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title: "Hot take: if the plant cutting is already on the ground in a grocery…"
description: "Hot take: if the plant cutting is already on the ground in a grocery store, let’s say a succulent; it’s not considered stealing to take the cutting home!!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/SWiS6aiIieekkUNgBPPaic"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "BubblegumBanshee"
published: "2026-08-13T01:44:31.328719Z"
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# Hot take: if the plant cutting is already on the ground in a grocery…

_Posted by BubblegumBanshee on 2026-08-13_

Hot take: if the plant cutting is already on the ground in a grocery store, let’s say a succulent; it’s not considered stealing to take the cutting home!!

## 8 comments

### Emmyyy commented on 2026-08-13

It is stealing tho 🤷‍♀️

#### BubblegumBanshee replied on 2026-08-13

That’s if I took a cutting from the plant, not if it dropped on it’s own. Either way, they’d just throw it away. I’m just helping keeping the store clean ;P

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-08-13

The shop owner owns everything from rubbish to dead leaves to the sticks that are on the floor on their property 😂 without permission to take it you are infact stealing haha

#### BubblegumBanshee replied on 2026-08-13

Shhh they’ll never know 😌

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-08-13

Most will let you take them if you ask anyway. They don’t care enough to tell you no 😂

But nah I get the other side of the argument aswell 😂

### Nikiller commented on 2026-08-13

It’s resourceful rescuing 😂😂

#### BubblegumBanshee replied on 2026-08-13

Yes! Just really really resourceful rescuing :P

#### Nikiller replied on 2026-08-13

I resourcefully rescued a broken off piece of variegated pothos while I was already buying another one of the same variegated pothos. Can’t help that it needed a friend to keep it happy!

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