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title: "Part of my pepper plant broke can I propagate this in water?"
description: "Part of my pepper plant broke can I propagate this in water?"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Alyson O"
published: "2024-11-17T20:25:49.343999Z"
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# Part of my pepper plant broke can I propagate this in water?

_Posted by Alyson O on 2024-11-17_

Part of my pepper plant broke can I propagate this in water?

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## 2 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-11-17

Possibly. I'd take the bottom leaves off of that bottom node, and put it in water with some nutrients. I'm not sure how or if the peppers would keep growing, since it no longer has roots to uptake nutrients from the soil like it was. But worth a shot.

### Alyson O commented on 2024-11-18

Tysm!

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