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Posted 1Y ago by @NewbieSprout

So… is this normal? Do I need a different pot ?

Soooo…. I’ve had this plant for not even a month and it’s gone crazy! In the pic below you will see in corner is when I got her. The bigger pic is today. Less than one month!!!!! Is it okay to vine out like that? Or do I need it to go up and down? I’m so lost but she’s out of control lolololololol #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
What a HEALTHY LOOKING PLANT! Clearly you're doing great job with your plant!
#Tradescantia plants are vining plants. They will reach and droop and fall all over the place if you let them. What I would suggest it cutting off the long stems and putting them back into the soil to keep it bushy-looking.

Once you cut the stem, I always took a chopstick or a pencil and poked a hole in the soil before putting the cut stem in; those little stems can break and bend quite easily.
@sarah10orio thank you!!!!!!!!!
It’s so happy and beautiful and wants everyone to see. I definitely would snip and put the cuttings in with the same plant to make it bushy. I am one that likes bushy instead of vining and climbing or trailing but that’s just me.
@Ninabeena thank you!!!!!