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title: "Hi! I have a question about propagation and I hope it’s okay to ask.…"
description: "Hi! I have a question about propagation and I hope it’s okay to ask. When I cut from the mother plant like an established pothos, do I let the vine close at…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Jenna"
published: "2024-09-08T12:06:16.535123Z"
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# Hi! I have a question about propagation and I hope it’s okay to ask.…

_Posted by Jenna on 2024-09-08_

Hi! I have a question about propagation and I hope it’s okay to ask. When I cut from the mother plant like an established pothos, do I let the vine close at the tip? Will it heal itself and keep growing again? Like I cut back some leggy growth on this to propagate and im wondering if I should keep trimming it back to keep the tip open and green or leave it closed and brown?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/8-8efQOoJ9uclEY10bhDi55lI_4tBw0JKvj8A4Ovsus/WSfd8ZS7QqKnRpyN5CENFA.webp?size=large)

## 6 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-08

leave it! it will carry on off to the side of the old cut like this (don’t mind my dust this is on top of a hutch lol)

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/437cvweqbki9dm3WGwIgPKYbWJm3edDRYD1cwUaz2Sw/_XEfOf4YQ8moqVRrocTuYQ.webp?size=large)

#### Jenna replied on 2024-09-08

Thanks for the reply! So there isn’t a way to get it to keep growing from the original stem? The new growth will jut out somewhere else?

#### ViolentPixie replied on 2024-09-08

I see the vine it’s attached to doesn’t have leaves at its nodes and I’ve seen quite few like this. Did you prune them off or did she drop them on her own? @eatyacarbs

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-09-08

it will grow from that stem, but not out of the cut point.

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-09-08

that was a deliberate cut by me @violentpixie snip snip!

### Manic1 commented on 2024-09-08

The cut will harden off and new growth will appear near where you cut.  
Not sure if you can see it in my photo.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/o7TqmXfjdgpN3qcEygutXxzxWmC5CmoqwiXg1WpQTWg/hMDSHs5aSeG70yJ6Ph6lYQ.webp?size=large)

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