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title: "So how do you all handle cutting a plant down and propagating it and…"
description: "So how do you all handle cutting a plant down and propagating it and regrowing it from its leggy base? Should I delete the plant that I originally had in the…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Random Strands"
published: "2025-10-20T17:11:38.537951Z"
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# So how do you all handle cutting a plant down and propagating it and…

_Geplaatst door Random Strands op 2025-10-20_

So how do you all handle cutting a plant down and propagating it and regrowing it from its leggy base? Should I delete the plant that I originally had in the app? And just start new with a new plant. The app doesn’t give anything for this.  
Recently my zebra plant started losing so many leaves (pot was to big I think) that I went ahead and propagated the top cuttings and left the leggy base to hopefully grow again.  
Do I consider this a dead plant in the app and add two more or how can I update with the app?

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## 3 reacties

### Erika reageerde op 2025-10-20

For app purposes, I would consider the “original” the rooted portion of the plant. And the cutting a new propagation when you have a potted. I have done the exact same thing with this same plant and had great results.

#### Erika antwoordde op 2025-10-20

You’ll have to adjust your watering, now that the original is leafless. But that’s what makes most sense to me.

### Phil reageerde op 2025-10-20

Since you are continuing the original plant, I would do an update on that. Take a pic. In the notes say what you did, just for your record. Make necessary changes in the stats. Then add the cuttings now, as new plants, or wait till later.

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