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title: "I had this ZZ branch that I accidentally broke off my plant while I…"
description: "I had this ZZ branch that I accidentally broke off my plant while I was repotting a few months ago. My ZZ is one of my oldest plants that my mom and sister got…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/Et90LcbWYkQYMtLHnDzmCQ"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "LadyTenorJD"
published: "2025-04-30T04:10:26.296799Z"
language: "en"
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# I had this ZZ branch that I accidentally broke off my plant while I…

_Posted by LadyTenorJD on 2025-04-30_

I had this ZZ branch that I accidentally broke off my plant while I was repotting a few months ago. My ZZ is one of my oldest plants that my mom and sister got me when they were forcing me to recover from serial plant murdering. 😆 My ZZ was overwatered and the soil grew bad fungus and the plant started to die. I dug him up, got rid of the dead roots, threw out two stalks that had given up the ghost, and repotted the rest of the plant with new soil. I also bought another younger plant to fill in the pot. The plant is thriving now. I stuck this stalk in water because I heard it will grow roots. I didn't know I was supposed to let it sit out and callous over first. So at first the tip began to rot. When I read about callousing, I then took it out, cut it, let it callous for two days, and then changed the water in the vase and put him in again. That was all about 2 months ago. Today I saw tiny roots. Thought it was just that funky gel forming again, but no! Roots. I changed the water (it was very cloudy and a dead gnat was belly up in it), and put the stalk back to continue rooting.

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