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Elle Woods

For plants that you keep in water indefinitely (with fertilizer of course), how big of a container do you need in relation to the roots? For reference I have a peace lily prop (just one piece/root thing) that I decided I’m going to leave in water. I kept up sizing her when it seemed like her roots needed more space. Finally I just left her to grow into this one vase and she seems to be doing better sprouting new luscious growth quicker than she did before. I figured maybe she’s focusing on new leaves rather than roots now?

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  1. GreenLeaf

    I feel with water you can get away with a lot smaller spaces. I keep mine quite tight and they’re happy. I actually just cut a bunch of my monstera roots off because I wanted to downsize the vase and its already putting out new leaves.

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    • Elle Woods

      Oh nice! I had trimmed off some of the tips of the roots because they were brown I guess from reaching outside the water and it seemed she was happier. I may try that again! 😃

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    • GreenLeaf

      You’re always going to have a minor amount of roots rotting when its in water. But I mean VERY minor amount. I rinse and trim anything dead every time I change the water. Mine is 10x easier to care for since I switched to water :) Their roots will be brown above the water line. But if they’re full and hard then their fine. If they’re shriveled, mushy, etc. then trim them off.

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  2. Kelly

    my propagations don’t care and I have many of them. I usually use glass bottles because the hold stays much longer. also, I really recommend slow release fertilizer pellets. Instead of instantly just shocking your plants with fertilizer, it gives nutrients over time, and I noticed so much new growth. Anyways, my plants don’t seem to care, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much

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