I took a coleus cuttings and put into water and it rooted out immediately ....my vase with the coleus roots spidering out, looks like a science laboratory hehehehe
My Mom has 3 gorgeous Coleus plants. I found out how to harvest their seeds and have hundreds of seeds now! I mentioned on a different video that this is my first year gardening, so I research propagation and seed harvesting a lot! My Mom and I took a cutting from one of her Coleus plants to see if we could root it in water...yep! Just as easy as what you guys are showing here. It's doing very well! Thank you for this video! It shows me that we did it right! haha! On a side note- I see your Celosia! I'm in zone 8a and yes- our summers have been brutal! I had planted Celosia in my front garden and they were getting so burnt up that I had to move them to the backyard where we have some shade. I read that they typically love full sun, but I guess not when temps are over 100 degrees! Since I moved them back there, they have been doing very well! Except for 2 of them that appear to have some sort of disease that causes their leaves to become stiff and point straight up...they also have these weird irridescent dots all over them. I keep them seperate from the other plants so the disease or whatever it is doesn't spread. Sorry! I'm a babbler! haha! Thank you for all that you're doing! Your videos are incredibly helpful!
Ahhh… which method worked the best!? Water, plain soil, or soil with Harmon…..would have been great to see the before and after….thanks for the video! Very helpful
Hi tqvm for sharing your expertise. 1st time I bought a coleus plant n I HV been going through quite a nos of tutorial on YT on how to propagate the plants . Yours is the best explanation. I am from Malaysia, pls forgive me if I don't write proper English. 🥰
Hi there! No worries and thank you for saying that. We hope it was helpful in answering any questions you had and you grow lots of amazing coleus cuttings! 😉😃👍👍
Those squirrels were crazy! 🐿️ Before we moved from that house, they can be found running around in the background of almost all of our videos! 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Hi @kimmicannon5629!! 👋🏼👋🏼 That's great you found us and we hope we have lots of helpful info for you to use. We are excited for you to make more plants. Soooo fun! 😉😊👍🏼👍🏼
Great video. But what do we do next? Do they sit in the sun in a window, under lights, how much do we water? I want to keep these over winter. Thank you so much!
I’m just trying this today …I love the tiny squirrel running around right near you ..where do you over winter your cutting so they stay health until the spring …ty for sharing
Hi Debbie! 👋 Thank you for watching and for your question! Those squirrels were crazy then. 🐿️ In our zone and climate (Zone 8b), unless you have a heated greenhouse that doesn't get below 55 degrees F, it's best to bring your Coleus cuttings inside your house and keep elevated (because cool are collects on the floor) on a windowsill or shelf. Wait until outdoor temperatures reach at lease 50 degrees at night, and then you can bring back out. If where you live it doesn't get below 50 degrees at night, then you can leave your cuttings outside in a greenhouse or in your landscape. If you have slugs like we do, then you will need to elevate your Coleus cuttings over night so slugs don't start eating them. Hope that helps! 😉
Hi how did the rootings go ? Were they successful? And which worked best ? Just my opinion I thought the pots you put the cuttings/rootings in were quite large ?? That’s a lot of soil for one stem ? I would of thought a smaller pot then when established a little pot up in the larger ones you had ? Look forward to your reply Kind regards
Hi Suzi Farley! 👋 Thank you for watching and GREAT questions! After each cutting has grown roots and is now in it's own pot, you can start to treat them like you would a regular plant for temperature and watering, with the caveat that you need to watch them like a hawk so they aren't being over or under-watered. AND, make sure they aren't in any extreme cold or hot temperatures. Just think of any kind of stress that they normally wouldn't like and then know that a regular stress can have a bigger impact on cuttings with new roots because they are still new plants and establishing their root systems. For Coleus, they need part to full shade and moist, but not overly wet soil. So, give the cuttings this, but be sure they don't have any stress during this time, until they are more mature and have fuller, more developed root systems and stem and leaves grown, similar to plant size and development you would find at a nursery. Hope that answers your questions and have fun with any Coleus cuttings you have started! 😉👍
How many different types óf coleous would you propagate together? Great video. Have done for 3 years with great results. Water propagation. Never tried the others you showed
Hi George! 👋👋 We really like propagating coleus by stem cuttings, too!! We try to only put so many stems into a water container that the stems still have space between them in the water, and each stem's set of leaves aren't shaded or covered by any of the other leaves from other cuttings. It just depends on the size of water container or jar we are using, pretty much. Hope that helps answer your question and thank you for watching! 😊😉
How long can I keep my cuttings in water? Im in zone 6 so it is the beginning of Fall. Will they be ok till April? As long as I change the water once a week!
