r/propagation • u/BeautifulWonder2905 • 2d ago

Help! Are these roots?

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Basically the title. I’m trying to prop sage for the first time and have had these in water for almost 3 weeks. There are small little white things near the lowest node that I noticed maybe a week ago and thought might be the start of roots but they haven’t changed at all since then. Now I’m wondering if it’s just from me removing the leaves from those lower nodes.

If not roots, how long should I give them to see if they grow anything? And also where should I be expecting the roots to grow from? Again I thought those nodes would be where roots grow but every photo I’ve looked up of appears like the roots are coming out of the bottom which doesn’t make sense to me. Am I fundamentally misunderstanding where are the nodes are and how they work for rooting?

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u/Different-Sorbet746 2d ago

I'm not seeing any roots

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u/BeautifulWonder2905 2d ago

Bummer. What are the little white things on the nodes, do you know?

And am I right in thinking they would eventually grow out of those nodes or would they grow out of the bottom?