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title: "My philo Brasil cutting is strugglinggg. It had some pretty serious…"
description: "My philo Brasil cutting is strugglinggg. It had some pretty serious root rot while still in water. I added some hydrogen peroxide to hopefully help it bounce…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "NicTheBucket"
published: "2025-02-06T00:06:40.197775Z"
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# My philo Brasil cutting is strugglinggg. It had some pretty serious…

_Posted by NicTheBucket on 2025-02-06_

My philo Brasil cutting is strugglinggg. It had some pretty serious root rot while still in water. I added some hydrogen peroxide to hopefully help it bounce back. Any advice??

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## 4 comments

### PlantLady commented on 2025-02-06

Take it out of water, cut the brown end (it looks rotten so confirm by seeing if it’s mushy), let it callus, then stick it back in water.

#### Sunny replied on 2025-02-06

I will add to get a different bottle that allows 2 nodes to go under water to increase the chance of getting more roots.

How many leaves are on the cutting? I would cut off the lowest one, so the little roots can stop feeding it and focus on growing roots. Give it good lighting (12 hours under a grow lamp) and warm summer like temperatures

### Lilian commented on 2025-02-06

I use fertilizer, and you can use LECA or some other hydroponic way to help from rot

### Bev commented on 2025-02-09

They sometimes take a long time for me... If there's some rot, remove it, rinse it off with tap water, trim down the other roots... This works for me. I never add fertilizer to cutting or props

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