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title: "One of the 2 leaves on my radish plant was browning, so I cut it off.…"
description: "One of the 2 leaves on my radish plant was browning, so I cut it off. Should I trim the stem of the leaf, or will a new leaf grow from it?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Geshmak613"
published: "2025-07-16T01:22:57.747983Z"
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# One of the 2 leaves on my radish plant was browning, so I cut it off.…

_Posted by Geshmak613 on 2025-07-16_

One of the 2 leaves on my radish plant was browning, so I cut it off. Should I trim the stem of the leaf, or will a new leaf grow from it?

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## 2 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2025-07-16

trim it. it will die anyways. leaves will only grow from the stem of the plant, not petioles (leaf stems).

#### Geshmak613 replied on 2025-07-16

Okay thank you!!

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