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title: "She used to be long and scraggly so I trimmed her awhile back and now…"
description: "She used to be long and scraggly so I trimmed her awhile back and now she’s thriving and I have a million little babies, I call her babies “little demons” bc…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/WiSjKWyEVABJRHxrYOzbma"
community: "Show your plants"
author: "Ariana"
published: "2026-09-11T18:29:17.820495Z"
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# She used to be long and scraggly so I trimmed her awhile back and now…

_Posted by Ariana on 2026-09-11_

She used to be long and scraggly so I trimmed her awhile back and now she’s thriving and I have a million little babies, I call her babies “little demons” bc her biblical name

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## 2 comments

### Courtney (newbie) commented on 2026-09-11

This is so encouraging to see because I’m having a tradescantia existential crisis 🤣 they were all doing so well so I let them be and now they look like old hags lol and I feel like I have to make some tough choices

#### Ariana replied on 2026-09-12

Oh yah you should’ve seen the evolution of my girl here, in may she looked like she was dyingggg but I finally decided to trim her long scraggly arms and now she’s thriving

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