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title: "I was thinking about propagating this Chinese money plant. Do I just…"
description: "I was thinking about propagating this Chinese money plant. Do I just cut it, like where my orange mark is, and put it in some water to root? I’m scared I will…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Shelby"
published: "2025-06-07T16:10:18.041679Z"
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# I was thinking about propagating this Chinese money plant. Do I just…

_Posted by Shelby on 2025-06-07_

I was thinking about propagating this Chinese money plant. Do I just cut it, like where my orange mark is, and put it in some water to root?

I’m scared I will hurt my beautiful plant 🪴 it’s never had little offshoots so maybe it’s not ready to be propagated?

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## 2 comments

### Kappllow commented on 2025-06-08

You certainly can do that. The stem that's left will start growing one or more new stems and the part you removed shou root easily.

### VV commented on 2025-06-09

I propagated some in water! Keep the stem up until the leaves in water, you can even use tooth picks to hold them up (like a potato). I used shot glasses since they have such thin stems. It was really successful, in about 2 weeks I had a lot of healthy roots popping out. Just don’t forget to fill the cup/glass it’s in when the water evaporates and don’t let the leaf stems be in the water or else they will rot!

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