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Paula

My plant has always grown straight up but now it leans outward (mostly to one side even though I rotate it every day). Is this a normal growth pattern for zz plants? The 2 large shoots in the center are new growth and the leaning started once they began to unfurl leaves. The plant is by a window facing a porch so it does not get much direct sunlight. Another detail I noticed is that the rhizomes are starting to become exposed. Otherwise the leaves look healthy and glossy. Grew up in a family of notorious black thumbs, so any insight is appreciated!

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  1. Mushroom

    it could just be that the stems are starting to bend from weight. that’s what my ZZ plant is doing, although mine bends quite a bit more lol. gl tho!! it looks very healthy

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    • TreseaB

      It looks a lot like mine! And I think when the leaves get so long they just lean from the weight of the leaf.

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  2. Evil Plant Dad

    I ordered a ZZ and it came with all its stems drooping pretty bad, almost to the point where the roots couldn’t hold in the dirt. What I did was get some garden Velcro and wrapped a loose circle around the whole plant which slightly straightened all my branches. I then made sure to put it in a really sunny spot to see if it would help “harden” the stems. It seems to have worked, after a few weeks I removed the Velcro and the plant stood up straighter I don’t know if yours you could really do that but maybe get a bamboo stick and stick it in the pot near the base of that shoot and then support it temporarily with the stick

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    • Paula

      Thanks! I’ll give it a try

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  3. DanishGramma

    That’s the same crazy way mine grows too. I put some coir over the potatoes when they start to show. Zz plant is very hard to kill and drought tolerant. I only turn mine a couple times a year and it seems happy 😊

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