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Like They Say, What Grows Up Must Fall Down ..

I think that’s what they say? It doesn’t sound quite right but it’s actually exactly what did happen the other day. The eyewitnesses, my wife and Molly, can attest to it!


About Two Months Ago ..

I wrote a post about my compact dragon tree, otherwise known as Dracaena Compacta. If you remember reading it, then you may remember that it was sprouting some new growth at the very bottom at the plant. Those tiny sprouts have been growing quite rapidly to my surprise. But I’ll get to that in a few minutes.


Here is the link if you are interested in reading that post...
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Back To The Story!

Let Me Set The Scene ..

I unfortunately was not there when the big event occurred.

Excitement in the Miller household! It doesn’t always happen, but when it does look out. Molly doesn’t care too much for excitement, if you haven’t figured that out by now. So, when the big crash occurred, she did not like it one bit.

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!!!???"
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My wife explained.. that she was watching TV and Molly was fast asleep on the couch. She said all of a sudden she heard some rustling and then a part of the plant came crashing down. A whole section of the plant just fell off onto the floor.

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It really scared the crap out of poor little Molly .. and I could imagine her scooting off and away from the area to protect herself The best way she knows how. To Run! When it comes to fight or flight reaction, Molly always chooses flight. Can't blame her one bit though.

Here’s the section that fell off. It’s not a small piece by any means. And it has a decent amount of weight to it, more than I thought it would have.

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The piece of Dragon Tree came crashing down by no means other than its own. But why? I’m not 100% sure, but I think it had something to do with the amount of weight and the angle of growth. Not sure, but this is what the scene look like when I got home. A large section of the plant lying on the floor next to our brown leather recliner, with a few brown leaves lying at its side.

As A side note, the plant itself is over 50 years old! So after a while, stuff just starts happening. Anyone over 30 could probably attest to that. lol.

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Just by looking at the plant you can’t even tell that something fell off of it. As you can see down at the bottom, there is that new growth I posted about two months ago. It’s grown four or five times in size since that post.

This is a close-up shot of that growth. Just to the right of the screen sprout, is where the branch fell off. You can also see how much that little sprout has grown in two months.

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I guess there were a couple of signs that this was coming. First the new growth and secondly the fact that along the side of the stem are these root appendage looking things. It’s almost as if it knew it was going to fall over and started to grow these root like appendages to prepare for it.

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I took my time and Removed most of the dead leaf matter. After I cleaned up the stem a bit, these root bumps became way more noticeable. Now I’m wondering if I plant this piece directly into soil, Would it root and survive? I think the answer is yes. The only problem is I don’t have a pot right now to plant it in. I think I will have to wrap the end in some moist paper towels, then work on getting that pot together.

The top part of the plant looks great! Nice and health, so I would hate for it to just go to waste and get tossed out.

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Look at all those brown leaves that came off the stem. There’s a nice little pile of them there.

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That’s not all that’s laying around

Molly seems to have settled down since the ordeal. She has taken up residence next to me while I watch a little football. She seems quite content with the late afternoon sun shining on her body. While her eyes are tightly shut and dreams fill her head, I hope the memory of this traumatic ordeal has been erased in the process. For now I feel as though it has. Hahaha.. Poor Molly.

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Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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So after a while, stuff just starts happening. Anyone over 30 could probably attest to that. lol.

Indeed, and those under won't understand...But eventually they will. 😉

I believe tiiiimmmbbberrrr is the correct word to shout out when a tree-sized piece of a dragon tree falls to the ground...Although that might have upset Molly just as much I guess.

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Hahaha. Definitely the correct and most befitting word choice, and for the record Molly says she would rather us not yell anything. She says the falling of dust alone is a scary sight, let alone large chunks of plant material. Hehe. 😜

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Lol...Well, she sounds a little like my Cleo.

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Que hermosa perrita

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¡Gracias! La amamos mucho y ella es la luz en nuestra vida. Agradezco tus comentarios reflexivos

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I’m no plant guy by any means. I’ve grown garden of spices and some veggies. But indoor plants are not my thing. What you said is logical so I’d try and plant that broken stem.

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Yeah. I think it will grow into a new plant, and if not then oh well. I am learning more and more every day about these plants, usually when something happens like this. It nudges me to look stuff up and read about it.

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I'm glad Molly recovered. I'm pretty sure if you planted that baby, it would take root. It really is a beautiful plant, looks healthy, must have been top heavy. Or maybe it just wants a pot of its own.

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Definitely top heavy and who wouldn't want a pot of their own? Especially in my house! 😜 hehe. It looks healthy enough, so I'll get her in a pot soon.

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I can imagine that must have been scary. It looks like the other piece is coming along really well though! There have been a couple of times where we were gone to work and we come home and the smoke detector is chirping because the batteries need to be replaced. Sure enough we also notice how wet it is in our walk in closet because Jovi was hiding in there panting.

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Oh lord! We know all about the cheeping smoke detectors thing. What a nightmare for some dogs. Poor Jovi. I think this piece will be healthy enough to take root. We'll see. I'll probably post about that too. Lol. I'm so predictable.

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Beautifully unique tree. great work my dear friend @bdmillergallery
I love the intensity of this article. thanks for sharing with us.

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Thanks again for reading and the lovely comment. I think it will survive and now I have another plant!

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