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Nicole

Hi everyone, I need strawberry shake advice! I bought a beautiful strawberry shake back in January 2024. It ended up developing root rot, which I treated pretty aggressively, but the rot still came back. I decided to start fresh and chop and prop it in water. All was going well until today when I decided it was time to pot in soil. I hadn’t looked at it too closely in a while, but in the meantime it apparently decided to grow two leaves underwater. 1. Will the underwater leaves rot if kept underwater? If so, how long until they rot? 2. Should I chop off the node with two leaves and plant that separately? Or water prop for more roots? 3. Should I keep growing it in water but move the water level below the two leaves? I’m worried about the roots drying out because then the majority would be above water Thanks in advance!

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  1. Flplantlover

    If the two leaves developed while they were underwater, I think they’ll be fine. Just don’t mess with it a whole bunch. However, if they do happen to die off, it’s not gonna hurt your plant. It looks like you have established good roots right now.

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