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title: "Meet Alice. She was gifted to me in August by a dear friend that…"
description: "Meet Alice. She was gifted to me in August by a dear friend that died. This ZZ is giant, and I can see her rhizomes showing on top of soil, im sure she is…"
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author: "Krissy"
published: "2025-12-27T12:27:29.632239Z"
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# Meet Alice. She was gifted to me in August by a dear friend that…

_Posted by Krissy on 2025-12-27_

Meet Alice. She was gifted to me in August by a dear friend that died. This ZZ is giant, and I can see her rhizomes showing on top of soil, im sure she is really root bound! But its winter here and now she has babies! When I watered her most of the water ran out the bottom. So I doubt she has much soil to absorb. Should I repot her? Or leave her alone and wait for spring? Im also not fertilizering her. Should I?

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## 5 comments

### Brooklynt0820 commented on 2025-12-27

Zz plants are resilient so you should be ok to repot now especially if it’s indoors anyway. And I personally don’t fertilize mine and she’s doing great so I think that’s a personal preference

### brittrb commented on 2025-12-27

So beautiful, look forward to when mine gets this big😍

#### Krissy replied on 2025-12-27

I believe my Alice is at least 8-10 years old.

### GM2025 commented on 2025-12-27

I think that reporting it will be fine

### Mother Earth commented on 2025-12-28

She needs repotting for sure. Indoor plants w grow lights don’t recognize winter and summer as harshly so the timing is fine. I would pull some babies off and repot

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