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title: "Someone gave me this beauty and I have it in water right now. How do…"
description: "Someone gave me this beauty and I have it in water right now. How do I propagate it? Do I leave it in the water and wait for roots to grow or do I put it…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Pink"
published: "2026-01-11T15:03:21.025567Z"
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# Someone gave me this beauty and I have it in water right now. How do…

_Posted by Pink on 2026-01-11_

Someone gave me this beauty and I have it in water right now. How do I propagate it? Do I leave it in the water and wait for roots to grow or do I put it directly in dirt help please? I don’t want it to die.

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## 2 comments

### Madison commented on 2026-01-11

I believe you can technically do either, but I personally have more success with propagating my plants in water first and then transition to soil. You can see the roots growing that way and regularly check in on their health. Once the roots are at least 2 inches long and have offshoots (roots growing off another root), it’s ready to be potted into soil. When transitioning from water to soil like that, I usually try to keep the soil even moist for the first week, then I go back to a normal watering routine of letting the soil dry out enough in between waterings to avoid root rot.

#### Madison replied on 2026-01-11

You can also keep it in water indefinitely as long as you also use a hydroponic fertilizer once the roots are there!

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