When the stiklings are rootet in water, what is the best place to locate them? In full light, shade or darkness? Is there any recommendation or the light doen't play any role? Thanks for the beutifull video.
Hi Selene! 👋 Thank you for watching and for all your great questions! 👍 The best place for your cuttings, either in water or in soil, is in part shade to full shade, especially for coleus cuttings as they mostly like shade or part shade. They do still need light, so no complete darkness. Hope that helps and we hope you create lots of new coleus plants! 😉
Very good question and, yes, you can. It is best practices, but it's not the most real-life, because we all get busy. We have grown healthy cuttings before with changing the water every couple of days and up to 1-2 weeks (because we got so busy we forgot, ugh). Hope you grow lots of beautiful cuttings! 💚💚
Idk what I did wrong but, maybe ya'll can help me. I made a cutting & now the stem is brown & dry. It's going all the way down my plant & looks like it's going to kill the rest of my plant. Is there something I can do to fact my plant before it dies from dry stems?
I also live in the PNW. Once I’ve transplanted my cuttings, how do I store them for winter? Do they have to come inside or can I over winter them in my portable greenhouse?
Hi great video! I am trying to propagate but my cuttings seem to be rotting (went directly to soil and used hormones). How many nodes should I be looking to have under the soil?
Hi Amit! 👋👋 Yes, thank you for reiterating what we went over in our video. Coleus are super easy to propagate and we used rooting hormone on some of the cuttings to see if they would root faster or have more root development than the non-treated cuttings. Thank you for commenting and for watching our video! 😃😉
I took a coleus cuttings and put into water and it rooted out immediately ....my vase with the coleus roots spidering out, looks like a science laboratory hehehehe
i have been cutting leafs or partial plants off for years and putting them in the soil, with no root hormone and they work fantastic!
Thank you for such detailed info! I’m new to this and feel like I have enough info to get started on my coleus plant 🤗
Wow didn’t realize how easy it was to root a coleus cutting. I’m going to winterize some of them this way. Thank you!
My Mom has 3 gorgeous Coleus plants. I found out how to harvest their seeds and have hundreds of seeds now! I mentioned on a different video that this is my first year gardening, so I research propagation and seed harvesting a lot! My Mom and I took a cutting from one of her Coleus plants to see if we could root it in water...yep! Just as easy as what you guys are showing here. It's doing very well! Thank you for this video! It shows me that we did it right! haha! On a side note- I see your Celosia! I'm in zone 8a and yes- our summers have been brutal! I had planted Celosia in my front garden and they were getting so burnt up that I had to move them to the backyard where we have some shade. I read that they typically love full sun, but I guess not when temps are over 100 degrees! Since I moved them back there, they have been doing very well! Except for 2 of them that appear to have some sort of disease that causes their leaves to become stiff and point straight up...they also have these weird irridescent dots all over them. I keep them seperate from the other plants so the disease or whatever it is doesn't spread. Sorry! I'm a babbler! haha! Thank you for all that you're doing! Your videos are incredibly helpful!
Ahhh… which method worked the best!? Water, plain soil, or soil with Harmon…..would have been great to see the before and after….thanks for the video! Very helpful
That's what I was waiting for
Hi tqvm for sharing your expertise. 1st time I bought a coleus plant n I HV been going through quite a nos of tutorial on YT on how to propagate the plants . Yours is the best explanation. I am from Malaysia, pls forgive me if I don't write proper English. 🥰
Hi there! No worries and thank you for saying that. We hope it was helpful in answering any questions you had and you grow lots of amazing coleus cuttings! 😉😃👍👍
Am i the only one noticing the cute Chipmunks at the back😅😅😅
Those squirrels were crazy! 🐿️ Before we moved from that house, they can be found running around in the background of almost all of our videos! 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Just finding your channel. Great info. I can’t wait to make more plants.
Hi @kimmicannon5629!! 👋🏼👋🏼 That's great you found us and we hope we have lots of helpful info for you to use. We are excited for you to make more plants. Soooo fun! 😉😊👍🏼👍🏼
Great video. But what do we do next? Do they sit in the sun in a window, under lights, how much do we water? I want to keep these over winter. Thank you so much!
Wonderful teaching video, thank you!!!
Watching all the way from London
Hello from across the pond! 👋👋 Thanks for watching and for being here!
Great lesson there. Thank you.
