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title: "hi friends!! I’m still a newer plant mom, and i’m wanting to…"
description: "hi friends!! I’m still a newer plant mom, and i’m wanting to propagate my monstera! Any tips or plans that anyone would love to share? Thank youuu!"
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author: "Kailey"
published: "2025-01-01T21:34:43.341903Z"
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# hi friends!! I’m still a newer plant mom, and i’m wanting to…

_Posted by Kailey on 2025-01-01_

hi friends!!  
I’m still a newer plant mom, and i’m wanting to propagate my monstera!  
Any tips or plans that anyone would love to share?  
Thank youuu!

## 3 comments

### nick commented on 2025-01-01

So when you want to prop, always include a node or joint in your cutting if you want it to actually grow. I didn't know such a thing was possible until this year(lol I should say last year) , as it's only happened to me once. I accidentally broke some leaves and included them in a bouquet that was already existing as to not waste them. One of them managed to grow roots. This is called a zombie cutting. It's when a stem with no growth point or node manages to push out roots, but it will never grow. It will remain a single leaf for the rest of its life. I was so shocked and confused, but yes apparently that can happen. Tmil

#### Kailey replied on 2025-01-01

thank you so much!

### GoodNiss commented on 2025-01-02

When you cut it, let it dry out and callous first before putting it in water - helps avoid it from rotting. Time varies on how thick the stem is but a few hours usually is ok!  
Also let it grow its roots until it produces a secondary root (when a root growth branches off) at that point it’ll have more success when bringing back to soil!  
If you have a Pothos, adding a cutting of that to the same jar helps stimulate root growth since those prop easy, seemed to work for me lol

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