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title: "My dieffenbachia was outta hand and not doing well… leggy, windy…"
description: "My dieffenbachia was outta hand and not doing well… leggy, windy stems and falling over….I hesitated for weeks on what to do….I finally just went for it🤞🤞🤞"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/653d62fda4a07a775e694566?language=it"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "777"
published: "2023-10-28T19:37:33.351Z"
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# My dieffenbachia was outta hand and not doing well… leggy, windy…

_Pubblicato da 777 il 2023-10-28_

My dieffenbachia was outta hand and not doing well… leggy, windy stems and falling over….I hesitated for weeks on what to do….I finally just went for it🤞🤞🤞

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## 3 commenti

### C ha commentato il 2023-10-28

Congrats on just going for it!!  
I had THE SAME hesitation with propagating my dieffenbachia and I took months to build up the courage.

Yours look so healthy and beautiful!  
What direction did you take?  
Separate from the roots?

### 777 ha commentato il 2023-10-28

Thank you! I just went with my gut instinct 🤷🏻‍♀️ cleaned off her roots as well as I could, trimmed all the sicky looking leaves and then chopped off quite a few inches of bending stems… I was nervous to propagate in just water so I stuck em all back in dirt and hope for the best🤞🤞🤞 trust the process right? I did take all the trimmings and stuck those in waters for the hell of it…

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### Amy ha commentato il 2023-11-04

I did the same awhile back - cut the tops and propagated in water! They grew amazing roots fast so I planted them! Doing well so far!  
Low and behold the bases I cut from have new growth too!

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