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title: "how do i go about pruning the dead flowers off of my african violet?"
description: "how do i go about pruning the dead flowers off of my african violet?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "brianna 🤍"
published: "2023-09-16T19:04:23.644Z"
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# how do i go about pruning the dead flowers off of my african violet?

_Posted by brianna 🤍 on 2023-09-16_

how do i go about pruning the dead flowers off of my african violet?

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## 3 comments

### Lynda commented on 2023-09-16

Beautiful!

### Freedomskai commented on 2023-09-16

I just pinch off dead flowers with my finger, that seems to work fine

### lo loves leaves commented on 2023-09-17

I do the same! And try not to water the leaves (I’ve made that mistake before)

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