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Nov 6, 2017 1:53 PM CST

Ever since moving to a new house, I have had a hard time keeping house plants alive. Even my pothos have struggled, and I have never had problems with those.

I had to repeatedly take dying pothos out of a pot, root the cuttings, then plant again. Finally I decided to get some pots that don't drain, fill them with water and leave the pothos like that. They've been doing fine for a couple months now.

I also had a tall dumb cane that was struggling, as they tend to do when they get too tall. Well, I just uprooted it, cleaned off the roots and put it in a giant vase. It's been like that for about a month and it's lost a couple leaves, but the rest of it looks healthier than before.

Is there any reason why I couldn't just leave this in water forever? I change out the water when I water the other plants.

I also wanted to have more peace lilies around and I know they are pretty thirsty plants, so I wondered if I could just put those in water.

I also have a few 'lucky bamboo' which have been in water for years and, of course, those are fine.

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