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title: "After I cut some big stems to propagate, all these little baby leaves…"
description: "After I cut some big stems to propagate, all these little baby leaves have popped up. Should I cut these so the energy goes to the big stems or leave them?"
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author: "Dogmom"
published: "2026-05-18T22:43:59.025215Z"
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# After I cut some big stems to propagate, all these little baby leaves…

_Posted by Dogmom on 2026-05-18_

After I cut some big stems to propagate, all these little baby leaves have popped up. Should I cut these so the energy goes to the big stems or leave them?

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## 1 comment

### Mhayghan commented on 2026-05-18

It depends! If you’d like to see them continue to grow, you’ll have a “bushier” plant. But if you’d like to chop them, then the energy will go towards the big plant (but not by a noticeable amount in my experience). I’d personally decide based on what you want your mature plant to look like rather than based on energy conservation. IMO ofc.

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