Dead plant regrowing

[Bluevanman]

I have a cordyline that appeared to die,all the leaves fell off,just leaving the stem
A few weeks later it has new growth.Should I cut the stem down above the growth or leave it ?

[otolith]

I've just cut the stump off when this has happened. It tends to rot anyway.

[Bluevanman]

otolith said:

I've just cut the stump off when this has happened. It tends to rot anyway.

How far down would you cut.....to where it changes colour I was thinking

[otolith]

Yeah, comfortably enough where any new growth is coming from. I don't think it's really necessary, though, it just looks nicer.

[ChocolateFrog]

Funny coincidence.

I replanted a plant (unknown species) from a pot to the ground in April.

It immediately dropped all the leaf shoots it was putting out and then did nothing.

Until about 2 days ago when it sprang back to life.

[JoshSm]

I'd leave it until you know where else it might grown back from, could sprout much higher up too. Mine did.

After a while it becomes much more obvious which bits aren't alive.

[Bluevanman]

JoshSm said:

I'd leave it until you know where else it might grown back from, could sprout much higher up too. Mine did.

After a while it becomes much more obvious which bits aren't alive.

I've chopped the top half off,turns out it was rotten inside

[Paul Drawmer]

ChocolateFrog said:

Funny coincidence.

I replanted a plant (unknown species) from a pot to the ground in April.

It immediately dropped all the leaf shoots it was putting out and then did nothing.

Until about 2 days ago when it sprang back to life.

That might be a fig tree.

[hidetheelephants]

Just above the green shoots should do it; the parents have a huge one in the garden, it reached ~12' high at one point but as you note frost kills it off. It's been trimmed a couple of times since after bad frosts, right now it's got half a dozen fairly enthusiastic stems and the tallest is ~8'.