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title: "i have what seems to be aerial roots on my new plant, do they need to…"
description: "i have what seems to be aerial roots on my new plant, do they need to be underneath soil or are they alright to just stick out?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/652df1bb814d43706e364b8d"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "emma 🪴🌞"
published: "2023-10-17T02:30:19.037Z"
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# i have what seems to be aerial roots on my new plant, do they need to…

_Posted by emma 🪴🌞 on 2023-10-17_

i have what seems to be aerial roots on my new plant, do they need to be underneath soil or are they alright to just stick out?

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## 9 comments

### Tellie commented on 2023-10-17

They can stick out, you can cut them, or put them in the soil. Totally up to you. If you put them in soil they will grow like regular roots only difference is they also support the stem or stems it’s coming from.

#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2023-10-17

thank you Tellie!

#### Tellie replied on 2023-10-17

Your welcome!

#### Tellie replied on 2023-10-17

All of your plants look great!  
Your doing an amazing job 🩵

#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2023-10-17

thank you so much! i love to hear it! 🩷🩷

### Dana commented on 2023-10-17

What kind of plant is it?

#### Tellie replied on 2023-10-18

By the leaf in the one photo looks like a philodendron “Birkin”. I could be wrong.

#### Dana replied on 2023-10-18

those kind of plants do that

#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2023-10-18

it is birkin!

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