Using a seedling mat greatly speeds up the time that it takes for cuttings to root in soil. If you haven’t used a seedling mat before in propagation, you will be shocked at the difference it makes. You can encourage faster rooting by using a seedling mat (link to Amazon) to provide bottom heat. USE A HEATING MAT TO ENCOURAGE FASTER ROOTING As long as it’s firm and healthy, it should root and start to grow. Or if you’ve accidentally broken the tubers off, you can even plant the bare tubers themselves even if there is no vine coming out of it. Cut the vines so that there is a tuber at one end, and then simply insert it half way into potting mix like I described in the previous section. I’d recommend cuttings that are 6-8 inches long at the most. String of Hearts vines can get very long, so if you want to trim your plant, you can do so and then use the cuttings to propagate new plants.ĭon’t leave the vines too long though. TRIM YOUR PLANT AND PLANT THE LOOSE TUBERS I’d recommend watering thoroughly but then allowing perhaps the top half inch or so to completely dry out before watering again.Īfter several weeks, if you’re creating a new plant, you can see if the tuber has rooted by gently tugging at the tuber to see if there is any resistance, or you can very gently stick a chop stick or toothpick into the soil and lift it up to see if roots have formed.Ģ.
Keep the soil moist to encourage rooting to occur. If you’ve placed the tubers into a new pot (still leaving the vine attached to the original plant), give it several weeks to root before cutting the vine off of the mother plant. If you’re returning the tuber to the base of the original plant to make it fuller, you can just leave it there and not cut the vine off. Simply bury the tuber about half way into the soil and make sure it’s secure.
Leave the vine attached to the plant and don’t cut anything off. If you’d like to create a new plant, or even help make your current plant fuller (if it has lost a lot of leaves at the crown), simply find a tuber and place it gently into potting mix. LEAVE THEM ATTACHED TO THE VINES AND PIN TO SOIL Here is one of the largest ones on one of the vines on my plant.ġ. The tubers themselves can get quite large, even approaching an inch in diameter as they grow. Several aerial tubers on my String of Hearts plant The aerial tubers start to grow as very small white balls on the leaf nodes (where the leaf meets the vine) and then they will proceed to grow quite large. These white balls that resemble small potatoes are aerial tubers or bulbils that form on the vines.
It is called Rosary Vine due to the little balls that form along the vines. It is apparent why this plant is called String of Hearts and Chain of Hearts, as a result of the heart shaped leaves, but have you wondered why it is also commonly called Rosary Vine? WHY IS CEROPEGIA WOODII CALLED ROSARY VINE? Ceropegia woodii, commonly called String of Hearts, Chain of Hearts, or Rosary Vine, is native to the African continent, ranging from Zimbabwe to South Africa.Ĭeropegia woodii was named after John Medley Wood, a collector of African plants.
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