have more of this plant growing (the original plant in soil) so I would like to know so I can make more plants.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Maybe since you had them in water, and took them out and planted it. The plants could have gone into "shock". Did you water them when after you planted them. It hard for a plant to adjust from rooting in water as a soil-less media to being planted in the ground.
- bob wLv 51 decade ago
Not enough root for the amount of plant you are trying to grow. When rooting a plant, you need to leave very little foliage to begin with.