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title: "I found this plant outside of my school and got so excited to take it…"
description: "I found this plant outside of my school and got so excited to take it in and help it…. I may have gotten too excited. Please tell me I didn’t totally kill it.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/qR9CtAEF0o5jn0La8okTrc"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "alliec"
published: "2026-08-16T23:22:27.343023Z"
language: "en"
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# I found this plant outside of my school and got so excited to take it…

_Posted by alliec on 2026-08-16_

I found this plant outside of my school and got so excited to take it in and help it…. I may have gotten too excited. Please tell me I didn’t totally kill it. I took the dead leaves off and I felt like it needed to be cut down??? Do I just put it in water and hope for roots? Someone help lol

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## 1 comment

### ABagel commented on 2026-08-17

The stick in the pot, the top will callous over and it will sprout new leaves if you keep watering and fertilizing it.

The part cut off, let it callous over then stick it in dirt and it will grow roots. Congrats you have two plants now.

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