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title: "Needing advice! My niece and nephew cut some of the leafs of my…"
description: "Needing advice! My niece and nephew cut some of the leafs of my monstera off. Should I just leave it how it is or cut off the stems? Please help 😭😭😭"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/64bab0c313a7cc51220664a5?language=es"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Megan"
published: "2023-07-21T16:22:27.585Z"
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# Needing advice! My niece and nephew cut some of the leafs of my…

_Publicado por Megan el 2023-07-21_

Needing advice! My niece and nephew cut some of the leafs of my monstera off. Should I just leave it how it is or cut off the stems? Please help 😭😭😭

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## 5 comentarios

### Aylin comentó el 2023-07-21

Unfortunately you will have to cut the stem off 🥹

#### Megan respondió el 2023-07-22

😭😭😭 thank you

### Amie206 comentó el 2023-07-22

😭😭😭 I only ever cut my own bangs when left “unsupervised” with a pair of scissors. I’m sooooooo sorry they did this!!!!!

### Plants r people too comentó el 2023-07-23

Condolences. That is so hard!!!

### Sara W comentó el 2023-07-24

I’m so sorry 😞 my daughter recently did the same thing, and got some of my most beautifully fenestrated leaves. I put the leaves in water to enjoy their beauty as long as possible, and used this as an opportunity to propagate from the nodes of the long beheaded stalks.

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