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title: "Three week Maranta prop update 👨🏾‍🌾 Half of the cuttings have…"
description: "Three week Maranta prop update 👨🏾‍🌾 Half of the cuttings have decent roots now. Those are going back in with parent plant. The other half isn’t quite ready…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/EICKORijQA6X0iYMJoR85A"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "YinDeezy"
published: "2024-03-07T03:02:19.474927Z"
language: "en"
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# Three week Maranta prop update 👨🏾‍🌾 Half of the cuttings have…

_Posted by YinDeezy on 2024-03-07_

Three week Maranta prop update 👨🏾‍🌾 Half of the cuttings have decent roots now. Those are going back in with parent plant. The other half isn’t quite ready yet, but I do see some new growth points activating. Will give those another couple weeks in the prop station.

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## 8 comments

### Nora commented on 2024-03-07

Gorgeous! I have a red maranta that I’d like to propagate. How do you know where to cut?

#### YinDeezy replied on 2024-03-07

Thanks! You’ll need to cut about a half an inch or so below the nodes. Look for these joints in the trailing branches. The red lines are roughly where you would cut.

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#### KD 🪴 replied on 2024-03-07

This is helpful, thanks! 😊

### Maya commented on 2024-03-07

did u put the cuttings back into the dirt or into water?

#### YinDeezy replied on 2024-03-07

The ones with smaller roots went black in water under grow lights and on top of a heating pad. I added a bit of clonex rooting gel and diluted liquid fert to the water.

### Natalie💕plants commented on 2024-03-16

That's beautiful!! Any advice on how to help mine thrive, she's not doing so well?!

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#### YinDeezy replied on 2024-03-16

Yours looks pretty good to me! My only suggestion would be to consider removing the stakes. These types of marantas are not vining / climbing plants, they are crawlers. It could probably still work, it’s just not a common setup.

What kind of potting medium is it in?

#### Natalie💕plants replied on 2024-03-17

I gotcha! I put the stake bc it's gotten so weak and that big stalk falls over, lol. I'm gonna take it out and let it do its thing. I have it in miracle grow-moisture control potting soil

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