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title: "My Pilea has been suffering and I’m trying to talk myself into…"
description: "My Pilea has been suffering and I’m trying to talk myself into chopping and propping. When doing so, should I cut the top part (with leaves) off, cut a section…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Austin"
published: "2024-12-12T21:28:59.897151Z"
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# My Pilea has been suffering and I’m trying to talk myself into…

_Posted by Austin on 2024-12-12_

My Pilea has been suffering and I’m trying to talk myself into chopping and propping. When doing so, should I cut the top part (with leaves) off, cut a section of the stem off, and then leave the bottom part of the stem in the soil? Also, is it better to let Pilea callus over before placing in water or do they prefer to go straight in? (The brown/black leaves have been removed. I would probably cut where the straps are placed)

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## 7 comments

### Lilian commented on 2024-12-13

You URGENTLY need to rid any of your plants with that brown stuff it’s super contagious and you need to cut it off and any other plants with that , it’s a parasite/infestation this happened to my moms plants

#### Austin replied on 2024-12-13

Oh no!!! Okay. So you think I should get rid of or quarantine the 2 plants with it?

#### Austin replied on 2024-12-13

Do you happen to know what kind of parasite it is?

#### Austin replied on 2024-12-13

And do you think it could be saved? Like is it a soil thing that could be fixed with some time in water and then back into the soil??

#### Lilian replied on 2024-12-13

With my moms it was meely bugs , cut the infected parts do a treatment and keep in quarantined until you don’t see any more coming back

#### Lilian replied on 2024-12-13

I would get rid of that soil and start over with new soil , that’s what I did to my moms to save it

### Lilian commented on 2024-12-13

And do a neem oil treatment

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