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title: "My snake plant flowered a week or 2 ago and it’s now left with this…"
description: "My snake plant flowered a week or 2 ago and it’s now left with this weird stem, What should i do with it cut it off??"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "magpie"
published: "2024-02-28T21:00:46.724159Z"
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# My snake plant flowered a week or 2 ago and it’s now left with this…

_Posted by magpie on 2024-02-28_

My snake plant flowered a week or 2 ago and it’s now left with this weird stem, What should i do with it cut it off??

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## 2 comments

### Alison commented on 2024-02-28

You can cut it or leave it, either way. I personally like to leave stuff like that until it comes off readily itself.

### Plant Father commented on 2024-02-28

i would cut off almost all of the dried stem and leave the green. it may produce another flower someday, looks like there are more nodes

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