---
title: "Hey plant friends! I have this Moses-in-the-cradle plant I was gifted…"
description: "Hey plant friends! I have this Moses-in-the-cradle plant I was gifted a cutting in April and it’s growing very well! But it’s getting top heavy. If I don’t…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/-tzO3Z1OQJ640bLiJgXy7Q"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kirsten"
published: "2024-07-27T14:18:43.340664Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fNNEhrbV2gUvuwbi2sRUYVFufs3BoKT0bbvkFqjcSSc/R3hBmk16TYWycgU3o9QVbQ.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md)

# Hey plant friends! I have this Moses-in-the-cradle plant I was gifted…

_Posted by Kirsten on 2024-07-27_

Hey plant friends! I have this Moses-in-the-cradle plant I was gifted a cutting in April and it’s growing very well! But it’s getting top heavy. If I don’t have that chopstick in it would fall over. Is this plant suppose to be a trailing plant? Should I put more soil to try to hold it up? Could I cut top pieces off to propagate?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fNNEhrbV2gUvuwbi2sRUYVFufs3BoKT0bbvkFqjcSSc/R3hBmk16TYWycgU3o9QVbQ.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-27

Here’s an example of one trailing! Once they grow long enough, they’ll fall to the side and start growing down.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/JlnStFGeiSPk-PCyka66H2QuqzEW7fvw7GHufjEtqvo/516UzK-VQlGu8lKw9Qu35A.webp?size=large)

#### Kirsten replied on 2024-07-27

Would this be ok to take some clippings to propagate? I don’t really want 1 long trailing plant. If I can get more to fill up that would be great! But don’t want to cut before knowing I won’t kill it🙈

### Mullein commented on 2024-07-27

Yeah, you can eventually fill out a pot by propagating. Yours looks a bit hungry for more light though. Do you have a way to get it more light by chance? Something like a west-facing window or a grow lamp. I would hesitate to chop it before it gets a little sturdier. I’ve had some cuttings not do well when I took them from a tender plant

#### Kirsten replied on 2024-07-27

I am in the process of putting a shelf together that gets good light from an east-facing window that my plants seem to do well with so I can put more plants there. But also have room by my west facing window and a grow light I could move the plant. I def want the plant to be sturdier before cutting to make sure all can thrive :)

### Sunny commented on 2024-07-27

Tradescantias are ground covers that spread by running along the ground. The vines are too flexible to stand upright. Mine is growing from a few pots and runs along the pool decking. The runners grow over each other so they look tall.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/tuYEQA_PSZ-xVVvFq6-1vg.webp?size=large)

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_