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title: "So I’m quite new to the pepperomia life and recently my watermelon…"
description: "So I’m quite new to the pepperomia life and recently my watermelon plant sprouted its flower spike! Should I cut this flower spike if I want her to grow more…"
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# So I’m quite new to the pepperomia life and recently my watermelon…

_Pubblicato da Em. il 2024-08-06_

So I’m quite new to the pepperomia life and recently my watermelon plant sprouted its flower spike! Should I cut this flower spike if I want her to grow more bushy?

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## 5 commenti

### eatyacarbs ha commentato il 2024-08-06

i cut them off of my peperomia because they eventually drop pollen and make a mess — then it can focus on more leaves

#### Em. ha risposto il 2024-08-06

Awesome! Thank you :) would I cut it normally? Like I would anything else

#### eatyacarbs ha risposto il 2024-08-06

yeah just snip at the base!

### NicTheBucket ha commentato il 2024-08-06

You definitely can! I do it with a couple of my plants. I don’t want them pushing energy into flowering when I want more leaves! Haha

#### Em. ha risposto il 2024-08-06

That makes sense, thank you so much!

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