![]() Could you remind me what it was? - Kathy L.Ī: Although geraniums cuttings can be rooted in a glass of water, rooting them in a mixture composed of half sand and half peat moss is usually more successful. ![]() You’ve mentioned another method in the past. Q: I’ve tried rooting geranium cuttings in water, but they usually rot. Potting soil can make or break houseplant successĬhristmas tree shopping could be different this year.Your pothos can live indefinitely by propagating new cuttings, as you’ve done. Unlike humans, most houseplants don’t inevitably suffer old-age infirmities, and are theoretically capable of living forever.Īlso unlike humans, most houseplants can be kept going perpetually by dividing them into new portions or coaxing a piece to form new roots. An average length of time a plant is kept by its owner is probably between five and 15 years. Plants of that age are unusual, of course. Among them were several Christmas cactuses with documented histories well over a hundred years. Is this unusual? - Ell M.Ī: I’ve asked readers in the past to send stories about long-lived houseplants, and I received many reports of plants reaching a ripe old age. I’m quite certain I will pass on before the plant does. ![]() I just don’t have the heart to pull it up and toss it out. I just water it and occasionally give it some liquid plant food. I have repotted it many times, cut off the vines and put them in water until they grow roots and then potted them. Special to The Forumĭo you know how old a houseplant can get? I have a pothos that I got when I was in the hospital having my son, who is going to be 40 years old next year. A reader wonders why this mushroom cluster in the photo kept growing in October. ![]()
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