--- title: "Help me help her! I propagated then planted this beautiful small…" description: "Help me help her! I propagated then planted this beautiful small adansonii (circled in first pic) and gifted her to my mom. A year and a half later she brings…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/7QB7bDY8NNKI9mHjZF2DJc" community: "Monstera Maniacs" author: "RobinP" published: "2025-12-12T20:14:17.382831Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DkWZzjT-D6zVjgVnT6t3rYKn6pyX2cP5kZ9rhccjI64/aAdUQw0lR0CPA-FGtkXNTg.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Monstera Maniacs](https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA.md) # Help me help her! I propagated then planted this beautiful small… _Posted by RobinP on 2025-12-12_ Help me help her! I propagated then planted this beautiful small adansonii (circled in first pic) and gifted her to my mom. A year and a half later she brings me this heartbreak asking for help. She had some semblance of a grow light. Probably not the best access to natural light and I can bank on her not being watered regularly. Definitely no humidity. The whole plant is one single, very long, bald, pale stem 😢 Aside from my first task of watering what’s next?How do I revive her and make it full again? To chop and prop? But that would leave just a stem sticking out of the pot. Chop and prop the whole plant and start over? Suggestions? What would you do? (Added the last pic for fun. My girl, Roxi, I call her my little plant witch. She follows me and inspects all my plants when I’m doing plant chores. I put this plant on the table for a pic and guess she figured a toy might cheer up it up 💚) ![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DkWZzjT-D6zVjgVnT6t3rYKn6pyX2cP5kZ9rhccjI64/aAdUQw0lR0CPA-FGtkXNTg.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DkWZzjT-D6zVjgVnT6t3rYKn6pyX2cP5kZ9rhccjI64/djy6iecZSSqx62aX7UenFQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DkWZzjT-D6zVjgVnT6t3rYKn6pyX2cP5kZ9rhccjI64/VS9gJQ8HTNC1pFjqLfu7mg.webp?size=large) ## 6 comments ### Auxsman commented on 2025-12-12 Absolutely chop it and prop it, best to start over fresh but you could still possibly have a couple of plants with leaves that you could prop in water with rooting additive! The rest of the leaf less nodes just throw in some damp sphagnum moss cover it and wait while misting regularly. Good luck saving the baby! #### Plantlife replied on 2025-12-12 Definitely agree, I hope the toy cheered you up I would be sad too! #### RobinP replied on 2025-12-13 Thank you so much for the help! That’s what I’ll do today. Do you have an additive you like/use that you could suggest? Great suggestion about the sphagnum moss! #### RobinP replied on 2025-12-13 Thank you! Roxi has checked on her plant several times 🫶🏼. I think I’ll gift it to her next time, not my mom 🤣 ### Auxsman commented on 2025-12-13 Keep us posted every month on her progress😊 #### RobinP replied on 2025-12-14 Ok! I went to moms house today and rescued another (the only other one) before it got much worse 🫣 Note to self: no more live plants for mom 😆 --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_