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title: "my monstera has lots of exposed roots growing is this bad good? can i…"
description: "my monstera has lots of exposed roots growing is this bad good? can i propagate them or no ?? i’m new to all this . any advice ??"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/KdHs5PlVQECsGv5ssroK7g"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Christian F."
published: "2024-05-08T22:47:22.807407Z"
language: "en"
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# my monstera has lots of exposed roots growing is this bad good? can i…

_Posted by Christian F. on 2024-05-08_

my monstera has lots of exposed roots growing is this bad good? can i propagate them or no ?? i’m new to all this . any advice ??

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## 3 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-05-08

These are aerial roots and totally normal. Those will grow right into that moss pole I mentioned earlier 😉 They are looking for something to climb, but even without that they’re fine

#### Christian F. replied on 2024-05-08

thank you for the feedback!!

### Keez commented on 2024-05-09

Beautiful!

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