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title: "Hey, my monstera wasn’t doing so well, so I decided to propagate some…"
description: "Hey, my monstera wasn’t doing so well, so I decided to propagate some cuttings in water. It’s been exactly a month and no roots have grown. I am not confident…"
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published: "2026-03-03T20:18:07.021583Z"
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# Hey, my monstera wasn’t doing so well, so I decided to propagate some…

_Posted by Bea on 2026-03-03_

Hey, my monstera wasn’t doing so well, so I decided to propagate some cuttings in water. It’s been exactly a month and no roots have grown. I am not confident in them rooting. Should I wait longer? This is my first time doing it, and the plant was young (may not have gotten any nodes) and it is also winter, for any extra info on this. I’m just curious.

## 6 comments

### 1kwolves commented on 2026-03-03

If you didn’t get any nodes then it will take months, and the cutting will probably never grow into its own full plant, but it can still grow roots! if you want to speed things up you can use rooting hormone, but i’m unsure of how it works on cuttings without nodes

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2026-03-03

If you dont have any nodes, it will not root. On the extremely rare case of rooting without a node, like some fiddle leaves can, etc. It will be a 'zombie leaf' and will keep that cut alive, but no new growth will happen.

#### 1kwolves replied on 2026-03-03

there have been cases where a no-node cutting has grown roots, but it’s definitely a bit more rare!

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2026-03-03

Can you take a picture? If you didn't add any rooting hormone it can take forever for the slow growers. Ive had some Hoya cuttings take a few months to even get tiny roots, and thats with rooting hormones

### Bea commented on 2026-03-04

Update: The leaves were previously turning yellow. I reexamined and remembered where I cut, there were no nodes. I kept them far too long without any hope of them growing lol. It’s a learning lesson

#### Mamacita84 replied on 2026-03-04

100 percent! We learn as we go!

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