---
title: "Took this beauty of a cutting from my friends philodendron as mine…"
description: "Took this beauty of a cutting from my friends philodendron as mine sadly returned to compost recently, was feeling a little to impatient to let her callus over…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/Xs6Hd5iIKK20MOpYIbd1AX"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Angel"
published: "2025-02-17T19:57:49.958351Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QkDgoKPF4U5Hw3L6_DOgwFliK3XjRslh2D52eYvS680/IdK0iMJARgaYV6bRHnhViA.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Propagating \& Sowing](https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg.md)

# Took this beauty of a cutting from my friends philodendron as mine…

_Posted by Angel on 2025-02-17_

Took this beauty of a cutting from my friends philodendron as mine sadly returned to compost recently, was feeling a little to impatient to let her callus over so instead put the middle part of the stem into water - there’s also this little sprouting but where I cut that I believe is a new vine/leaf starting out as opposed to a Ariel root so was hoping it would grow but not sure if water can be pulled through a plant both ways (lots of nodes and a few small areal roots under the water level)

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QkDgoKPF4U5Hw3L6_DOgwFliK3XjRslh2D52eYvS680/IdK0iMJARgaYV6bRHnhViA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QkDgoKPF4U5Hw3L6_DOgwFliK3XjRslh2D52eYvS680/Y1YAxBF9QgiGK_LUuSZtgQ.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Sunny commented on 2025-02-17

You don’t need to form a callous on these cuttings like cactus and succulent cuttings. I treat them like cut rose stems and just put them in water.

I recommend cutting it into smaller segments about 2-3 nodes each to get roots faster. Long segments can send too much energy to the stems and leaves before growing roots.

#### Sunny replied on 2025-02-17

Fertilize when the roots appear.

### Angel commented on 2025-02-17

Great tips thank you 🙏

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_