I stumbled upon this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
and the host recommends leaving the plant in water to root (specifically for philodendron, monstera & alocasia) for a few weeks or until there is a visible root system growing. However, I have read time and time again that water roots do not equal soil roots, and that pre-rooting in water can actually set back the plants growth and stunt it temporarily when it is potted up. She says that by doing this method it "massively increases the chance of survival". I am quite the novice so I am highly confused now.
I also read elsewhere that there is a different between the dicot and monocot plants, and that one or the other has roots that can act as both water roots and soil roots, therefore no need for conversion when moved from water to soil.
Also, in the video she has some kind of philodendron growing up a totem and I thought that this specie in particular was a creeper, not a climber. Can they be grown vertically too? Does that affect the plants growth in any way?
Thanks for the help! Just trying to understand some things more clearly.