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title: "Help! My houseleek shot up and was growing like crazy and I had no…"
description: "Help! My houseleek shot up and was growing like crazy and I had no idea what to do with it and now the bottom seems to be dying off. I’ve been procrastinating…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/64b309a84814c96b5227720b"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Ryann"
published: "2023-07-15T21:03:36.169Z"
language: "en"
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# Help! My houseleek shot up and was growing like crazy and I had no…

_Posted by Ryann on 2023-07-15_

Help! My houseleek shot up and was growing like crazy and I had no idea what to do with it and now the bottom seems to be dying off. I’ve been procrastinating doing something about it 🫠 any advice would be appreciated

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## 2 comments

### Lydsxs commented on 2023-07-16

Something similar happened to my little one and it shot off little guys so I’m interested to hear if there’s anything to be done, I’m too afraid to check the roots !

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### Luvercrew commented on 2023-07-16

Sempervivums are monocarpic plants. Meaning they do what’s called a “death bloom”. It happens to every rosette eventually but can come on due to stress or other reasons. They stretch out really far like that and then flower. After which, they unfortunately die. There are ways to save the rosette before this happens. If you go on Mountaincrestgardens .com theres some information about sempervivums you can read about :)

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