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Lacee

GUYS PLEASE SOMEBODY TELL ME!!! I just picked up this monstera albo and it has been rooting in water for a while. It’s been doing great but I noticed that the roots started to have a brown layer. I’ll provide a picture from 2 days ago vs. today. The brown part is squishy but you can feel the healthy root underneath the is firm and healthy. It has tons of new growth even from 2 days ago. But I’m still worried about the brown! I change the water every couple days. I was planning to move it to moss or coco chips or something more solid soon BEFORE completely replanting in an aroid mix. Is this bad?! What should I do?!

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  1. Lacee

    I don’t know why the photos are out of order.. I put them in the correct order. Sorry about that guys

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  2. Planta member

    I wouldn’t worry, I’ve noticed when I take cutting from older nodes growth is like this, If you see the actual plant decline then I would worry otherwise I think it’s fine

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  3. Lacee

    So the only thing I have noticed is some browning slightly on only 1 leaf that looks like this but the other leaf looks good.

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  4. Lacee

    That’s the top

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      This is the other leaf

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  5. Madeleinis

    I have one and give one to my aon it always have one or more leaves dark

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    • Lacee

      You mean the browning ??? If so that’s so good to hear!!! Thank you!

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  6. Planty28

    It looks like it was an aerial root to begin with, it’s now growing a water root, same when transferring from soil, those roots die off to produce new water roots

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  7. Lacee

    Oh really?! That makes sense. I guess I was just nervous that the brown part is spreading. If the large main root dies, won’t all the small growths on it die too?? Should I be worried ?!

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  8. Lolly

    The brown fuzz is very normal for a water rooted cutting, the browning leaf might be from it taking more energy to build roots. Pretty plant 🪴

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    • Lacee

      Oh thank you so much!! I just had a case of root rot on a plant I took over from a friend and became paranoid! Thank you so much for you advice I really appreciate it!! 🙏🙏

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