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title: "Is this ready to be separated from its mother plant yet?"
description: "Is this ready to be separated from its mother plant yet?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/BAlhcvNhQzatWyxRCJGLLA/655d016b6f8ab3f6c408476d"
community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "Christina"
published: "2023-11-21T19:13:47.789Z"
language: "en"
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# Is this ready to be separated from its mother plant yet?

_Posted by Christina on 2023-11-21_

Is this ready to be separated from its mother plant yet?

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## 5 comments

### Miranda commented on 2023-11-21

Yes

### Plant Father commented on 2023-11-21

i would wait until there are large and obvious aerial roots. if you trim this spider baby off now it will likely struggle and possibly even die since it only has one little aerial root nub visible in the photo

### Sunny commented on 2023-11-22

It has a low chance of living if cut off without aerial roots.

### Siri commented on 2023-12-09

I wud let the roots grow a bit more. Gives it a higher chance of surviving 🫶🏾

### EmmaW commented on 2023-12-09

I cut mine off and put them in a glass of water to grow roots. You have to change the water regularly though. I’ve got about 6 coming along nicely at the moment.

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