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title: "The nursery guy let me claw out a few random plants pieces from the…"
description: "The nursery guy let me claw out a few random plants pieces from the nursery grounds. They look so sad and floppy. Any tips on how to keep them alive - soil,…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/655acb6e52382c4cb6473374"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Siegal"
published: "2023-11-20T02:58:54.771Z"
language: "en"
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# The nursery guy let me claw out a few random plants pieces from the…

_Posted by Siegal on 2023-11-20_

The nursery guy let me claw out a few random plants pieces from the nursery grounds. They look so sad and floppy. Any tips on how to keep them alive - soil, light, etc?? I don’t have indoor space - but plenty of light or shade, water or no water, zone 11a

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gck0CnbQ-1vXY7i6IX9iL9Ppa---uZD-tZTlMehfq3I/7f374fdb96c1446c96950b35bc5f4bcf.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Amber Gray commented on 2023-11-20

Do these have roots? If not I would propagate them in water til they get a strong root system, then transfer to soil.

#### Siegal replied on 2023-11-20

I dug them up not cut them so they do have some roots

#### Siegal replied on 2023-11-20

The saddest one

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gck0CnbQ-1vXY7i6IX9iL9Ppa---uZD-tZTlMehfq3I/f8eeb2088a534866a2bef79d21d78b43.webp?size=large)

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