Beginner Gardening: Help, Dieffenbachia needs assistance, 1 by blu73jay

blu73jay wrote:
Good Afternoon:



My name is Anita, and I was given this plant by my boss. I was supposed to take it home to Pennsylvania but it was too big for me to put in my husband’s car. I decided to keep it at the office. It started out being one large plant and we cut it in half and place the stem part in water. About a couple of months passed, it rooted. We planted it in a large pot. We cut it in half again and did the same thing we did the first time. This is the same plant that we cut so many pieces from. Now I need serious help because I do not know what to do. This is the first time dealing with plants and I have become good with them except now.





I have a couple of questions that I would like to ask of you.



1) Picture 035: Can I cut back where the limb is coming out from the stem of my dieffenbachia?

2) Picture 034: In this picture, I would like to know if I should cut the pods from the plant and plant it in its own pot?

3) Picture 027: As you can see, in photo I have a thick stem, and three stalks growing out of the soil, can I remove them and plant them in its own pot without killing the plant?

4) Picture 029: There is a limb that is growing out of the stem, can I cut the stem below the limb and place in water to root?



Thank you so much for taking time out to read my email and to give me tips.

I could not send the other images regarding the questions above. Sorry