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title: "What should I be doing with these long ass aerial roots? The second…"
description: "What should I be doing with these long ass aerial roots? The second is one my monstera and the other is on my heart leaf philodendron. I know they're used for…"
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community: "Show your plants"
author: "Bret"
published: "2026-04-07T12:28:01.451535Z"
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# What should I be doing with these long ass aerial roots? The second…

_Posted by Bret on 2026-04-07_

What should I be doing with these long ass aerial roots? The second is one my monstera and the other is on my heart leaf philodendron. I know they're used for support and to draw water from the air but.....what should I do with them? Hahaha

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## 3 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-04-07

you don't have to do anything 🤷‍♂️ if you don't like them you can also just cut them off, it doesn't hurt your plant

#### Bret replied on 2026-04-07

So they're just fine reaching into space? Would they attach to a support if there was one? I mean the monstera has a moss pole but they don't seem interested

#### plantgeek replied on 2026-04-07

they're all good as they are. i usually like to guide the aerial roots of my plants back into the soil as they grow, but these look a little too long to do that LOL. you may know this already but moss poles do need consistent watering for your plant to become interested. if you aren't a fan of maintaining a moss pole, i've used wooden planks in the past with great success. if your plant is hesitating to attach you can use plant velcro or even some saran wrap done a little loosely to make it start climbing

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