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title: "It looks like my succulents are growing roots in the air? Is this…"
description: "It looks like my succulents are growing roots in the air? Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? I’m tempted to try to cut it and bury the air roots but…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Cat"
published: "2026-04-11T15:44:15.608527Z"
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# It looks like my succulents are growing roots in the air? Is this…

_Posted by Cat on 2026-04-11_

It looks like my succulents are growing roots in the air? Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? I’m tempted to try to cut it and bury the air roots but I’ve no idea if that’s what it’s asking me to do.

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## 4 comments

### Hunter commented on 2026-04-11

You could def chop and stick those in the soil! That’s the plants way of searching for moisture in the air. It’s normal

### plantgeek commented on 2026-04-11

totally normal. it looks like she's due for a chop anyways, i say go for it

### Cat commented on 2026-04-11

Thank you both!

### AcesHigh commented on 2026-04-11

Very normal. My kalanchoe’s have these. They are to grab and climb or they grab the ground to keep them grounded. But you can do nothing at all and they are good to go. I have some in pots that do well and are grabbing on nothing and some in the ground that just keep grounding themselves to the floor

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