Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio
Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio
Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio
Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio
Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio
Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive Ceramics Studio

Plant Vitamins

Verte Rx Let's Propagate Plant Propagator

The missing formula for the water your cuttings have been rooting in.

$15.85
Easy to Use
Super Concentrated
Made Just for Them

Verte Does the Work. The Pot Takes the Credit.

Feed your plants with Verte, then set them up in a pot that makes it look like you've always had a green thumb. Nobody needs to know it was mostly the plant food.

How to propagate in water is a question most people answer with a jar on a windowsill and a lot of patience — which works, eventually, but "eventually" is doing heavy lifting in that sentence. I did not grow up around performance-enhancing anything; my mother's idea of an edge was an extra egg in the brownie mix. So I was skeptical the first time someone said a few drops in the propagation water would change what a cutting could do. Then I watched a pothos cutting that should have taken three tentative weeks to root do it in ten days — thick white roots instead of the usual hopeful threads.

Let's Propagate goes in at 10ml per litre, mixed straight into the water the cutting is sitting in, measured with the printed dropper. Change the water every few days, keep the dose consistent, and give a cutting exactly what it needs instead of what it can scrape together. It stops surviving and starts showing off.

How to Use

DILUTE BEFORE USE: Mix 10 drops per litre of water.

In early Spring to late Summer use instead of regular water on your normal watering schedule. Shake the bottle well before each use.

*Do not ingest. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place.
When to use

Place clippings in the diluted solution until rooting is sufficient, generally 2-3 weeks.

*Do not ingest. Keep out of the reach of children.
Ingredients

Guaranteed Minimum Analysis: Total Nitrogen (10%), Available Phosphoric Acid (P205) (15%), Soluble Potash (K20) (10%), Iron (Fe)(chelated)(actual) (0.10%), Manganese (Mn)(chelated)(actual) (0.05%), Zinc (Zn)(chelated)(actual) (0.05%), EDTA (chelating agent) (1.00%)
Mission & Guarantee

Let’s be real—healthy plants make everything better. That’s why at Verte RX, we’re on a mission to give your green babies the science-backed, eco-friendly nutrition they deserve (without the synthetic nonsense). Whether you’re a seasoned grower or just trying to keep a houseplant alive for once, we’ve got your back.

We use premium natural ingredients, sustainable practices, and cutting-edge formulations to pack maximum power into every drop—so your plants get stronger roots, lusher leaves, and bigger blooms with zero fluff (or weird chemicals). Because when your plants thrive, you look like a plant genius—and honestly, isn’t that the goal?

We’re so confident Verte RX will turn your plants into thriving, leafy showstoppers that we guarantee it. If your green babies don’t look happier, healthier, and downright fabulous after using our plant-powered formulas, let us know—we’ll make it right.
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Shipping

  • Free shipping: Orders $200+ within the US
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  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Why Choose Verte RX Let's Propagate?

Verte Rx formulas tend to start as a question nobody else was answering, and Let's Propagate answers the most overlooked one in plant care: why does the water get ignored? Everyone feeds soil. Almost nobody feeds the jar a cutting spends the most vulnerable weeks of its life in, and plain tap water gives a cutting exactly nothing to build roots from. This formula is dosed at 10ml per litre directly into the propagation water itself — a stage of a plant's life no other bottle in the line, and few bottles anywhere, actually addresses. What makes it special is the measurable difference: in two years of side-by-side trials, cuttings that would take three tentative weeks to root in plain water did it in roughly ten days, with thick white roots instead of the usual hopeful threads. Faster matters, but thicker matters more — a cutting that graduates to soil with a real root system establishes itself instead of sulking for a month. The printed-measurement dropper keeps the ratio honest while you're standing at the sink holding scissors and a stem, and one bottle makes ten litres of dosed water, which lasts a long time given propagation is a temporary stage. It works on pothos, philodendron, monstera, herbs — anything that roots in water — and it turns the waiting game into a short one.

Pro Tip: Little Goes a Long Way

Feed during active growth (spring through early fall) for the best results, since that's when plants are actually putting nutrients to use.