You are most welcome! Glad to help!😊😀
I’m just trying this today …I love the tiny squirrel running around right near you ..where do you over winter your cutting so they stay health until the spring …ty for sharing
Hi Debbie! 👋 Thank you for watching and for your question! Those squirrels were crazy then. 🐿️ In our zone and climate (Zone 8b), unless you have a heated greenhouse that doesn't get below 55 degrees F, it's best to bring your Coleus cuttings inside your house and keep elevated (because cool are collects on the floor) on a windowsill or shelf. Wait until outdoor temperatures reach at lease 50 degrees at night, and then you can bring back out. If where you live it doesn't get below 50 degrees at night, then you can leave your cuttings outside in a greenhouse or in your landscape. If you have slugs like we do, then you will need to elevate your Coleus cuttings over night so slugs don't start eating them. Hope that helps! 😉
Oh, and the roots comes out from all sides of the stem, not just the bottom
They don't reply ... Why do the video??
Hi how did the rootings go ? Were they successful? And which worked best ?
Just my opinion I thought the pots you put the cuttings/rootings in were quite large ?? That’s a lot of soil for one stem ? I would of thought a smaller pot then when established a little pot up in the larger ones you had ?
Look forward to your reply
Kind regards
What are the lighting and temperature requirements now that they’ve been potted in their own containers?
Hi Suzi Farley! 👋 Thank you for watching and GREAT questions! After each cutting has grown roots and is now in it's own pot, you can start to treat them like you would a regular plant for temperature and watering, with the caveat that you need to watch them like a hawk so they aren't being over or under-watered. AND, make sure they aren't in any extreme cold or hot temperatures. Just think of any kind of stress that they normally wouldn't like and then know that a regular stress can have a bigger impact on cuttings with new roots because they are still new plants and establishing their root systems.
For Coleus, they need part to full shade and moist, but not overly wet soil. So, give the cuttings this, but be sure they don't have any stress during this time, until they are more mature and have fuller, more developed root systems and stem and leaves grown, similar to plant size and development you would find at a nursery.
Hope that answers your questions and have fun with any Coleus cuttings you have started! 😉👍
How many different types óf coleous would you propagate together? Great video. Have done for 3 years with great results. Water propagation. Never tried the others you showed
Hi George! 👋👋 We really like propagating coleus by stem cuttings, too!! We try to only put so many stems into a water container that the stems still have space between them in the water, and each stem's set of leaves aren't shaded or covered by any of the other leaves from other cuttings. It just depends on the size of water container or jar we are using, pretty much. Hope that helps answer your question and thank you for watching! 😊😉
How long can I keep my cuttings in water? Im in zone 6 so it is the beginning of Fall. Will they be ok till April? As long as I change the water once a week!
When the stiklings are rootet in water, what is the best place to locate them? In full light, shade or darkness? Is there any recommendation or the light doen't play any role? Thanks for the beutifull video.
Hi Selene! 👋 Thank you for watching and for all your great questions! 👍 The best place for your cuttings, either in water or in soil, is in part shade to full shade, especially for coleus cuttings as they mostly like shade or part shade. They do still need light, so no complete darkness. Hope that helps and we hope you create lots of new coleus plants! 😉
How many hours of sunlight were they getting? I'm growing my coleus indoors
Oh i forget to ask do we have to change the water everyday for those rooting in water? Tq
Very good question and, yes, you can. It is best practices, but it's not the most real-life, because we all get busy. We have grown healthy cuttings before with changing the water every couple of days and up to 1-2 weeks (because we got so busy we forgot, ugh). Hope you grow lots of beautiful cuttings! 💚💚
Idk what I did wrong but, maybe ya'll can help me. I made a cutting & now the stem is brown & dry. It's going all the way down my plant & looks like it's going to kill the rest of my plant. Is there something I can do to fact my plant before it dies from dry stems?
I also live in the PNW. Once I’ve transplanted my cuttings, how do I store them for winter? Do they have to come inside or can I over winter them in my portable greenhouse?
Hi great video! I am trying to propagate but my cuttings seem to be rotting (went directly to soil and used hormones). How many nodes should I be looking to have under the soil?
Do you have to cut the flowers?
How do I over winter?
Hi Rodney! 👋 Great question and thank you for asking. Check out our response to Debbie above for your answer. Thank you for watching! 😃
Coleus plant does not need Rooting hormone. One of the easiest plant to propagate if the weather conditions are favorable.
Hi Amit! 👋👋 Yes, thank you for reiterating what we went over in our video. Coleus are super easy to propagate and we used rooting hormone on some of the cuttings to see if they would root faster or have more root development than the non-treated cuttings. Thank you for commenting and for watching our video! 😃😉