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title: "This winter, my tradescantia wasn’t getting the sun it needed. It got…"
description: "This winter, my tradescantia wasn’t getting the sun it needed. It got green, leggy, and not something cute lol. I repotted it a month ago and hacked off all…"
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author: "MamaJuju"
published: "2023-07-29T02:57:11.673Z"
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# This winter, my tradescantia wasn’t getting the sun it needed. It got…

_Geplaatst door MamaJuju op 2023-07-29_

This winter, my tradescantia wasn’t getting the sun it needed. It got green, leggy, and not something cute lol. I repotted it a month ago and hacked off all the tendrils down to the base. It’s like a completely different species after some good summer sun! ☀️🙃

![Bijlage 1 van 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/8BX1jSAXN54hqxaahYg0In-6Sxt_2L-jw7t_9KgGnO8/fe2180f446fe4697b7d3b1885d8f13f0.webp?size=large)

## 3 reacties

### SueB reageerde op 2023-07-29

Wow that’s crazy👏

### Leafmealone reageerde op 2023-07-29

Bold move but it looks great and healthy!

### MamaJuju reageerde op 2023-07-29

Yeah! The stalks/nodes are much shorter and the color is so much better! I wouldn’t have attempted this unless I knew there was a beastly root system in there (which there is) and I knew it could handle it. Fertilizer helped, too. I’m dreading September when she has to come back in, but she’ll just have to be a grow light baby!

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