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Pink princess philodendron

jojo95152003jojo95152003 Posts: 1
edited May 2023 in Problem solving
Hello, everyone I hope everyone is doing great. I need help. My pink princess philodendron stem looked like it was dying, so I trying to root it. You can see it in the first picture. Can someone please tell me if it has enough roots on it to put it in the soil now?  In the other pictures, you will see my other ppp, that is still in a pot, is doing the same thing. I read that if you put a straw around the stem it will help make it better, that is if the stem isn't dead. I'm not sure if it's just weakness in the stem or it's dying. I put a straw around the one in the pot , that is still in a pot, but the stem looks the same no improvement, Can someone please help me and me some advice. Should I just try and root the one in the pot? If so how do you root a pink princess? Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Welcome to the forum.
    I'm a little confused. Trying to get a dying stem to root is not going to work and I cannot see any roots on the piece of stem in the top picture unless the small nodes are new growth. I'm also a little flummoxed by the use of straw.
    https://www.gardenerbasics.com/blog/pink-princess-philodendron-care This gives advice on basic care, and there are a lot of videos on YouTube showing how to propogate your philodendron. Just google "Pink Philodendron propogation" and you'll be swamped with videos showing you how to do this. Of course this information is only useful if you have enough plant material to play with.
    How often do you water your plant and where is it sited? It won't be happy sitting in sodden compost and it needs a decent amount of light, but not so much that the leaves get scorched by the sun (not likely thus far this year but summer is coming).
    There is a danger with houseplants (with all loved plants) that when they look ill, we rush to try all sorts of cures when we ought to be looking at why the plant got that way in the first place. We all have to accept that sometimes a plant just isn't happy and won't do well and it is the devil's own job to drag it out to the bin and then buy a new specimen in the hope of success, but sometimes a plant is too far gone to revive.
    When buying a houseplant it is a good idea to look online for care instructions as the seller might not alert you to the plant's needs.....a little research in advance of handing over cash for something that can brighten your home can save you from purchasing something that isn't suited to the conditions.
    I hope your philodendron revives but if it doesn't, there are plenty of other wonderful plants out there willing to take over your home.

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