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title: "🌱fiddle leaf fig prop🌱 this is my first time ever propagating a…"
description: "🌱fiddle leaf fig prop🌱 this is my first time ever propagating a fiddle leaf & i was STRESSEDt (i’ve had this tree since 19/20, im 24 now so im very…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/6L3FMy5OSDei-09TNdagEg"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Dev"
published: "2024-08-16T19:45:09.244129Z"
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# 🌱fiddle leaf fig prop🌱 this is my first time ever propagating a…

_Posted by Dev on 2024-08-16_

🌱fiddle leaf fig prop🌱  
this is my first time ever propagating a fiddle leaf \& i was STRESSEDt (i’ve had this tree since 19/20, im 24 now so im very attached). she’s gotten rather leggy over the years due to beginners underwatering \& several moves; i’ve wanted to prop for a while so i started out w the smallest leg of the tree to assure success. in just over a week that little branch has sprouted ab 3-4 little leaves, the cuttings from this(3) have all rooted and budded. i cut another thinner branch providing another 3 cuttings that are in beginning stages of rooting. the cut branch still rooted in the soil has grown two buds in a few days. there’s another branch, uncut, that has a few buds thanks to the redirected nutrients. IM SO EXCITED!!!!!

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## 5 comments

### Dev commented on 2024-08-16

i used rooting powder \& change prop water every other day; does anyone have tips/knowledge on getting a cutting w several established leaves to root? maybe it just takes longer?

### KaityRich commented on 2024-08-16

You will not regret it!!! This is 45 days difference after I chopped mine.

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### KaityRich commented on 2024-08-16

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### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-04-14

I’ve been having the same problem and need to do this! Grow little prop!

### Neptune’s Nest commented on 2025-04-14

Do you have any advice on where to chop? I’ve been really worried about messing it up

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