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title: "I’m very excited everyone! This is my first attempt at propagating a…"
description: "I’m very excited everyone! This is my first attempt at propagating a monstera and I can’t believe it worked. Now the hard part is knowing when it’s ready to be…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Cindy"
published: "2025-03-22T14:48:34.463983Z"
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# I’m very excited everyone! This is my first attempt at propagating a…

_Posted by Cindy on 2025-03-22_

I’m very excited everyone! This is my first attempt at propagating a monstera and I can’t believe it worked. Now the hard part is knowing when it’s ready to be potted. Any and all suggestions to help this baby thrive are welcome!

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## 3 comments

### fuey commented on 2025-03-22

(I have never tried this myself) When transplanting to soil, I have seen people REALLY soak the soil to ease the transition. Like a muddy pond

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-22

Usually after 2" or so of roots i plant. They can be a bit finicky changing over. So a few options are to transplant and water really well (they tend to wilt going from so much water to very little) Or move it to a draining pot, in a catch pot and add several scoops of media to the water every day for a few days, until it's full, then pull the draining pot out of the cache and set it in a tray. Or move it to damp perlite to transition before moving to soil

### jonadin commented on 2025-03-23

I’m newer to plants but my friend rescued a deliciosa and I waited until it had this many roots to pot in soil, and it transitioned perfectly! 😂 It was in a big opaque pot which I find much better than clear. Also since the pot was so big the soil probably stayed wet for a while, but I really did need a big pot. It didn’t grow new leaves (had 4 crappy ones) in water but was unchanged for the month it was in water (had a few small roots when I got it).

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