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title: "Just to be clear, I have NEVER propagated (successfully) before. I…"
description: "Just to be clear, I have NEVER propagated (successfully) before. I have been trying to propagate my pothos for a hot minute now and just seem to have zero luck…"
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author: "Elizabeth ✨🌱"
published: "2024-03-09T17:13:28.988351Z"
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# Just to be clear, I have NEVER propagated (successfully) before. I…

_Posted by Elizabeth ✨🌱 on 2024-03-09_

Just to be clear, I have NEVER propagated (successfully) before. I have been trying to propagate my pothos for a hot minute now and just seem to have zero luck with progress. I am also worried I’m just slowly killing it 🧍‍♀️ SOS

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## 6 comments

### laura 🩷🪴 commented on 2024-03-09

Have you been changing the water? Pothos release their own rooting hormone, so avoid refreshing the water if you can! Otherwise, I have no idea 😖

#### Elizabeth ✨🌱 replied on 2024-03-09

NO I LITERALLY JUST DID THAT 😭😭 I shall refrain from now on ✋🏼

#### laura 🩷🪴 replied on 2024-03-09

I only recently learned this from someone else on planta! Apparently, we can even add pothos to other propagation attempts and they’ll benefit from the routing hormones as well, that’s how I got my monstera adonsonii to finally root!!

### HDF commented on 2024-03-09

Personally I would separate the cutting into two. You seem to have a bit of rot on one stem that may improve by not having it soak in water. I’d clean that off gently. You can add about a 1/4 tsp of food grade hydrogen peroxide to bring oxygenation into the water to tackle rot. (1/4 tsp based on the size of your container.)

#### Sunny replied on 2024-03-09

Completely agree. It looks like some of the stem is rotting. This can lead to bacteria in the water. Hydrogen peroxide can help with the bacteria.

I would not save the water especially when this cutting is susceptible to rot. I would change it once a week.

### molly commented on 2024-03-09

you have a root growing here, just be patient (: idk if that brown part is mushy, but if it is, maybe remove that part and separate the cuttings. the lower one is already growing so that should be fine (:

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