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title: "Still new to plants, but staying at a hotel and they had beautiful…"
description: "Still new to plants, but staying at a hotel and they had beautiful monsteras (I think lol) and I asked for cuttings and they gave me these!!!! What now?! I…"
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author: "Kendyl"
published: "2025-07-31T01:03:42.970207Z"
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# Still new to plants, but staying at a hotel and they had beautiful…

_Posted by Kendyl on 2025-07-31_

Still new to plants, but staying at a hotel and they had beautiful monsteras (I think lol) and I asked for cuttings and they gave me these!!!! What now?! I wanna give these babies new life (after a short flight home). I’ve seen for propagating use water however these feel maybe past that point? Any tips will be appreciated :)

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## 7 comments

### Lili commented on 2025-07-31

If it were me I’d chop it in between the nodes\*as marked\* \& throw the four pieces in a vessel with water. I would discard of the very bottom stem or you could put it in a covered container with some damp moss \*known as the wet stick method\*

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#### Lili replied on 2025-07-31

\& just make sure to place it a well lit area

#### Amie206 replied on 2025-07-31

Ditto what Lilo said and add Root Zone to the water to increase root production

#### Kendyl replied on 2025-07-31

Amazing thank you so much!!! I’ve seen on some forums to trim the aerial roots down for propagating. Would you recommend this as well? :)

#### Kendyl replied on 2025-07-31

Thank you!!!

#### Lili replied on 2025-07-31

If the roots are making it hard to fit into a vessel then yes you can trim them but you don’t have to, although if you decide to they will grow back :)

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2025-07-31

Yes those are monstera I prop mine in water with rooting powder !

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