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title: "Finally trying out propagation! Tips welcome"
description: "Finally trying out propagation! Tips welcome"
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author: "Lindsay"
published: "2024-08-15T21:26:46.993194Z"
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# Finally trying out propagation! Tips welcome

_Posted by Lindsay on 2024-08-15_

Finally trying out propagation! Tips welcome

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## 7 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-08-15

Yay! Patience patience patience is key, also don’t fret about changing the water religiously. I only do if it starts to get really murky, make sure they’re getting substantial light, if you want to you can fertilize with a fertilizer that works well with hydroponics. And just look at the leaves that you have on your cuttings now as sacrificial, you will lose them eventually because they are going to be the ones working to give you the roots and new plants you want. Lastly, don’t pot them up in soil until you have a nice substantial root system that has secondary roots, once your roots have roots then you can pot it up!

#### Lindsay replied on 2024-08-16

How long does this process typically take?

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-08-16

My most recent pothos cutting took about a month and a half to grow secondary roots, but it was on the struggle bus already since it was from a plant that was struggling from root rot when I got it

### Lindsay commented on 2024-08-16

How long does the process usually take?

### Dondoo52 commented on 2024-08-16

It varies…I have had some that took 2 weeks and others 2 months or so.

### Plants are friends commented on 2024-08-19

I have the same water propagation 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

#### Lindsay replied on 2024-08-19

Amazon ❤️

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