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title: "I’ve been trying to grow roots on these cutting in water for what…"
description: "I’ve been trying to grow roots on these cutting in water for what must be going on months now. Any advice on how to help them? X"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/ZvRddh0WRW-E-I3u8FObeA"
community: "Bonsai Matters"
author: "Kayface"
published: "2024-07-09T10:09:55.291281Z"
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# I’ve been trying to grow roots on these cutting in water for what…

_Posted by Kayface on 2024-07-09_

I’ve been trying to grow roots on these cutting in water for what must be going on months now. Any advice on how to help them? X

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## 3 comments

### Swamp Witch commented on 2024-07-09

Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I have a shooting star Hoya cutting that is just now throwing out roots and I started the cutting on April 11th.

### Kayface commented on 2024-07-09

Think that will always be my downfall with plants, lack of patience! 😂

### karley commented on 2024-07-14

or you could buy a rooting hormone (which is very helpful) and all the directions would be on the bottle

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