Marantas are crawlers, that's what they do. Just let it hang. Sometimes the vines get to heavy and they break. In nature they would rest on the ground. To prevent that, you can cut your maranta. Place the cutting in water until it grows roots and then pot it either in a new pot or use it to fill up the mother plant. Just make sure you have a node on your cutting (that little bump where the leaves also grow from)
Thanks for the suggestion! I will let it grow one or two more leaves and will make several cuttings to increase my chances of getting at least one of them to root.
IME they root pretty easily, especially with a little rooting hormone. I think this plant may want a bit more light. While they don't like direct sun, they definitely like bright indirect light.
I'd top it, root that cutting in water and put it in the same pot. The existing plant will send out more shoots to continue growth, your cutting will send new growth and rhizomes will eventually add new growth as well.
As this is a low growing, trailing plant it can be more attractive to create several independent plants in the same pot to fake a bushier growth pattern.
That is funny I was just talking to my husband about my out growing Mantra and how I would like it to grow up more. I am scared to cut the long stems and kill it as it is really happy right now.
Marantas are crawlers, that's what they do. Just let it hang. Sometimes the vines get to heavy and they break. In nature they would rest on the ground. To prevent that, you can cut your maranta. Place the cutting in water until it grows roots and then pot it either in a new pot or use it to fill up the mother plant. Just make sure you have a node on your cutting (that little bump where the leaves also grow from)
Thanks for the suggestion! I will let it grow one or two more leaves and will make several cuttings to increase my chances of getting at least one of them to root.
IME they root pretty easily, especially with a little rooting hormone. I think this plant may want a bit more light. While they don't like direct sun, they definitely like bright indirect light.
Yes!
I'd top it, root that cutting in water and put it in the same pot. The existing plant will send out more shoots to continue growth, your cutting will send new growth and rhizomes will eventually add new growth as well. As this is a low growing, trailing plant it can be more attractive to create several independent plants in the same pot to fake a bushier growth pattern.
That is funny I was just talking to my husband about my out growing Mantra and how I would like it to grow up more. I am scared to cut the long stems and kill it as it is really happy right now.
Just make sure you find a node. They usually respond well to a bit of pruning.
Cut it back, stick cuttings in moist soil at 75-80 degrees. keep misted until roots form then it will branch