Help on where to cut!

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Husband snuck a baby #ChineseEvergreen #sparklingsarah into the house as an early Valentines present. (Yes he’s married, back off.) 🤪 He’s actually already gotten a refund because the poor thing arrived as a hot mess.

Roots look good and I plan to really examine it tomorrow (and maybe repot) because #WhenInDoubtWhipItOut (of the pot). And I see green shoots but gods only know what kind of stuff is in this soil….

Anyway, assuming the roots are good, where should I chop lil miss princess?

@Gingerlymom · Answer

Oh my word, that’s so sad! I’m going to let more experienced choppers answer your actual question because 🤷‍♀️ 🙃

@Gingerlymom · Answer

@WickedValkyrie @RJG @jaysjungle

@Kiersten · Answer

Ah! It looks like this plant may have frozen. You’ll want to cut down as far as it takes so you don’t see any brown in the center of the stem. For this guy that may be at or even below the soil line. Feel free to send pics while you work and we can chime in!

@jaysjungle · Answer

What @Kiersten said! Good luck and keep us updated!

@WickedValkyrie · Answer

@Gingerlymom thanks for the tag! Unfortunately I know basically nothing about this particular plant...

@Kiersten · Answer

It should be able to grow from there — keep us posted!!

@Momof83ans · Answer

Hi Sarah, I just saw this and wanted to say this happened to my philodendron Congo when I moved from Denver to San Antonio.👋🏻 A friend told me about Liqui-Dirt (on Amazon) and I have new little shoots and leaves after about six weeks. Maybe give it a try while you search for a replacement. Good luck!

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