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title: "I recently repotted and restaked my Hoya Kerrii and in the process I…"
description: "I recently repotted and restaked my Hoya Kerrii and in the process I damaged it… now I don’t know what to do. I know she’ll bounce back but many of the teeny…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/-Hvw2UpVTXuBN-5q5GuMYg/31XSQZ1CTnuxON6cs35Vqw"
community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "honeybee 🌱"
published: "2024-10-02T15:57:48.322207Z"
language: "en"
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# I recently repotted and restaked my Hoya Kerrii and in the process I…

_Posted by honeybee 🌱 on 2024-10-02_

I recently repotted and restaked my Hoya Kerrii and in the process I damaged it… now I don’t know what to do. I know she’ll bounce back but many of the teeny baby leaf sprouts were significantly damaged and turned black, so I cut them off… the tiniest little touch to those baby leaves just destroyed them and I’m so sad!!! A few healthy leaves snapped off. Some of the older leaves also took damage because I did this while the Hoya was thirsty… clearly a very bad idea. The softer leaves when pressed against anything accidentally got crinkled strangely and now that it’s been a day have gone all brown and thin.

There’s only one upside to the damage. I know from experience that when the stem ‘bleeds’ a bit from bending, it significantly encourages new shoots, and within a month or so I always see an explosion of new growth in that area…. So I do expect her to bounce back soon.

Still, I guess let this be a cautionary tale, because I lost so many leaves… Hoya are very hardy, but extremely delicate at the same time. Luckily I didn’t lose any peduncles 🫠

Anyone have big/heavy Hoya repot tips??

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## 1 comment

### Sunny commented on 2024-10-02

Try keiki paste at the little leaf nodes that were damaged to encourage new growth.

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