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Help! I was repotting my bird of paradise…and trying split the plant…these just snapped right off the roots! Will it survive??

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  1. plantgeek

    probably not. there's no growth node. you can certainly try, but it's likely they won't survive

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    • Meagan’s

      Ugh! All that work 😩

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    • plantgeek

      lol i feel your pain! as long as there's something left & the roots are good she'll regrow, but for now she's bald

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  2. GreenishThumbelina

    I always try putting rooting hormone and sticking the breakage in water. I’m sometimes surprised and rewarded.

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  3. zollol

    If you give it a long time, maybe. Ive had roots in weird places before

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