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title: "I cut these off my rubber tree about 36 hours ago. Do I put them in…"
description: "I cut these off my rubber tree about 36 hours ago. Do I put them in water or soil? What type of soil if so?"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "brittrb"
published: "2026-01-16T17:43:19.050047Z"
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# I cut these off my rubber tree about 36 hours ago. Do I put them in…

_Posted by brittrb on 2026-01-16_

I cut these off my rubber tree about 36 hours ago. Do I put them in water or soil? What type of soil if so?

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## 6 comments

### The leafy Angel commented on 2026-01-16

I haven’t done this yet but I have seen water or perlite used

### zollol commented on 2026-01-16

Water. You have alot of leaves, you might want to lose a few, it wont be able to support that many

### Kingbetes commented on 2026-01-16

Yeah try to clip a few leaves off of each. Maybe try to leave 3 max and then trim the stem so it’s a bit shorter. I’d also clean the remaining leaves so they can soak up as much sun for the new roots. I’d go water until you have a nice little bunch of roots to go into soil. Good luck!!

### The leafy Angel commented on 2026-01-16

Oh you can also propagate the leaves!

#### brittrb replied on 2026-01-16

How do I do that?

### The leafy Angel commented on 2026-01-16

Same as the stems but I would use wet perlite

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