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title: "What do I do with the dried up flowers? Leave it alone or cut them…"
description: "What do I do with the dried up flowers? Leave it alone or cut them all off?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/7y4Ag23t8GyBNASrssVzR4"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "FarmWife Plant Lover"
published: "2025-05-31T15:44:19.068367Z"
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# What do I do with the dried up flowers? Leave it alone or cut them…

_Posted by FarmWife Plant Lover on 2025-05-31_

What do I do with the dried up flowers? Leave it alone or cut them all off?

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## 3 comments

### Sapphire commented on 2025-05-31

Cut em up. Flowers can slow the growth of the actual plant.

### Sunny commented on 2025-05-31

My Queen of the Night cactus withdraws all of the moisture from its flowers after blooming. The flower shrinks from 12” wide to the size of a sharpie marker in a few days. I don’t cut off the flowers until the plant has dried then out. I’m not sure if it works the same for this plant. The photos show end of bloom and what they look like 4 hours later.

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### Phil commented on 2025-05-31

I watch. I admire for a few days, then I usually cut them off. It doesn’t harm the plant. If it’s a new bloom to me, I will keep it around much longer.

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