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title: "What do y’all do about your tradescantia always dying off starting at…"
description: "What do y’all do about your tradescantia always dying off starting at the core? Is there a way to prevent it? How do I keep them looking nice without…"
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author: "Aisha"
published: "2024-11-01T21:13:57.195327Z"
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# What do y’all do about your tradescantia always dying off starting at…

_Opslået af Aisha den 2024-11-01_

What do y’all do about your tradescantia always dying off starting at the core?  
Is there a way to prevent it?  
How do I keep them looking nice without completely cutting off all their hair and repotting everything?  
Im about done with tradescantia because of it. But they are SO pretty!

![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-VZXyHvlscAPsUJyNlsxup11wJQidXl1VMee_ytNmeQ/qBQZSNrxRHO8hCq63Ysm8g.webp?size=large)

## 6 kommentarer

### Poochie’s Plants kommenterede den 2024-11-01

Yep, beautiful plants but once they enter that phase I have no idea what to do either … tried everything to save mine and finally gave up 😔

#### Aisha svarede den 2024-11-01

I’m kind of keeping track of my Zebrina, but I’m pretty sure that’s only because the stems are bigger and mine is yet not super dense. I have no idea what to do with Bertha Martha Wilhemina Krause here. Her “hair” is just too thick to do anything without basically obliterating her.

#### Poochie’s Plants svarede den 2024-11-01

Gonna keep following along here to see what others suggest and maybe I’ll allow another one into my life but only if I know how to help it earlier on should it struggle the same!

### Alyssa kommenterede den 2024-11-01

I am not an expert in tradescantia but I dug through the depths of plant Reddit where someone asked the same question as yours about 4 years ago! It seems like good advice and I was going to suggest chopping and propping!

![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QbQ6gS3upC_K7i8CKu5vpGZXfwIiYz7vqo1_foYvM4g/LnXlasriQ0KidicD9N-TjA.webp?size=large)

#### Aisha svarede den 2024-11-01

Okay. I guess this does make sense.  
Okay. Trimming is commencing.

#### Alyssa svarede den 2024-11-02

It’s hard to do the chop but it’s rewarding watching your little props grow and then adding them back in later

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