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title: "Hi everyone! For propagating plants in water, would a window with…"
description: "Hi everyone! For propagating plants in water, would a window with shade or a window with part sun & part shade be better in general? Picture is of my new…"
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# Hi everyone! For propagating plants in water, would a window with…

_Posted by Kali on 2023-05-27_

Hi everyone!

For propagating plants in water, would a window with shade or a window with part sun \& part shade be better in general?

Picture is of my new pitcher plant, not what I’ll be propagating 😊

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## 9 comments

### 803plantguy commented on 2023-05-27

Idk which is better but when I do water propagates I sit them in a south or west-facing window. So I would say part sun\&shade

#### Kali replied on 2023-05-27

That’s what I thought, thank you so much!

#### 803plantguy replied on 2023-05-27

Of course no problem🙏🏾

### Fern \<3 commented on 2023-05-27

All I would recommend is watering them with Distilled, reverse osmosis water, or rain water, because they don’t have salts calcium and minerals in them, salts calcium and other minerals can burn the roots. Also, only feed one pitcher at a time.

### Star commented on 2023-05-27

I would say depends on the plant!

#### Kali replied on 2023-05-27

So if I have a plant that requires shade to grow, should I put it in shade instead? And then same deal with the part-sun plants?

#### Lotus biscuits replied on 2023-05-28

Yes.

### TooShyToReply commented on 2023-06-07

A great tip I read was also to do water propagate in a glass container that is green or brown instead of clear because it will be less likely or slower to grow algae!

#### Kali replied on 2023-06-09

Good to know!! I am having a big algae problem with my bladderwort so I’ll have to try that

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