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title: "Ok (please don’t come after me for my dirty screen) I wanted to try…"
description: "Ok (please don’t come after me for my dirty screen) I wanted to try and propagate from my massive monstera so I clipped this little one out of the pot and put…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/osLlNQHaSTSZ2IthahjlFw"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Christine"
published: "2024-10-02T16:18:35.762847Z"
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# Ok (please don’t come after me for my dirty screen) I wanted to try…

_Posted by Christine on 2024-10-02_

Ok (please don’t come after me for my dirty screen) I wanted to try and propagate from my massive monstera so I clipped this little one out of the pot and put it in some rain water with a couple drops of Prop Drops. She has gave me 2 new baby leaves!!🍃

I’m so in love with her🥰

My question..  
-when should I repot this little joy in her own pot?

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## 6 comments

### Kades commented on 2024-10-02

I try my hardest to wait until there’s secondary roots!

### iambijoux commented on 2024-10-03

I always wait for secondary roots. Then I pot up and keep the soil really moist for two weeks to help the plant transition from water to soil.

### Plant lady commented on 2024-10-03

Always wait for secondary roots. With monsteras, it doesn’t take long. Also, if this was a baby in the pot, it may never mature into the monstera you’d like. I did the same and it never gave me a leaf bigger than my hand with no fenestration. Kept it for three years like that lol but still a cool, cute little plant!

### Lala, Dr. Greenthumb commented on 2024-10-03

Is that aloe in water on the right? I wasn’t aware one could do that 🤔

#### Christine replied on 2024-10-03

Yes. It is a climbing aloe or something. It broke off and I was seeing if I could get it grow roots as the other piece I put in soil died. 🤷🏻‍♀️

### Plantginny commented on 2024-10-04

I’ve read that the longer the cutting has been in water, the harder the transition to soil will be for it. I propagated 4 cuttings that I started in soil, and once they had a root that was about two inches long, I transferred them to soil with higher watering frequency that was slowly reduced over the first month. All 4 cuttings were successful this way.

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