Can she be saved?
#Euphorbia
My African Milk bush plant has slowly been dying, I think. Can anyone give me tips on saving it or maybe propageting it? Should I?
I did it once and the one is thriving. Any suggestions are gladly welcomed. Thank you! 🪴
My African Milk bush plant has slowly been dying, I think. Can anyone give me tips on saving it or maybe propageting it? Should I?
I did it once and the one is thriving. Any suggestions are gladly welcomed. Thank you! 🪴
1ft to light, indirect
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 weeks ago
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@HeroHeteromeles oh pardon me, I’m being a dum dum, you’re totally right, the one I pictured is the ‘tree,’ yours is the bush 😂 🙃
Can you tell me a little about your care? That other one you have is so happy! Do you have any idea why this one might be not feeling too good compared to the other ? Just based on the picture I think I would probably want to attempt propagating, just since the stems are sooo long. Recovery might leave it inherently weakened. 🤔 From a quick search it looks like it can be propagated just like my version, with stem cuttings. The milky sap is toxic, as you might know, so it’s important to let the cutting dry/callous over before you pot it, and don’t let the sap get on you (or wash your hands thoroughly) and don’t let any animals or small humans access the sap!
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Can you tell me a little about your care? That other one you have is so happy! Do you have any idea why this one might be not feeling too good compared to the other ? Just based on the picture I think I would probably want to attempt propagating, just since the stems are sooo long. Recovery might leave it inherently weakened. 🤔 From a quick search it looks like it can be propagated just like my version, with stem cuttings. The milky sap is toxic, as you might know, so it’s important to let the cutting dry/callous over before you pot it, and don’t let the sap get on you (or wash your hands thoroughly) and don’t let any animals or small humans access the sap!
Oh and if you hit reply to my comment or include @DreamMachine in your comment then I will get the notification.
Hmmm 🤔 @HeroHeteromeles I can’t really identify that as an African milk bush. Unless im wildly wrong here, but I’m pretty this is one. Can you show me some close ups?
Here’s a good article on the African milk bush (not to be confused with the African milk tree, which looks quite different ) https://myplantin.com/plant/1673 I would say that you have one really healthy, African milk, bush, and one pretty close to dying African milk bush.