I've had this baby for about 1 year. For the first few months it was just… existing. Not dying but not really growing either.
Then I moved to a new place in Dallas with way better natural light and this plant went CRAZY. All that compact growth at the bottom is from before the move. Everything else that's long and trailing? That's all new growth from the past 6 months.
I'm honestly thrilled it's so happy now, but I'm starting to get worried. The pot is getting top-heavy and I've been propping it against my other plants to keep it stable (you can see it leaning on the pot next to it).
Do I need to repot it into something heavier? Add support? Or just let it keep doing its thing? I don't want it to snap off or tip over after it's been doing so well.
Any advice appreciated!
by Fresh-Toe-8470
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If you’re feeling daring, you could chop it right where it bends, and prop the cutting.
Probably as it gets long he’s, but you could possibly create a second pot or add to the same pot, all you gotta do is chop right at the bend and remove a few lower leaves and stick stick in dirt, don’t water ofc just treat it like how you be treating it.
This really looks like a burros tail. They are a trailing plant. It wants to hang.
I have dozens of these, not entirely sure if they’re actually burros tails or not, but they grow similarly. Let them trail out of the pot! I wouldn’t use a hanging basket though since the leaves pop off pretty easily if they get jostled.
You can prepare a bigger pot, chop these guys where they started to grow better and chop all leaves from those lower parts. Then put them in a pot as for propagation (the leaves and the big ones), and soon you’ll have a beautiful pot full of them!