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title: "Okay, so now what???? There’s about 6 or 7 stems in this perlite…"
description: "Okay, so now what???? There’s about 6 or 7 stems in this perlite propagation container, don’t really remember exact amount, but I just haven’t touched them for…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Sarahpj08"
published: "2025-05-22T03:19:51.292495Z"
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# Okay, so now what???? There’s about 6 or 7 stems in this perlite…

_Posted by Sarahpj08 on 2025-05-22_

Okay, so now what????  
There’s about 6 or 7 stems in this perlite propagation container, don’t really remember exact amount, but I just haven’t touched them for 2-3 months and now they are popping sprouts. Since these photos were taken, another has popped a leaf and one of these is working on a second. It’s happening so quickly. The stems are quite large and thick from a monstera I bought off someone local that didn’t want to deal with it anymore. It was badly root bound and I shocked it to death so tried to save what I could. The single leaf I got off of it is doing great in a mason jar with several roots growing. I just wondered what you all would do next here. Should I open it up and take them out? I don’t want to bother them if I shouldn’t. Obviously they haven’t all sprouted but where it’s happened so quickly it makes me wonder if they’re just right around the corner. So if I need not disturb them then I don’t want to, but if these need to be potted I want to make sure that gets done. Just wondering what yall would do basically. TIA

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## 2 comments

### Yunji commented on 2025-05-22

I think you should keep them in there for a bit longer

#### Sarahpj08 replied on 2025-05-23

Thank you!

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