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title: "Should I leave these til the roots become more??"
description: "Should I leave these til the roots become more??"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kaley"
published: "2025-07-10T22:58:37.435759Z"
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# Should I leave these til the roots become more??

_Posted by Kaley on 2025-07-10_

Should I leave these til the roots become more??

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## 6 comments

### Ryanash28 commented on 2025-07-10

Definitely! Those roots will take over the entire vase in a few weeks then they’ll be good

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-07-10

Wait for them to be like this. (Stock photo online lol)

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#### Kaley replied on 2025-07-10

Should I keep changing the water or keep it the same? I’m so happy I propped them lol I was worried they’d die

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-07-10

Right now I’m dumping 2/3rds out and refilling to top every week and it’s doing well(knock on wood). Pothos produce growth hormones that help it root.

The first time I propped my mother plant I had a really successful prop and I just topped the water off when it got low. The second time I tried that my attempted props rotted out, but I also knocked it over twice which may have contaminated it.

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-07-10

Long story short, empty 2/3rds and fill to top. The main reason for that is replacing the oxygen to plant, and you keep some of it’s produced growth hormones in the water

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2025-07-10

Yes I would

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