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title: "Should I use wet perlite or just stick them in water?? They don’t…"
description: "Should I use wet perlite or just stick them in water?? They don’t seem to love being in soil after they’ve been in water for a long time! Or should this be my…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Shalaceleah🪴"
published: "2024-04-16T23:52:53.938927Z"
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# Should I use wet perlite or just stick them in water?? They don’t…

_Posted by Shalaceleah🪴 on 2024-04-16_

Should I use wet perlite or just stick them in water??

They don’t seem to love being in soil after they’ve been in water for a long time!

Or should this be my new water forever baby?

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## 7 comments

### Denise commented on 2024-04-17

My experience has been that if in water for quite some time the roots aren’t strong enough to tolerate soil \& they struggle to adapt. She looks healthy….maybe she prefers being a “water” baby 😄

#### Shalaceleah🪴 replied on 2024-04-17

I actually think I will because I have so many cute jars!

### Alexis Barrow commented on 2024-04-17

Get some Lecca. That will allow her to get more nutrients and still stay more air/water til she gets stronger

#### Shalaceleah🪴 replied on 2024-04-17

Okay I have some lecca I tried it once and they got moldy!

#### Kourtneynichole replied on 2024-04-17

I’d try the water bc I had to try many times before they’d even form roots. You have to bury them pretty deep.

### Kourtneynichole commented on 2024-04-17

I also got moldy roots bc they weren’t buried deep enough.

### nepenthomancer commented on 2024-04-18

In my experience with this exact cultivar …I just chopped it when it got too long and shoved the chops into the soil and they rooted in a week or less. straight into soil. And kept it a bit moist. Rooted super fast in medium light. The soil was kinda icky and old too idk the purple wandering tradescantia is tough.

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