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title: "I’m so exciting! This is my first time to propagate anything at all.…"
description: "I’m so exciting! This is my first time to propagate anything at all. Actually I’m new to being able to actually have plants thrive at all due to this app.…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Appleby"
published: "2026-01-19T21:02:06.947487Z"
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# I’m so exciting! This is my first time to propagate anything at all.…

_Posted by Appleby on 2026-01-19_

I’m so exciting! This is my first time to propagate anything at all. Actually I’m new to being able to actually have plants thrive at all due to this app. Thank you app! I’ve always had a black thumb but thanks to this app and studying the heck out each plant my babies are finally thriving. I have a monstera that I have propagated. I couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t root in the water and Take Root after several weeks so I started researching. Found out it needed some root drops so I got those. She’s finally started (huge) rooting! I’m so excited! There’s even a leaf starting! Yay! My first propagation!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_yMMZADxRcHBljDYZ2MrWtwXQINxSFUNuLFUlnk-3Ok/eNInHDMFTGahfeFiqh5ZoA.webp?size=large)

## 9 comments

### Sofia commented on 2026-01-19

Congrats!! She looks great!

#### Appleby replied on 2026-01-19

Thank you. Once it gets time to plant her in soil I’ll need definite help. I’ve never done that.

### Aggs commented on 2026-01-19

Ahhh well done!!! It’s amazing! Specially in winter! 😊

#### Appleby replied on 2026-01-19

Really?! I’ve been on my plants like crazy attending to them. This plant was given to me by a client who found it uprooted and thrown on the roadside. We have no idea how long it was there but it was in bad shape. I took it home and immediately studied it to find out what it needed. Did everything wrong at first but eventually figured it out \& now have it correct soil. It’s been growing new limbs like crazy and I’ve been able to cut off the bad ones to discard. Then this one I was able to propagate due to it breaking loose by accident. Whoops. I snipped wrong branch trying to get rid of a bad ones. But now I have a whole new one growing. I’ve ended up with three total from this roadside “trash”. The maid one was actually two pieces tangled together I found out eventually. The smallest be still isn’t growing new leaves though. Having struggled with that one.

### Appleby commented on 2026-01-19

First one is bigger one I brought back to life. It was much fuller when I got it but the leaves were all dead. Now it’s healthy \& has so many new leaves. The second is the baby one I found hidden in there that was separate but no new leaves yet. It’s healthy though.

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_yMMZADxRcHBljDYZ2MrWtwXQINxSFUNuLFUlnk-3Ok/93qHhlD2S5KFlwuGsTZlRQ.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_yMMZADxRcHBljDYZ2MrWtwXQINxSFUNuLFUlnk-3Ok/lfpPIigHQsC5LuOhR6fZXQ.webp?size=large)

### Plantita Queen commented on 2026-02-01

Congrats!! Monsteras are my favorite

### Antoinette commented on 2026-03-16

What root drops did you use please?

#### Appleby replied on 2026-03-19

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_yMMZADxRcHBljDYZ2MrWtwXQINxSFUNuLFUlnk-3Ok/5yc7z4ciQtm3vwhkWOs5-Q.webp?size=large)

#### Appleby replied on 2026-03-19

I’ve had great success with these. My roots are all over now.

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