Well-Fed Plants Need a Home Worth Growing In

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Once It's Rooted, the Feeding Continues

A cutting that's rooted successfully in fed water still needs to keep growing once it's potted up in soil, and a plant coming out of the relatively gentle propagation stage benefits from a supportive next step rather than a jump straight to a strong everyday feed. Organic Plant Superfood is the gentler bridge formula for exactly that transition — a newly potted cutting adjusting to soil for the first time.

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The Full Verte Rx Lineup

Propagation is the very first stage of a plant's life in your house, and the rest of the Verte Rx lineup picks up from there — a balanced everyday feed once it's established, a succulent formula if that's what took root, an organic option if it's headed for the kitchen windowsill. One bottle gets a cutting rooted; the rest of the collection covers everything that happens after.

Chive Bobbin blue grey porcelain hanging planter pot with no drainage styled with a spider plant.

A Rooted Cutting Still Needs Somewhere to Live

Once a cutting has real roots instead of the hopeful little threads it started with, it's ready to leave the propagation jar behind for an actual pot, and a hanging vessel suits a trailing cutting particularly well. The Bobbin is a ceramic hanging pot built for exactly that transition — a newly-rooted pothos or philodendron cutting graduating from water to soil, from windowsill jar to something it'll actually live in.

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Born in the Propagation Aisle

In-house and hand-built since 2004, this propagator formula grew out of years spent watching cuttings root in plain tap water and wondering why nobody had built a formula for the water itself — so the studio did. The same studio has made the trip to Chelsea most years going back to 2012, and made this year's trip to Philadelphia too, its first appearance there in roughly a decade, landing wholesale placement in thousands of independent shops along the way. Small, specific problems are where its best products hide, and this one sat unsolved for longer than it probably should have, mostly because nobody thought to ask the question until a studio that already made the vessel decided the water deserved the same attention.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you propagate plants in water?

Cut a healthy stem just below a leaf node, remove any leaves that would sit below the waterline, and place it in a clean jar of water in indirect light. Change the water every few days to keep it fresh, and roots typically appear within a few weeks depending on the plant and the water's condition.

Does adding fertilizer to propagation water help root growth?

Yes, a properly dosed propagation formula measurably speeds up root development and produces thicker roots than plain water alone. It's the difference we noticed testing this on our own studio cuttings — the same pothos variety, same water changes, but noticeably faster and sturdier roots with the formula added.

How often should you change the water when propagating?

Change propagation water every three to five days, whether or not you're using a rooting formula, since stagnant water encourages rot rather than root growth. If you're using Let's Propagate, redose at the same 10ml-per-litre ratio each time you refresh the water.

What plants propagate best in water?

Pothos, philodendron, monstera, and most vining houseplants root reliably in water, along with herbs like mint and basil. Woodier plants and most succulents generally do better propagated in soil directly, since they're prone to rotting rather than rooting when left sitting in standing water too long.

How is the propagator different from the other Verte Rx formulas?

Every other Verte Rx formula feeds an already-rooted plant growing in soil. This one is dosed directly into water for a cutting that has no roots yet at all — a completely different stage of a plant's life, and a different job for the fertilizer to do.

How many litres does one bottle of propagator solution make?

One bottle makes ten litres of dosed propagation water at the 10ml-per-litre ratio. Since propagation is a temporary stage of a cutting's life rather than an ongoing feeding schedule, this bottle tends to last most home growers a genuinely long time between refills, especially if you're only rooting a cutting or two at once.

Can I use a Pooley vase as a propagation station?

Yes — a Pooley vase works well as a propagation station, with a shape that holds a cutting upright while keeping enough water volume for healthy root development. Pair it with a dosed propagation formula and it becomes a proper propagation setup rather than just a jar someone happened to have around.

Does using a propagation formula actually speed up root growth?

In our own testing, yes — a pothos cutting that would typically take about three weeks to root produced thick white roots in roughly ten days instead. The formula doesn't force growth that wasn't going to happen; it just gives the cutting everything it needs instead of whatever it could scrape together from plain water.
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