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title: "Two questions for y’all, I dropped something on my Zz and broke 3…"
description: "Two questions for y’all, I dropped something on my Zz and broke 3 branches, as you can see I cut them, should I cut it down to the dirt? And my second question…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/656abf8555906d7b77dc525a"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Doll"
published: "2023-12-02T05:24:21.776Z"
language: "en"
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# Two questions for y’all, I dropped something on my Zz and broke 3…

_Posted by Doll on 2023-12-02_

Two questions for y’all, I dropped something on my Zz and broke 3 branches, as you can see I cut them, should I cut it down to the dirt? And my second question is will these propagate like this? see 1st pic. 🤍🌱

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/T1TxrQrOWF0YpZfxUfasLUFKGAHTr9aIdpcBDBYxkeU/7ddde5e2aa5d496da09ea34a5e603ebe.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Tellie commented on 2023-12-02

My experience with this issue on my zz plant. Was my zz sucked all the nutrients out of the broken ones and regrew new ones later down the road.  
Good luck 🍀

### Siegal commented on 2023-12-02

The rhizomes will regrow. I had a bucket full of rhizomes after I cleaned up two gigantic plants and lots of stalks died or fell off. It’s been 6 months or so and the rhizomes almost all have grown new plants. The stalks that broke off though did not survive either in water or dirt

### Georgie commented on 2023-12-04

You can also try a propagation hormone to add to the water. They take awhile to start showing roots but the hormone helps it a bit!

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