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WillC said:You have receipted lots of good advice here.

As Tiffany has suggested, fertilizing in general is vastly overrated and can be skipped altogether in most instances. More specifically, fertilizer sticks tend to create fertilizer "hot spots" where they are inserted and that can burn tender roots. If possible, do try to remove any that you have already inserted.

How is your Bird's Nest Fern potted? Is it still in its original plastic pot? Is it possible that water is accumulating in the bottom of the brass planter? How it is planted will have an effect on how it should be watered.

would you suggest any other way to use up the fertilizer sticks? i already bought quite a few. do you think i could possibly chop them up and scatter around the soil so there wont be any "hot spots"?

my birds nest fern is not in the original plastic pot. i repotted it a few months back and im using a ceramic pot now. its gold painted hence looks like brass maybe but isnt. i dont think water is accumulating. there are a couple of holes at the bottom of the pot so water should be able to flow freely.

purpleinopp said:Kaylenew, you're right. I'm so sorry, my bad. I've been so obsessed with documenting the different shape of the juvenile vs. mature-growth leaves over the past years that I have not put any pics of stems besides this one:

• Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
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I usually try to document more aspects of a plant and you are right, that entry does not have enough pics of the other features beyond the gorgeous leaves. I'll take more pics and add them to the database when I get a chance, hopefully this weekend.

This one shows the little root nubs that form at the nodes. (A node being where a leaf attaches to stem.) If they make contact with water or soil, the root nubs will grow into actual roots. A cutting should have at least 1 leaf and a node with noticeable aerial root nubs that look plump and healthy, and ready to grow into roots.

• Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
• Uploaded by Hagbard

Your plant does not look like the stems have grown enough to yield cuttings, but if there are quite a few of them and you see some root nubs, there's no harm at all in trying. At worst, the cutting could fail to take root. The stump from which it was cut will grow a new vine soon to replace what was cut.

no worries, and thank you in advance for the pics. i have no idea what root nubs are, but i'll probably take a close up shot of the stem later and maybe i can ask you a few more questions if you dont mind! im really keen to propagate some.

ShadyGreenThumb said:Those tall stems will eventually bend over as it becomes heavy with new leaf growth. My syngonium started out as a 6" pot. As it bent over, it rerooted itself in the surrounding soil and became what it is today, 6 years later, 30" across.

• Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
• Uploaded by ShadyGreenThumb

oh wow your plant is really pretty! i love the shade of pink. i wished mine would look like this but my pot is still rather small as of now so unless i repot it theres no way it would bend over and reroot itself.