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What do I need to do to this?!
Liz Warner
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I naively bought this plant from a garden centre last year whilst it was full of beautiful white delicate flowers. On arriving home, they quickly fell off and were never seen again!! It's not in the best of shapes though it is rather quirky! What would you do with it?
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I'd take cuttings and once they had roots put them into the pot with the mother plant. It is looking rather sparse at the moment but is an attractive foliage plant.
Have you fed it? Is it in the same compost it came in? It's probably hungry. Plants need encouraging to flower.
Ummm, what is it though?!
I can see where roots have tried to form at a kind of 'junction' in the plant. I shall research how to take cuttings, feed and change the soil!
I root mine in a glass of water on the window ledge. Inherited the plant so no idea what it is. Sorry.
Have a look at crassula, it's the nearest I can find.
It looks vaguely like a kalanchoe but I don;t think it has been given enough light and it has grown all spindly. Has that been the case? is it on a window sill or in a corner of the room. If it is the case I would repot it into fresh compost and give it a good haircut. See how that goes and of course move it on to a window sill with good light.
It's been sitting on my chest of drawers which does get some light but where it is now he doesn't get direct light on it really. I shall re pot it, put some cuttings in some water but how far should I chop it back to?
Looks to be a Kalanchoe. I a huge yellow one inside but in an east facing window with morning sun. They require at least 6 hours sunlight (filtered or not will work) to continue blooming indoors. I keep mine outdoors on my patios usually. I think they are native to Mexico and thrive in full sun and heat. My orange one last year outside in full, hot, Texas sun bloomed like crazy. It was fully 3' in diameter and 2' tall. Brought it indoors to a semi-outdoor atrium and it is now blooming, but not as prolifically as it bloomed outside and the branches are getting leggy. So it will be getting a haircut soon. l will be taking it back outside soon and give it a feed..
We're reaching 80's (F) this week, so it's time to move it out. 
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