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title: "How long should I wait for my monstera to callous before putting in…"
description: "How long should I wait for my monstera to callous before putting in water"
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# How long should I wait for my monstera to callous before putting in…

_Posted by Eli on 2024-09-05_

How long should I wait for my monstera to callous before putting in water

## 6 comments

### GreenLeaf commented on 2024-09-05

Depends on the thickness of the cutting.

With thick, more mature stalks I usually wait 12-24 hrs to make sure it develops a nice thick seal.

A good callous will look a bit brown and be dry to the touch.

#### Plantginny replied on 2024-09-05

I don’t know what the correct answer is. When I propagated mine, I think no waited and or two days and it did fine.

#### C replied on 2024-09-06

Question: is the wait time the same for dieffenbachia?

#### GreenLeaf replied on 2024-09-06

I would do the same with a dieffenbachia :)

#### Eli replied on 2024-09-06

Okay thank you and my monstera is kinda thick and it's brown now and dry

### Jenny commented on 2024-09-06

A couple of hours unless it's very thick. But you can seal it with candle wax if you don't want to wait that's what I do with mine and I've had no stem rot problems x

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