Spent a whole Saturday trying to root a cutting in honey and it just got moldy

I saw a gardening video where they said honey works better than rooting hormone, so I dipped a cutting from my Monstera in honey last weekend. Instead of roots, I got a fuzzy gray science experiment that smelled like old fruit. Has anyone else had success with weird kitchen items for propagation?

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troythompson1mo ago

Oh man, that sucks! My buddy Dave tried using cinnamon on a pothos cutting once, swore it would stop rot and help roots grow. He dusted the whole node with it, stuck it in some damp perlite, and a week later it looked like someone sprinkled powdered donut sugar on a dead plant. The smell was this weird spicy mildew thing, like a pumpkin that went bad. He just uses plain water now and shakes his head whenever anyone brings up kitchen hacks.

hart.mark1mo ago

@troythompson I just stick pothos cuttings in a jar of tap water and forget about them, works every time.