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title: "New flower coming. Do you cut off the old flowers or just leave them?"
description: "New flower coming. Do you cut off the old flowers or just leave them?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Stephanie"
published: "2025-02-18T22:43:41.940479Z"
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# New flower coming. Do you cut off the old flowers or just leave them?

_Posted by Stephanie on 2025-02-18_

New flower coming. Do you cut off the old flowers or just leave them?

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## 2 comments

### Sunny commented on 2025-02-18

Bromeliads bloom once. You cut off the old flowers to let the mother plant concentrate on producing baby plants before dying. Dying can take years for a bromeliad. 😁

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-02-19

Ok thanks. There is more new growth underneath too so I'm very excited

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