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title: "I accidentally bumped into my desk hard and knocked over one of my…"
description: "I accidentally bumped into my desk hard and knocked over one of my succulents and she broke off some of her leaves 😭 do I need to replant her and cut off the…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "PorpleLeaf"
published: "2024-06-11T15:44:40.789241Z"
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# I accidentally bumped into my desk hard and knocked over one of my…

_Posted by PorpleLeaf on 2024-06-11_

I accidentally bumped into my desk hard and knocked over one of my succulents and she broke off some of her leaves 😭 do I need to replant her and cut off the other bottom leaves as well?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/sPusnqQEFvQxVeQlGAUEQcJ3vsfy7yzSIMBwX-I-JSQ/iiEERnTuSBieNkYW-dE-Yw.webp?size=large)

## 6 comments

### Meowmy commented on 2024-06-11

Oh no! Are you ok? Hope you didn't hurt yourself.  
I would honestly just leave her like this and she how she does. Or if you don't like how she looks now you could take off the bottom leaves and make her look something like this(photo attached) or.... higher risk but you can try to cut her and re-root. All up to you and how you like her to look.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/iIXVLfEfQiKzpNxOjxxezvToCXF5eGk6AD3ET5saE8o/cSxgPzc7SCayKfIbiu7JWg.webp?size=large)

#### PorpleLeaf replied on 2024-06-11

Thank you so much! I’m all good now, thankfully cheap Amazon desks aren’t skilled fighters LOL. I’ll look at taking off her bottom leaves, if all else fails I may just have to reroot her.

### Plant Lady Laura commented on 2024-06-12

I had a plant like this that got really “leggy” with a lot of space between leaves. I plucked off all the bottom ones and cut the stem down, and repotted it with just the top portion. It’s doing really well and I’m propagating the leaves I plucked off! It’s been 3 months and I’m finally getting some plant babies from the leaves! Here’s the before picture where it was getting really tall and reaching for light

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZeDsgde-dkp-MARh6MdSiqmAA19Hf1r4aJs8Gos-Pzc/WJlzB-QXTXKvDWuvPwYLYw.webp?size=large)

#### Plant Lady Laura replied on 2024-06-12

This was after I chopped it and repotted

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZeDsgde-dkp-MARh6MdSiqmAA19Hf1r4aJs8Gos-Pzc/vLH71Y9RTniaxyPUURNkug.webp?size=large)

#### Plant Lady Laura replied on 2024-06-12

This is how it’s doing today after about 3 months since I chopped it

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZeDsgde-dkp-MARh6MdSiqmAA19Hf1r4aJs8Gos-Pzc/IolCdQvISoSgMsH-G56_pA.webp?size=large)

#### Plant Lady Laura replied on 2024-06-12

And finally these are the little babies sprouting off the leaves I plucked off - this took 3 months to get this far.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZeDsgde-dkp-MARh6MdSiqmAA19Hf1r4aJs8Gos-Pzc/o5CW521WRSi4pO9Pa5slIQ.webp?size=large)

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