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title: "erm my flipping monstera isnt growing roots i did a sterile cutting…"
description: "erm my flipping monstera isnt growing roots i did a sterile cutting but the node is a but short. the leaves b everything is healthy but mab i did it wrong? i…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "monster_maniac"
published: "2025-03-05T21:48:20.934703Z"
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# erm my flipping monstera isnt growing roots i did a sterile cutting…

_Posted by monster\_maniac on 2025-03-05_

erm my flipping monstera isnt growing roots i did a sterile cutting but the node is a but short. the leaves b everything is healthy but mab i did it wrong? i have successful propagations js not w this specific plant😭😭😭 yall do i wait some more bc there wasnt an aerial root i js cut...SHOOT was that it

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## 5 comments

### Plantsmybeloved commented on 2025-03-05

How long have you been proping it? Monsteras, at least in my experience, can take longer to grow roots

### GreenLeaf commented on 2025-03-05

If you don’t have nodes on those props then they won’t grow roots :(

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-06

I'm not seeing any nodal points? I think you cut to far up. See the arieal roots here, those would be the node points you need to grow roots. They'd be a bump or a brown spot prior to growing roots of any kind

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#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-06

So for like this one, even if that aerial was just a bump, I'd cut the prop under that

### monster\_maniac commented on 2025-03-06

see theres no aerial root but i did cut below a node. idk its only been in for like a few weeks....ill keep u guys updated

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