--- title: "My Dumb Cane is literally out of control!! I have four sections of…" description: "My Dumb Cane is literally out of control!! I have four sections of the plant that can be cut and hopefully successfully propagated. Any thoughts or suggestions…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/jddrmK_nSzmtybInpLF7Hg?language=de" community: "Show your plants" author: "Dianne" published: "2024-04-03T04:01:12.239455Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/C8V56IkdDPjxbhtpfGDyMmovH4v3HUhllBqU3Bzvauw/1j57NNfpT1ik62JZpGFdKw.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=de) / [Show your plants](https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw.md?language=de) # My Dumb Cane is literally out of control!! I have four sections of… _Gepostet von Dianne am 2024-04-03_ My Dumb Cane is literally out of control!! I have four sections of the plant that can be cut and hopefully successfully propagated. Any thoughts or suggestions ? ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/C8V56IkdDPjxbhtpfGDyMmovH4v3HUhllBqU3Bzvauw/1j57NNfpT1ik62JZpGFdKw.webp?size=large) ## 40 Kommentare ### Vera kommentierte am 2024-04-03 This is stunning! 😍 #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-03 Thank you! I inherited this plant from my sister when she passed away. It’s grown SO much that I feel like it’s reaching up to her in Heaven !! #### Vera antwortete am 2024-04-03 I love that. I’m so sorry for your loss— this is a beautiful way to remember her. #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-04 Vera, thank you for taking time to reach out to me! It means a lot 💛🪴💛 #### Dianne antwortete am 2025-03-29 Thank you! #### Dianne antwortete am 2025-03-29 Thank you! _2 weitere Antworten in der App_ ### stonedfruuit kommentierte am 2024-04-03 wow that looks gorgeous. how special! only suggestion is that after cutting, let the ends callous before moving them to water to prevent rot. looks like you can cut those three main stems that stretch upwards #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-04 Thanks for your help! Do I just let the stem dry ? A week or longer? #### stonedfruuit antwortete am 2024-04-04 hmm ive never propogated a stem that thick but i think more like a few days would be fine. whenever the end dries over so just check on it periodically #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-04 Thanks again. I don’t plan on doing this soon, but when I do, I’ll post some pictures! #### Dianne antwortete am 2025-03-29 Thank you #### Dianne antwortete am 2025-03-29 Thank you! _3 weitere Antworten in der App_ ### Dianne kommentierte am 2024-04-03 Thanks so much for the advice! I’ll make sure to do that. ### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 kommentierte am 2024-04-03 Wow crazy how you’ve gotten it to grow… I have 2 and they are just like 4 feet tall but not climbing up the wall like that… so cool #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-04 Thanks so much!!! 🪴💛🪴 #### Dianne antwortete am 2025-03-29 Thank you! ### Mara kommentierte am 2024-04-03 I can see how it may start getting harder to manage but I love the funky tropical vibes. Do you know how old it is? #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-10 The plant is no more than 10 years old. ### Cat kommentierte am 2024-04-03 look up why they call the plant that, it’s the 21st century people cmon. #### Plant mom antwortete am 2024-04-03 Yes, its real name is a diffenbachia, Beautiful plant and a nice remembrance of your sister! #### Cat antwortete am 2024-04-06 lmfao. she started it. i pay for this app i will defend myself against people being RUDE TO ME FIRST #### Cat antwortete am 2024-04-06 i don’t care if two wrongs don’t make a right, if someone says something rude they should expect something back. especially when they’re the uneducated one. ### MGGreenthumb20 kommentierte am 2024-04-03 Wow! ### Lindsey kommentierte am 2024-04-04 Gorgeous!!! ### Dianne kommentierte am 2024-04-04 I knew about the toxic properties of this plant , but never knew anything more.😞 #### Plant mom antwortete am 2024-04-04 It’s ok, people shouldn’t be so rude #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-04 Thank you for your understanding of my ignorance in this matter. I truly had no idea and would never intentionally set out to offend anyone. I #### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 antwortete am 2024-04-04 I called it Dumb Cane too… I had no idea it meant anything to do with slavery. I honestly just thought it was a name given from the toxic property of making the mouth burn and numb #### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 antwortete am 2024-04-04 Who has the time to look up every plant name and see why they’re named that… not anyone’s fault they’re called what they’re called. I have too many plants to google the reason why they’re all named what they are. And the scientific names aren’t always the easiest to remember. No plant parent owns a certain plant for what it was used for years ago, they just think it’s pretty. Obviously some are more obvious of being offensive such as “wandering Jew” so calling it a “wandering dude” sounds better to me.. but dumb cane is not a more obvious one to notice. #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-10 I was told the same as to how this name came to be. _1 weitere Antwort in der App_ ### Pierre kommentierte am 2024-04-04 Love it! #### Dianne antwortete am 2024-04-10 Thank you!!! [Weitere Kommentare](https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/jddrmK_nSzmtybInpLF7Hg.md?cursor=mMDKknMZwxdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABDWM49f_PdGA&language=de) --- _Die Planta-Community (https://getplanta.com). Lesen ist für alle offen. Um Beiträge zu erstellen, zu kommentieren und zu liken, hol dir die Planta App: https://getplanta.com/download_