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title: "There’s a little friend growing from a loose leaf on my succulent.…"
description: "There’s a little friend growing from a loose leaf on my succulent. What would you do? The main plant has been dropping leaves but the main stem isn’t rotting…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/A-xq3aVOQDalgn71hXQkeg"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Sparky🤍plants"
published: "2024-03-02T00:15:14.786607Z"
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# There’s a little friend growing from a loose leaf on my succulent.…

_Posted by Sparky🤍plants on 2024-03-02_

There’s a little friend growing from a loose leaf on my succulent. What would you do? The main plant has been dropping leaves but the main stem isn’t rotting and I couldn’t find any root problems. The top leaves on the main plant are also sorta bending. Is it trying to shield its stem from the nearby growlight?

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## 2 comments

### Chrissy commented on 2024-03-02

Succulents tend to grow extra friends from nodes on the stem. I would leave it for now and break it off (if you’re dying to) when it’s bigger and repot it in a small pot. Or leave it and see where it goes!

#### Sparky🤍plants replied on 2024-03-02

I realized this morning that the leaf it was holding onto had dropped and it was just lying on the soil so I decided to let it be and see what happens.

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