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title: "Good Evening Beautiful People Should I cut or leave the stems…"
description: "Good Evening Beautiful People Should I cut or leave the stems hanging? And if I cut can I put in water for roots to plant?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/1ERZxZ25RtFy0hFHFhsPo8"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Stephanie"
published: "2025-08-25T22:45:38.823935Z"
language: "en"
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# Good Evening Beautiful People Should I cut or leave the stems…

_Posted by Stephanie on 2025-08-25_

Good Evening Beautiful People  
Should I cut or leave the stems hanging?  
And if I cut can I put in water for roots to plant?

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## 5 comments

### Nate commented on 2025-08-25

I think the black line you’ve drawn is actually pointing at the aerial roots. Not stem. I’d recommend training them into the soil. You cant propagate monsters from root cuttings

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-08-25

Thank you so much. Enjoy your evening ❤️

### Yup commented on 2025-08-26

Yes yes and yes

#### Yup replied on 2025-08-26

If you want

### iambijoux commented on 2025-08-26

I wouldn’t root them in water. You can let them hang, move them into the soil, or cut them. It won’t hurt the plant either way…

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