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title: "Hello everyone how I’ve had this croton for just about a year and…"
description: "Hello everyone how I’ve had this croton for just about a year and it’s grown really well, then there was a lapse of care for a while and it was underwatered…"
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published: "2026-02-16T04:55:38.298495Z"
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# Hello everyone how I’ve had this croton for just about a year and…

_Postat av Andrew den 2026-02-16_

Hello everyone how I’ve had this croton for just about a year and it’s grown really well, then there was a lapse of care for a while and it was underwatered and it dropped a lot of the top leafs. Then once I started better care again a new leaf tried to grow from the stem. Now the stem is dying and it looks like it’s trying to make three new stems. Should I cut the dry one and try to encourage center growth or let the plant figure it out?

![Bilaga 1 av 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3sVz2Phz0RFFplog9NyZY13X45k-lAjDlUlviJT-zVk/k0Ew7CAfQUybbs3yZDoPLA.webp?size=large)

![Bilaga 2 av 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3sVz2Phz0RFFplog9NyZY13X45k-lAjDlUlviJT-zVk/HCgxAG0xTOubXg6DXDMtsg.webp?size=large)

## 1 kommentar

### plantgeek kommenterade den 2026-02-16

cut the dry bit away. this could be new stems or just leaves, crotons often grow multiple leaves at once but they only unfurl one by one.

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