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title: "Hi. I saved this monstera albo from root rot months ago by placing it…"
description: "Hi. I saved this monstera albo from root rot months ago by placing it in water with a pothos cutting and an air stone. These are her roots, brownish but not…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Freya"
published: "2024-01-18T22:57:33.391Z"
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# Hi. I saved this monstera albo from root rot months ago by placing it…

_Posted by Freya on 2024-01-18_

Hi. I saved this monstera albo from root rot months ago by placing it in water with a pothos cutting and an air stone. These are her roots, brownish but not brown. Is it ready for soil? I tried doing the leca route but they started to look like this after I tried it so I’m thinking it might help time for soil. Just want to avoid root rot again. Last pic is how she was before.

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## 9 comments

### GreenLeaf commented on 2024-01-19

Those roots look happy and healthy to me! Browning water root’s isn’t a huge concern, but if they go mushy that’s a problem. Its very common for water roots to brown though.  
Do you want to transfer to soil? These guys can survive in water as long as you add fertilizer appropriately.  
If you want to transfer I would wait until spring.

#### Freya replied on 2024-01-19

Thank you!!! I mean I was going to try leca but got spooked with the color of the roots (not mushy tho). Can these be in leca too? Also unclear on the frequency of fertilizer. I use a hydroponic fertilizer whenever I change its water. Not a lot in case it damages the roots. I just don’t know why it’s not pushing out new leaves :(

### GreenLeaf commented on 2024-01-19

You can do leca, I don’t, but thats just a personal choice. Give it time, once it gets more secondary roots it will start to produce more growth. I use fertilizer every time I change the water 👍🏻 Be careful about how much you use, I use 1/8 tsp / 1.5 L of water 1x/week. So you might want to cut back until its got a large secondary root system.

#### Freya replied on 2024-01-19

Got it thank you so much!!❤️

### Mullein commented on 2024-01-19

An air stone was a good call! Not many people know about them for plants. I still have some put away from when I had aquariums. I’ll have to keep them in mind if I need to do a root rescue like that!

#### Freya replied on 2024-01-19

Yeah it’s been a life saver!!!

#### Waytoplant replied on 2024-01-20

Where do you buy air stones? Brand/picture?

### Sarah commented on 2024-01-19

Nice!

### Bella56 commented on 2024-01-19

Wait until the roots are a few inches long and have secondary roots

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