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title: "Not sure what I should do with this plant. It’s doing great but it’s…"
description: "Not sure what I should do with this plant. It’s doing great but it’s getting so top heavy that I have to stake it. Should I continue to stake it or put it in a…"
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# Not sure what I should do with this plant. It’s doing great but it’s…

_Gepostet von MummaDeb am 2024-03-28_

Not sure what I should do with this plant. It’s doing great but it’s getting so top heavy that I have to stake it. Should I continue to stake it or put it in a hanging pot and let it do what it wants? I’m afraid if I put it in a hanging pot that the stems would break because it’s so heavy. What do you all think?

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## 3 Kommentare

### Pokasun kommentierte am 2024-03-28

Maybe put it in a bigger pot with more soil so it can support more of the stem

### KD 🪴 kommentierte am 2024-03-28

Cut it, propagate it, put it in a bigger pot.

### Plant Father kommentierte am 2024-03-28

these guys (tradescantia) tend to clamber over the ground in a carpeting pattern, so a wider pot (like for crawling plants) would leave room for it to grow how it wants but a hanging pot will also work. i had one of these in a hanging pot with the branches over the edge and they adapted just fine

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