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title: "Hi plant friends! My sister has a red aglaonema plant that didn’t…"
description: "Hi plant friends! My sister has a red aglaonema plant that didn’t look like it was doing well so I took a look at the root ball and it was mostly root rot. I…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Kirsten"
published: "2026-08-22T17:45:11.583487Z"
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# Hi plant friends! My sister has a red aglaonema plant that didn’t…

_Posted by Kirsten on 2026-08-22_

Hi plant friends! My sister has a red aglaonema plant that didn’t look like it was doing well so I took a look at the root ball and it was mostly root rot. I haven’t had success propagating these to grow roots again. Does anyone have advice?

I rinsed off the dirt and took off the rotted roots, and then soaked it in a hydrogen peroxide solution. I will cut off the orange ends to fully get rid of the rot. And then let it callus for 24-48 hours. Am I on the right path? Then what?

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## 4 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-08-22

and then, you wait. you did everything right. now you wait two months for it to start pushing roots lol. these things take forever. if it's not dying it's doing something!

#### Kirsten replied on 2026-08-22

Thank you for the encouragement!

#### Rhus replied on 2026-08-23

You're so right; it took AGES for mine to root, and they didn't make new leaves for a while even after they did. I just tried to ignore them except for checking their water 😂

### New To This commented on 2026-08-27

My snake plant had the same issue. It may be because it is almost indestructible but took it out of the pot, rinsed the roots and let it dry overnight. Potted the baby with new dry soil and no problems since.

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