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Was super skeptical about air layering until I tried it on my fiddle leaf
I kept seeing people online swear by air layering for leggy houseplants and I thought it was just another trend. But 8 weeks ago I tried it on my 4 foot tall fiddle leaf that had lost all its bottom leaves. I used some sphagnum moss and plastic wrap and it actually rooted. Now I have a brand new plant that I didn't have to spend $50 on at the nursery. Has anyone else had better luck with air layering than with cuttings?
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phoenixw111mo ago
The checking thing is so real, I had to physically tape the plastic shut on mine so I would stop peeking at it every few days. Glad you got a free plant out of it too.
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Dude I tried air layering once on a pothos and somehow ended up with more plastic wrap on my hands than moss. My wife walked in and asked if I was mummifying a houseplant. But for real, it worked way better than I expected, I got three good roots in like 6 weeks. I think I'm just too impatient with regular cuttings, I always end up checking them every day and messing it up.
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robin5911mo ago
Feel you on the checking thing, I do the same. I actually tried air layering on a monstera once and ended up with this big plastic ball hanging off the stem, looked like a weird Christmas ornament. But yeah, six weeks for roots sounds about right, I think I got mine at like seven weeks and was so relieved it actually worked.
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