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title: "one of the stems on my monstera snapped but ONLY halfway… I read…"
description: "one of the stems on my monstera snapped but ONLY halfway… I read online if you tape it together, the plant can essentially fuse it back together after some…"
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# one of the stems on my monstera snapped but ONLY halfway… I read…

_boomexa님이 2024-11-24에 게시함_

one of the stems on my monstera snapped but ONLY halfway… I read online if you tape it together, the plant can essentially fuse it back together after some time. Does this look saveable?  
(top picture is the snap, bottom is with tape)

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X5nV-wC27SimGnFtPE0TWJeCQBacRzZZioKN3e6njtg/KVT_bjgDRwyxviXYhc075Q.webp?size=large)

## 7개의 댓글

### Amira님이 2024-11-24에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Sometimes they will if it doesn’t cause infection then your whole plant could get affected. Just leave it and if you start seeing the leaf thin or start turning yellow go ahead and snip it off with clean scissors rub alcohol on it before you snip. And you can take a q-tip and put a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide and water and dab the stem to keep it sterilized. Plants are like any living thing if you get it cut it could get infected the same as a plant.

#### boomexa님이 2024-11-24에 답변했습니다.

ohh thank you! fingers crossed it doesn’t get infected… I sprayed it with some water. Thank you for the tip, I’ll keep an eye on it!

### nosugartonight님이 2024-11-24에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Be careful when you’re watering to avoid getting water (wet soil above the injury). The soil is where you’d likely get a bacterial/fungal infection. Bottom water if you can until the wound calluses over.

#### boomexa님이 2024-11-24에 답변했습니다.

oh thank you! I got a clean toothpick and carefully cleaned out any small dirt particles from the two sides of the cut… hopefully that’ll help prevent anything. some tiny soil particles may have been on it / may still be there but I tried to clean out any visible parts. This is one of my favourite leaves on this plant so I’m hoping it doesn’t die!

#### boomexa님이 2024-11-24에 답변했습니다.

this is what it looks like all cleaned out (the brown blob to the right was there before!)

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X5nV-wC27SimGnFtPE0TWJeCQBacRzZZioKN3e6njtg/rC_g4-sHRd2_XF7nQGgwYw.webp?size=large)

### Amira님이 2024-11-25에 댓글을 남겼어요.

That looks good it’s should be fine

#### boomexa님이 2024-11-25에 답변했습니다.

phew thank you! she doesnt seem to have any new discolouration (yet) so I’m guessing she’ll be just fine. Tysm for your help!

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