Comments on: ZZ – Zamioculcas Zamiifolia – One Year Later

By: Rallph Morris

Rallph Morris — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Well; guy and gals I will try to answer all the question above without sounding like a know it all. All plants need to be repotted . The most common reason for leaf loss and stem death is over watering. If you have a catch tray under your plant make sure to drain off any extra water. I learned this from;this site. You can give your friend a clone by taking leaf off one of your plant stalks and putting it in damp soil. The leaf will most likely die but fear not a new shoot will appear (they grow slowly). If a stalk has died cut it off at the base and lay it down on it’s side it will send up a new shoot; it might take awhile like a month or two. A little rooting compound on the side touching the ground may speed things up a little. Dividing should be OK zz; are really tough but I have never divided mine sooo… hope this helped.

By: susan schull

susan schull — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:25:19 +0000

I need to know why the ZZ falls over and looses leaves. Please answer if you know.

By: susan schull

susan schull — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:22:02 +0000

does the ZZ need to be replanted?

By: Sherbie

Sherbie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:39:32 +0000

I have this plant in my room at university, and it’s going well. However, a few of the stems have fallen over, so to speak. I’m not sure whether this is normal, or I’m doing something wrong with it, or what’s going on. Can anyone with any info? Thank you!!

By: Rallph Morris

Rallph Morris — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:16:49 +0000

It looks like my zz is sending up another flower spike. Was going to give it fresh soil but maybe I should wait a bit. What do you think Vicki? You and I seem to be the only people on this site. May hap we should toot the zz horn a bit more; right?

By: susan schull

susan schull — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:43:27 +0000

I have had a spectacular ZZ, 5 feet wide and over 4 feet tall, for a couple of years on my front porch. It gets watered every two weeks. Low light. Moderate climate (Hawaii) . It has started to loose leaves and does not look so healthy now. Some of the branches only have two or three leaves. I would hate to see it die, but I am at a loss as to what to do. It was fine for two years. It has never been fertilized. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

By: Cristi Beehn

Cristi Beehn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:44:19 +0000

I was lucky enough to purchase my first zz plant a few weeks ago. The container is about 1-1/2 gal. There are 3 plants in this one container. I’m thinking of dividing them.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

By: justshrug

justshrug — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:41:32 +0000

I have a question about my zz plant. I haven’t had it long, but it must be VERY happy with where I have it and how I’m treating it. i think in the 6 months since i’ve had it it’s probably grown at least a foot in overall height and it has sprouted 2 new tubes. The first new tube grew at a rate of about 2+ inches a day (no I’m not kidding) and the second one is doing the same. I would estimate the first tube is about 3.5-4 feet tall!! crazy. Anyway, here’s my question. I would like to give a start of my zz plant to a friend, but I have no idea how to best go about it. Is it best to separate a new tube from the plant or is it better to separate one of the “old timers”? Maybe I shouldn’t do it at all? Please advise. Thank you.

By: Rallph Morris

Rallph Morris — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:30:40 +0000

I have ZZ and some shoots that are growing slowly. I looked up because some of
the leaves were yellowing. I guess once a week is to much water. Thanks for the information. By the way mine did bloom;I hear that don’t happen often. Not a showy bloom but kind of neat any how.

By: Donna Ives

Donna Ives — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:48:59 +0000

I recently spent time at the Westward Look Hotel/Resort in Tucson, AZ and saw these plants everywhere. They had plants in the hotel rooms, in the lobby, and so on. They were artfully displayed in wide pots with rocks covering the soil. Each pot only had a few long healthy stalks, that appeared to have been trained to grow in certain directions. They were beautiful. I copied the name of the plant and was resolved that I really wanted one in my house. Many calls to nursery and plant stores yielded no results, but Home Depot told my husband they could order one. It now sits on my kitchen counter. It came, however, with many, many stalks, all planted pretty tightly together. Some are taller and older looking; some are smaller, more delicate and lighter in color.

My question is. . . can I break this plant up and plant parts of it separately? I want to recreate what I saw at the hotel, which means that I want to have only a few stalks in each pot.

Also, is there a way to “train” it? And what would happen if I nipped off a few of the lower leaves? The ones I saw in Tucson had leaves only about two thirds of the way down the stalk, which added to the elegant look. My plant stalks all have leaves almost all the way to the bottom.

Thank you for any help you can give me. I truly appreciate it. Although I love live plants in my house, I do not necessarily have a green thumb