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title: "Is this a root on my pothos prop? It has been growing in water."
description: "Is this a root on my pothos prop? It has been growing in water."
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published: "2026-06-05T20:38:16.511743Z"
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# Is this a root on my pothos prop? It has been growing in water.

_Posted by PLANTS!!🪴🌱 on 2026-06-05_

Is this a root on my pothos prop? It has been growing in water.

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## 8 comments

### I love plants commented on 2026-06-05

I believe so!!!! Or I could be another leaf!

#### PLANTS!!🪴🌱 replied on 2026-06-05

I checked it and it did not unfold. I think it is a root!!!

### Mikel’s Plant Posse commented on 2026-06-05

If it’s a root, keep in water and wait for secondaries then it’s ready for soil!

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-06-05

It kind of looks like a leaf at a very early stage where it can’t unfurl but it could very well be a root

#### PLANTS!!🪴🌱 replied on 2026-06-05

It has been growing like a root and I have checked sooooo many times and it does not have signs that it is a leaf.

#### LeafyGreenhouse replied on 2026-06-05

Alr I do think it is a root then! I just thought it might be a leaf bc that’s what my golden pothos props looked like before the leaves were fully formed.

### Tristan commented on 2026-06-06

Yes! 🙌

### Tandra commented on 2026-06-07

Yes I recently propagated a pothos and that is definitely a new root! Like Mikel above said, wait for secondary roots and she'll be ready to pot up in soil.

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