this is the biggest mistake when you cut and propagate any house plant if you're slicing and dicing your plants and plopping them in water you're creating an open wound in the plant stem and so begins a dangerous Voyage towards its destined Doom of death if you place a cutting directly in water there's a high the wound is PR to bacteria in the water and you will see it turn mushy rot and it's ch for now a simple trick to follow is to let the wound heal for around 24 to 48 hours this creates a callus on the plant which prevents the wound from disease