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title: "Should I go ahead and cut her old flower off now ? Or does she still…"
description: "Should I go ahead and cut her old flower off now ? Or does she still need time ( this will be my first time pruning 😭🫶🏾)"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/reGnX7K3StqCfipC4Gtt2w/94HbuUocTEu2gN2n95K6EQ"
community: "Plant Pro Tips"
author: "Goddess 🩷"
published: "2024-05-31T08:06:03.782463Z"
language: "en"
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# Should I go ahead and cut her old flower off now ? Or does she still…

_Posted by Goddess 🩷 on 2024-05-31_

Should I go ahead and cut her old flower off now ? Or does she still need time ( this will be my first time pruning 😭🫶🏾)

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## 5 comments

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-05-31

I would leave it until it falls off by itself. Flowering is an important part of plants’ hormonal cycle. Cutting it will not disrupt this cycle and they won't "know" the flower isn't there, so they'll try to pull nutrients from it, without realizing it's gone.

#### Goddess 🩷 replied on 2024-05-31

So it’ll fall off? The whole stem?

#### send\_nodes replied on 2024-05-31

Yup! It might take a little while but it’ll fall off.

#### Goddess 🩷 replied on 2024-05-31

Okayy thank youuu

### S.R commented on 2024-05-31

Yes trim it back down at the base of the stalk.

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